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\nResearcher Kwabena Boahen is looking for ways to mimic the brain's supercomputing powers in silicon -- because the messy, redundant processes inside our heads actually make for a small, light, superfast computer.\nResearcher Kwabena Boahen is looking for ways to mimic the brain's supercomputing powers in silicon -- because the messy, redundant processes inside our heads actually make for a small, light, superfast computer.\n
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16:15
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2008
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computers, design, engineering, work, energy, africa, retina, light
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what's next in tech, how the mind works, brain, science, complexity, visualizations, teenager growing, blue jean, optic nerve, extracts regions, represents regions, ion channel, energy consumed, put africa, redundant connections, dark contrast, retina chip, contrast, dark, pattern, activity, chip, information, thought, similar, process, connections, flow, gate, device
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