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Seems unlikely that the researchers are really simulating this on a molecular level as claimed in that article. Perhaps they are using the neuron as the unit in
by lucraft 18y ago
Seems unlikely that the researchers are really simulating this on a molecular level as claimed in that article. Perhaps they are using the neuron as the unit instead?
- pygy 18y agoMinsky first wired a virtual neural net in the 1950's. Some science got done meanwhile ;-) http://bluebrain.epfl.ch/page18924.html#2 http://bluebrain.epfl.ch/page18924.html#2
- paulgb 18y agoSounds like you are right: "At the push of a button, the model could reconstruct biologically accurate neurons based on detailed experimental data, and automatically connect them in a biological manner, a task that involves positioning around 30 million synapses in precise 3D locations." [1] It doesn't necessarily mean they aren't modeling molecules, but the wording hints that they aren't. [1] http://bluebrain.epfl.ch/ http://bluebrain.epfl.ch/