Can we build a 'Google earth' for the brain?

We Can Build the Future

Can we build a conscious machine?

The underlying physiological mechanisms of generating conscious states are still unknown. To make progress on the problem of consciousness, we will need to experimentally design a system that evolves in a similar way our brains do. Recent experimental data show that the multiscale nature of the evolving human brain can be implemented by reprogramming human cells. A hybrid system can be designed...

Can We Build Artificial Stem Cell Compartments?

Animals carry stem cells throughout their entire life, from embryogenesis to senescence. Their function during development and adulthood consists basically of forming and sustaining functional tissues while maintaining a small self-renewing population. They reside in a complex three-dimensional environment consisting of other nearby cells extracellular matrix components, endogenous or exogenous...

How Can We Build Successful 3D Games For Learning?

There has much talk, some funding and considerable action since James Paul Gee [1] and others postulated that we can learn in virtual gameworlds. The paper’s authors have been and are involved in various game-based learning environments (GBLE) initiatives, academic and commercial-related, over the past few years. They have also been variously involved with others in their development and use. T...

Can we build Classical Control Circuits for Silicon Quantum Computers?

Many who propose quantum computing technologies focus on the quantum datapath without addressing the complexity of the classical control. We investigate the complexity of control for a specific technology, namely the Kane silicon quantum computer. We show that the pulse sequences required to effect one of the simplest operations – two-bit swap – poses a significant challenge to scalable impleme...