Can we build computer systems that are based on a fly's brain?

MeterMan on August 18, 2022 at 5:45 pm

Idea: Can we build computer systems that are based on a fly’s brain?

Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XZKAGEV7bw...

How about these autonomous robots designed based on insects’ behaviour?

Meet the Autonomous Insect Robots That Will One Day Swarm the Skies

Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=

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Clever Dick on August 18, 2022 at 5:06 pm

Idea: Can we build computer systems that are based on a fly’s brain?

Link: https://gizmodo.com/insect-nervous-system-...

It’s not just the flies; scientists are building artificial neural networks for computers based on insects’ neural networks.

Insect Nervous System Copied To Boost Computing Power

Link: https://gizmodo.com/insect-nervo

Brains are the most powerful computers known. Now microchips built to mimic insects’ nervous systems have been shown to successfully tackle technical computing problems like object recognition and data mining, researchers say.

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Jimbo on August 18, 2022 at 4:38 pm

Idea: Can we build computer systems that are based on a fly’s brain?

Link: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010...

Scientists have been studying the fly’s brains for years now. The secrets in these tiny brains could be the breakthrough needed to realize portable, personal supercomputers. https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/07/100712102812.htm

Fly’s brain -- a high-speed computer: Neurobiologists use state-of-the-art methods to decode the basics of motion detection

Link: https://www.sciencedaily.com/rel

The minute brains of flies process visual movements in only fractions of a second. Just how the brain of the fly manages to perceive motion with such speed and precision is predicted quite accurately by a mathematical model.

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