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Mimicking the Brain, In Silicon

New computer chip models how neurons communicate with each other at synapses.

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CAMBRIDGE, Mass.–(ENEWSPF)–November 15, 2011. For decades, scientists have dreamed of building computer systems that could replicate the human brain’s talent for learning new tasks.

MIT researchers have now taken a major step toward that goal by designing a computer chip that mimics how the brain’s neurons adapt in response to new information. This phenomenon, known as plasticity, is believed to underlie many brain…

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