aurellem

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by aurellem 4y ago
We had a few approaches, happy to discuss directly if you email info [at] nectome [dot] com.
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by aurellem 8y ago
Yes, this is an important advance in the field. Google's been working on this for the past few years after convincing Viren Jain ( https://www.janelia.org/our-research/former-labs/jain-lab ) to leave Janelia an
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by aurellem 9y ago
First off, again we are currently conducting research and are not preserving people. Our early supporters have shown their support for Nectome’s research through fully refundable deposits, and we hope that they will live long, healthy lives
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by aurellem 9y ago
We’re proud of the progress we’ve made so far—demonstrating that the ultrastructure (connectome) is preserved. The connectome is a necessary starting point upon which models of the brain can be built [0]. We intend to continue researching a
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by aurellem 9y ago
> If you look at the pictures it can barely capture the synapses Electron micrographs vary quite a bit in quality (good micrographs are an art), but if you can barely see the synapses, you may be thinking of light microscopy, where it’s
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by aurellem 9y ago
The process is described in the science paper at https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S001122401... , and also at the Brain Preservation Foundation website ( http://www.brainpreservation
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by aurellem 9y ago
Nectome is still in the research stage, so we are not preserving anyone. If you'd like to learn more about how the preservation process works, check out the paper at https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article&#x
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by aurellem 9y ago
It's important to understand first of all that Nectome is not currently preserving brains in a clinical setting. We are still very firmly in the research phase of building a brain banking technique sufficiently powerful to preserve mem
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by aurellem 9y ago
If you want to get into some of the literature around mind uploading, I'd start with some of Daniel Dennett's work such as "Consciousness Explained". If you think that it's possible for a computer program to have it