brain supercomputer

[basswipe]

Originally Posted by fishsmith

I'm sure this is computer geek 101, but do you know how HAL got his name?

Yes...Heuristic and ALgorithmic.

[fishsmith]

I thought it was by adding a letter to H-A-L you got IBM?
but I had to look up Heuristic, so I don't know.
Heuristic: Computer Science. Relating to or using a problem-solving technique in which the most appropriate solution of several found by alternative methods is selected at successive stages of a program for use in the next step of the program.

[Raven]

they were R2 like: "Huey and Duey" the two agro- bots in the grow dome.

the scientists have taken the human brain and super sliced it into paper thin slices so they could map its whole structure by photgraphing each slice and then via simulation re-asseble the whole mess back into a 3d image....

and now with the invention of the super duper brain MRI imaging device
they are able to chart brain response to ANY stimuli of their choice,,,
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since we only utilize 10 % of our brain power ...it is their hope(scientist's) that given that the human brain uses electro chemical neural transmissions of thought waves ..that the super computer will create thru artificial intelligence -mimicking the human brain...an interface for brain expansion....over night...
meaning: enabling more of the brains potential and not size....i wouldnt want a big head like those funny lookin marsian guys...,,,