BLUE BRAIN

Charanleen Kaur
CSE-1 (0361322708)
Guru Tegh Bahadur Institute of
Technology
 INTRODUCTION

Human brain, the most valuable creation of God.

The man is called intelligent because of the brain.
But we loss the knowledge of a brain when the
body is destroyed after the death .

“BLUE BRAIN”- The name of the world’s first

virtual brain. That means a machine that
can function as human brain.
IS IT REALLY POSSIBLE TO CREATE A HUMAN
BRAIN?

Main aim is to upload human brain into machine.

After the death of the body, the virtual brain will

act as the man.
IBM is now in research to create a Virtual Brain.
The first phase of Blue Brain project started after
15 years of systematically dissecting a single
neocortical column.
The project has focused not only on
building a model of NCC, but on
developing a generic facility.
The model of NCC consists of 10,000 3D
digitalization of real neurons.
 FUNCTIONING OF BRAIN

Sensory Input
Receiving input such as sound ,image, etc
through sensory cell .

Interpretation
Interpretation of the received input by the brain
by defining states of neurons in the brain.

Motor Output
Receiving of electric responses from the brain to
perform any action .
 Modeling The Blue Brain

1: Modeling the neurons:-

Shape & Structure influences it’s
electrical properties.

Neuron morphology & Electrical

behavior of the Juvenile Rat is used as
the basis for the model.
2: Modeling connections:-
Precise density & Volume of the Cell
provides essential information for
constructing cortical circuits.

Blue Gene is used in intensive

calculation to fix the synapse locations
3: Modeling the column:-
The result of all these calculations is a
recreation at the cellular level of the NCC.

A model of NCC was completed at the end

of 2006.
Model of NCC
 BRAIN SIMULATION
NATURAL BRAIN SIMULATED BRAIN
INPUT INPUT
Through the natural neurons Through the silicon chip or
artificial neurons

INTERPRETATION INTERPRETATION
By different states of the neuronsBy a set of bits in the set of
in the brain register

OUTPUT OUTPUT
Through the natural neurons. Through the silicon chip .

PROCESSING PROCESSING
Through arithmetic and logical Through arithmetic and logical
calculations calculation and artificial
intelligence

MEMORY MEMORY
Through permanent states of Through Secondary memory
neurons
UPLOADING HUMAN BRAIN

The uploading is possible by the use of small

robots known as the nanobots.
These robots are small enough to travel
through out our circulatory system.
Traveling into the spine and brain, they will
be able to monitor the activity and structure
of our central nervous system.
They will be able to provide an interface
with computer that is as close as our mind
can be while we still reside in our biological
form .
Nanobots could also carefully scan the
structure of our brain, providing a
complete readout of the connection.

This information, when entered into a

computer, could then continue to
function as us.

Thus the data stored in the entire brain

will be uploaded into the computer.
HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE REQUIRMENT

A Super computer
Memory with a very large storing capacity
Processor with a very high processing power.
A very wide network.
A program to convert the electric impulses
from the brain to input signal, which
is to be received by the computer and vice versa.
very powerful Nanobots to act as the interface
between the natural brain and the computer.
 BENEFITS
1. Gathering and testing 100 years of data:
To provide a working model into which the past 100
years knowledge about the microstructure and
workings of the neocortical column can be gathered
and tested.

2. Cracking the neural code:

The Neural Code refers to how the brain builds
objects using electrical patterns. Creating an
accurate replica of the NCC which faithfully
reproduces the emergent electrical dynamics of the
real microcircuit, is an absolute requirement to
revealing how the neocortex processes, stores and
retrieves information.
3. Understanding neocortical information
processing:
The power of an accurate simulation lies in the
predictions that can be generated about the
neocortex. Indeed, iterations between
simulations and experiments are essential to
build an accurate copy of the NCC.

4. A novel tool for drug discovery for brain

disorders:
Understanding the functions of different
elements and pathways of the NCC will provide a
concrete foundation to explore the cellular and
synaptic bases of a wide spectrum of
neurological and psychiatric diseases.
5. A global facility:
A software replica of a NCC will allow
researchers to explore hypotheses of brain
function and dysfunction accelerating
research.

6. A foundation for whole brain stimulations:

Generate reduced models that retain
critical functions and computational
capabilities, which can be duplicated and
interconnected to form neocortical brain
regions. Knowledge of the NCC architecture
can be transferred to facilitate
reconstruction of subcortical brain regions.
7. A foundation for molecular modeling of
brain function:
Will provide the first and essential step to a
gradual increase in model complexity
moving towards a molecular level
description of the neocortex with
biochemical pathways being simulated.
 ADVANTAGES

Remembering things without any effort.

Making decision without the presence of a person.

Using intelligence of a person after the death .

Understanding the activities of animals .

Allowing the deaf to hear via direct nerve

stimulation.
 DISADVANTAGES

We become dependent upon the

computer .

Others may use technical knowledge

against us.

Another fear is found today with respect

to human cloning
 RESEARCH WORK

IBM developing the “Blue brain”

IBM, in partnership with scientists at
Switzerland’s Ecole Polytechnique
Federale De Lausanne’s(EPFL) Brain and
Mind Institute will begin simulating the
brain’s biological systems.
 FUTURE
Information from the molecular and genetic level
will be added to the algorithms.

The project will search for insights into how human

beings think and remember.

Scientists think that blue brain could also help to

cure the Parkinson's disease.

The brain circuitry is in a complex state of flux, the

brain rewiring itself every moment of its existence.
If the scientists can crack open the secret of how
and why the brain does it, the knowledge could
lead to new breed of supercomputers.
 CONCLUSION

We will be able to transfer ourselves into

computers at some point.

It will bring both benefits and harm to

human society .

Eventually aim of applying terrific

computer power to the simulation of an
entire brain.

Very soon this technology will be highly

accepted whole over the world.
Thank You