I’m feeling in an artsey mood pending the release of my ART BOOK <- Yes that is a shameless plug. So I got thinking about what our brain actually does when we try to draw things.
Specifically, why is drawing lifelife objects difficult, especially from memory?
I like to draw, and I often come across [...]
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Learning to draw by understanding human vision processing
Posted in BCI, artsey, shameless self-promotion on November 13, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
In response to Ray Kurzweil’s comment on Quantum Computing and the brain
Posted in BCI, quantum computing, quantum spookiness on October 8, 2009 | 10 Comments »
I thought I’d make a little note about this because quite a lot of people have been talking about this issue.
Ray Kurzweil addressed the Singularity Summit on Sunday and gave a brief summary of his opinions on some of the other preceding talks. He specifically answered criticism from others of our ability to ever model [...]
Singularity Summit 2009 Day 1
Posted in BCI, conferences, learnin' stuff, transhumanism on October 4, 2009 | 4 Comments »
I started today with a stroll through Central Park and a coffee on Madison Avenue. Things just got better from there on really…
The Singularity Summit 2009 opened in the small but perfectly formed Kaufman Concert Hall, 92nd Street, New York, NY. I say it was small because fitting 800+ Singularitarians in there was a bit [...]
UK Transhumanists patiently listen to me ramble about QC for 2 hours!
Posted in BCI, outreach, psychological ponderings, quantum computing, quantum spookiness, shameless self-promotion, transhumanism on September 14, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Anyone want to watch me embarrass myself royally as I try to explain quantum computing and AI at the UK Transhumanist meeting? Thought so! This is the first of about 10 of these videos, they should all be linked from this one via YouTube.
Warning: The talk is over 100 minutes long and contains intense scenes [...]
Presentation on Quantum Computing to UKTA
Posted in BCI, psychological ponderings, quantum computing, quantum spookiness, shameless self-promotion, transhumanism on September 10, 2009 | 3 Comments »
I’m giving a talk in London on the 12th September to the UKTA (UK Transhumanist Association) for a regular event known as UKH+. There will be discussion sessions before and after the talk in a lovely nearby pub (The Marlborough Arms).
The talk will be about quantum computing: What quantum computers can do, and more importantly [...]
Quantum Neural Networks 1 – the Superconducting Neuron model
Posted in BCI, RSFQ, feeling dumb, learnin' stuff, quantum computing, superconductors on July 20, 2009 | 12 Comments »
I’m interested in Quantum Neural Networks, specifically how to actually build the things. Any input would be greatly appreciated on this one. This is open notebook science in an extreme sense: I’m discussing here something I’d like to go into eventually, it may be several years down the line, but it’s worth thinking about it [...]
BlueBrain progress
Posted in BCI, web on July 15, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
This is an awesome short video from Wall Street Journal covering some of the progress of the BlueBrain project.
If you get goosebumps thinking about the potential of this project, we’re on the same wavelength
Scientists Create Artificial Brain 7/13/2009
Meet Blue Brain, a “brain” made up entirely of silicon and housed inside an IBM supercomputer. [...]
Systems Biology and Quantum Computing
Posted in BCI, cake, quantum computing on May 8, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I just attended a coffee and cake morning (yes I have a radar for cake) at the Centre for Systems Biology with a theme of HPC. The general topic of the meeting was to discuss the use of the BlueBEAR cluster (1500 core Birmingham cluster) and other HPC centres for biological, microbiological, molecular and genetic [...]
Circuit diagrams of real neural systems
Posted in BCI, cool physics, learnin' stuff, psychological ponderings, sci-fi, transhumanism on April 16, 2009 | 4 Comments »
Via WIRED
How to Map Neural Circuits With an Electron Microscope
“This giant, and potentially revolutionary, task requires custom software, electron microscopes and an incredibly sharp knife. If everything goes right, the team may be the first to create a circuit diagram that explains how mammals see.”
Photo Credit: Marc Lab / Moran Eye Institute
This is just too [...]
Future technology
Posted in BCI, controversial..., fun and games, psychological ponderings, sci-fi, transhumanism on December 23, 2008 | 4 Comments »
Some food for thought over Christmas and the new year:
A few things I’d love to see developed in the future (organised in rough order of near-far future):
1.) Quantum Computers. Obviously. I believe we’re already well on the way to this goal And everything that comes with that development… quantum simulation, bio apps, problem [...]
