Subject of my bachelor thesis: The Raspberry Pi that replaced the board on the right. |
No, this is not another Halloween anecdote but rather a step back to my bachelor time. A few days ago I stumbled upon an article on medicalxpress where it is said that scientists found out that the dendrites in the brain are not mere "wires" as was assumed so far but that they show spiking capabilities as well! This menas that they can actively process and generate information! If this would happen in your PC it would mean that its wires work as processors as well. Sounds great and could bring some interesting properties of the brain with it. It seems to be proven that this plays a role e.g. in the brain's visual activities so this is not another physics gimmick. ;)
Now why is this of special interest to me? As some might remember I wrote my bachelor thesis in this area of research and I did an internship in the same research group in Heidelberg. Still I am not detached of the matter and who knows? Maybe I will do a phd on this subject? ;)
What "my" research group (Electronic Vision(s)) actually does is building a brain based on electrical circuits. Awesome! With this you can perform experiments afterwards and test your theories about how the human brain works. This again can give rise to new computer techniques (which will not only serve the NSA ...), an understanding of brain illnesses and maybe ways to cure them. (The music of future ...) Besides, it would incredibly awesome to understand how a brain works!
What "my" research group (Electronic Vision(s)) actually does is building a brain based on electrical circuits. Awesome! With this you can perform experiments afterwards and test your theories about how the human brain works. This again can give rise to new computer techniques (which will not only serve the NSA ...), an understanding of brain illnesses and maybe ways to cure them. (The music of future ...) Besides, it would incredibly awesome to understand how a brain works!
In the end of course I have to use this occasion to promote my incredibly steep scientific career at this point and provide you with my bachelor thesis. ;)
A Raspberry Pi controlling neuromorphic hardware - just in case you are interested ... (In any case there are some nice pictures in it!)
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