[p2p-research] Cat brain simulation a "hoax?"

[Ryan Lanham]

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IBM Cat Brain Simulation Dismissed
as 'Hoax' by Rival Scientist
New York Times Nov. 24, 2009
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IBM's claim that it has designed
the first brain simulation to exceed
the scale of a cat's cortex is being
dismissed as "a hoax and a PR stunt"
by Henry Markram, director of the
Blue Brain Project in Switzerland,
which is also attempting to
reverse-engineer mammalian brains.
Markram said the cat brain
simulation involves only "point
neurons,"...
http://www.kurzweilai.net/email/newsRedirect.html?newsID=11440&m=44482

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Ryan
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