I just emailed the inventor of a technique to use nano wires to probe specific areas of the brain. See this article: Wiring the Brain at the Nanoscale <http://www.physorg.com/news5041.html>
I think that this type of approach has enough promise that I'm willing to spend some time researching how to do it and possibly pursuing it some, before or as I do my current research. Dave On Fri, Aug 20, 2010 at 9:25 AM, David Jones <davidher...@gmail.com> wrote: > Has anyone thought about sort of self-assembling nano "electrodes" or other > nano detectors that could probe the vast majority of neurons and important > structures in a very small brain (such as a gnat brain or a C. Elegans worm, > or even a larger animal)? > > It seems to me that this would be a hell of a lot easier than simulating a > brain, since there are waaaaaay too many factors and dynamics involved to > get the simulation to be accurate. Maybe we could just invent a way to probe > every part of the brain in vivo. > > Dave > ------------------------------------------- agi Archives: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/303/=now RSS Feed: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/303/ Modify Your Subscription: https://www.listbox.com/member/?member_id=8660244&id_secret=8660244-6e7fb59c Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com
