Amazing…the energy savings alone is stunning, but the fact that this might lead to a whole new era of super efficient resource un-intensive computing blows my mind. It’s really only a matter of time before they have these small enough to put into our own brains to increase our own potential. I for one can’t wait.

Kwabena Boahen is using the human brain as the blueprint for designing radically more powerful and energy-efficient computers. In this short demo, Boahen describes how his Brains in Silicon lab at Stanford University has created computer chips with “synapses” and “neurons” — and how these chips might revolutionize computing.

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