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- Why Is the Human Brain So Efficient? https://nautil.us/why-is-the-human-brain-so-efficient-7216/ 159 comments
- Why Is the Human Brain So Efficient? (2018) http://nautil.us/issue/86/energy/why-is-the-human-brain-so-efficient-rp 166 comments
- Why Is the Human Brain So Efficient? Massive Parallelism http://nautil.us/issue/59/connections/why-is-the-human-brain-so-efficient 52 comments
- The human brain, it turns out, is even more efficient than previous estimates http://scienceblogs.com/cortex/2009/09/efficiency.php 9 comments
- Researcher calls the human brain freakishly efficient as a computer http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/health/4282040.html 6 comments
- Why is the Human Brain So Efficient? http://m.nautil.us/issue/59/connections/why-is-the-human-brain-so-efficient 3 comments cogsci
- Researchers unveil electronics that mimic the human brain in efficient learning https://phys.org/news/2020-04-unveil-electronics-mimic-human-brain.html 6 comments technology
- Scientists have developed faster, more energy-efficient microchips based on the human brain – 9,000 times faster and using significantly less power than a typical PC http://news.stanford.edu/pr/2014/pr-neurogrid-boahen-engineering-042814.html 32 comments technology
- Progress on human gene therapy for the central nervous system: Bioinformatic analysis suggests LY6E may be a suitable receptor in the blood-brain barrier which can be used as a target for engineering AAV variants which can efficiently deliver gene therapies to the brain in humans. https://www.stembiomedical.org/press-release-august-24-2020.html 4 comments science
- Stanford bioengineers have developed faster, more energy-efficient microchips based on the human brain – 9,000 times faster and using significantly less power than a typical PC: This offers greater possibilities for advances in robotics and a new way of understanding the brain http://news.stanford.edu/pr/2014/pr-neurogrid-boahen-engineering-042814.html 20 comments science
- A provocative modeling study suggests that the human brain grew large as a side effect of developing more energy-efficient ways to maintain ovarian follicles, the small sacs in the ovaries that release eggs for fertilization. https://www.pnas.org/post/journal-club/model-humans-got-their-big-brains-stirs-interest-and-controversy 12 comments science
- The White House wants to "create a new type of computer that can proactively interpret and learn from data...and operate with the energy efficiency of the human brain." https://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2015/10/15/nanotechnology-inspired-grand-challenge-future-computing 73 comments programming
- Mike Davies, Intel Labs: ‘We’re reaching the boundaries of basic computing’ | The man at the head of the world’s largest neuromorphic system is aiming to mimic the human brain to increase computing capacity and efficiency in meeting the demands of a new era https://english.elpais.com/technology/2024-05-25/mike-davies-intel-labs-were-reaching-the-boundaries-of-basic-computing.html 52 comments technology
- MIT neuroscientists have shown that human neurons have a much smaller number of ion channels than expected, compared to the neurons of other mammals, this reduction in channel density may have helped the human brain evolve to operate more efficiently https://news.mit.edu/2021/neurons-humans-mammals-1110 6 comments science
- Computer chip mimics human brain, with light beams for neurons - "Such “optical neural networks” could make any application of so-called deep learning, from virtual assistants to language translators, many times faster and more efficient." http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2017/06/computer-chip-mimics-human-brain-light-beams-neurons 4 comments technology
- Microchips that mimic the human brain could make AI far more energy efficient | Neuromorphic chips could cut the power demands of digital assistants and other devices by orders of magnitude https://www.science.org/content/article/microchips-mimic-human-brain-could-make-ai-far-more-energy-efficient 4 comments science
- Microchips that mimic the human brain could make AI far more energy efficient | Neuromorphic chips could cut the power demands of digital assistants and other devices by orders of magnitude https://www.science.org/content/article/microchips-mimic-human-brain-could-make-ai-far-more-energy-efficient 5 comments technews
- Magnets can help AI get closer to the efficiency of the human brain. Researchers use magnetics with brain-like networks to program robots, self-driving cars and drones to better generalize about different objects, trying to mimic the human brain and compute via a connection of neurons and synapses. https://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2019/q2/a-magnetic-personality,-maybe-not.-but-magnets-can-help-ai-get-closer-to-the-efficiency-of-the-human-brain.html 3 comments science
- Experiments show that ants collectively outperform individual ants in tasks like the piano-movers puzzle. Human groups, however, only surpass individuals when communication is efficient. Simple minds enjoy scalability while complex brains require extensive communication to cooperate efficiently. https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2414274121 18 comments science