On MegaBrain Projects

On MegaBrain Projects.

T his October, the EU launched its Human Brain Project (HBP) with an estimated budget of €1.2 billion. It is one of the two winners of the “grand challenge” competition awarded under the EU’s flagship Future and Emerging Technologies programme (the other is on the potential of graphene). The Project’s goal is “to build a completely new information computing technology infrastructure for neurosc...

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