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INTRODUCTION
Human brain, the
most valuable creation
of
God. The man is called
intelligent because of
the brain. But we loss
the knowledge of a
brain when the body is
destroyed after the
death .
“BLUE BRAIN”- The
name of the world’s
first virtual brain. That
means a machine that
can function as human
brain.
Is it really possible to
create a human
brain?
What is BLUE BRAIN
YES", The IBM is now
developing a virtual
brain known as the
BLUE BRAIN.
It would be the worlds
first virtual brain.
Within 30 years, we
will be able to scan

2. ourselves into the
computers.
WHAT IS VIRTUAL
BRAIN
A machine that can
function as brain
It can take decision.
It can think.
It can response.
It can keep things in
memory.
UPLOADING HUMAN
BRAIN
The uploading is
possible by the use
of small robots known
as the nanobots.
These robots are small
enough to travel
through out
our circulatory system.
Traveling into the
spine and brain, they
will be able
to monitor the activity
and structure of our
central nervous
system.
They will be able to
provide an interface
with computer while
we still reside in our
biological form .

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Goals
Neocortical
column
modelling
The initial goal of
the project,
completed in
December 2006,[3]
was the simulation
of a rat neocortical
column, which can
be considered the
smallest functional
unit of the
neocortex (the part
of the brain
thought to be
responsible for
higher functions
such as conscious
thought). Such a
column is about 2
mm tall, has a
diameter of 0.5

4. mm and contains
about 60,000
neurons in
humans; rat
neocortical columns
are very similar in
structure but
contain only
10,000 neurons
(and 108
synapses).
Between 1995 and
2005, Markram
mapped the types
of neurons and
their connections in
such a column.
Whole brain
simulation
A longer term goal
is to build a
detailed, functional
simulation of the
physiological
processes in the
human brain: "It is
not impossible to
build a human
brain and we can
do it in 10 years,"
Henry Markram,
director of the Blue
Brain Project said
in 2009 at the
TED conference in
Oxford.[4] In a
BBC World Service
interview he said:
"If we build it
correctly it should
speak and have an
intelligence and
behave very much
as a human
does."[4]
Progress

5. In November
2007,[5] the
project reported
the end of the first
phase, delivering a
data-driven
process for
creating,
validating, and
researching the
neocortical column.
By 2005 the first
single cellular
model was
completed. The
first artificial
cellular neocortical
column of 10,000
cells was built by
2008. By July 2011
a cellular
mesocircuit of 100
neocortical columns
with a million cells
in total was built. A
cellular rat brain is
planned for 2014
with 100
mesocircuits
totalling a hundred
million cells. Finally
a cellular human
brain is predicted
possible by 2023
equivalent to 1000
rat brains with a
total of a hundred
billion cells.[6][7]
Now that the
column is finished,
the project is
currently busying
itself with the
publishing of initial
results in scientific
literature, and
pursuing two
separate goals:

6. 1. construction of a
simulation on the
molecular level,[1]
which is desirable
since it allows
studying the effects
of gene
expression;
2. simplification of
the column
simulation to allow
for parallel
simulation of large
numbers of
connected
columns, with the
ultimate goal of
simulating a whole
neocortex (which in
humans consists of
about 1 million
cortical columns).
Funding
The project is
funded primarily by
the Swiss
government and
secondarily by
grants and some
donations from
private individuals.
The EPFL bought
the Blue Gene
computer at a
reduced cost
because at that
stage it was still a
prototype and IBM
was interested in
exploring how
different
applications would
perform on the
machine. BBP was
a kind of beta
tester.[8]

7. The project is a
candidate for a
Future and
Emerging
Technologies
(FET) research
grant from
the European
Commission. The
grant would bring
in €1 billion over
10 years. The final
decision on the
grant is expected
in the second half
of 2012. If the
grant is awarded,
the project will be
renamed the
Human Brain
Project.[9]
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INTRODUCTION
Human brain is the

8. most valuable creation
of God. The man is
called intelligent
because of the brain.
The brain translates the
information delivered
by the impulses, which
then enables the
person to react. But we
loss the knowledge of a
brain when the body is
destroyed after the
death of man. That
knowledge might have
been used for the
development of
the human society. In
this technology we
create a brain and up
load the contents of
natural brain into it.
Blue Brain
Blue Brain is the name
of the world’s first
virtual brain. That
means a machine that
can function as human
brain. Today scientists
are in research to
create an artificial brain
that can think, respond,
take decision, and keep
anything in memory.
The main aim is to
upload human brain
into machine so that
man can think, take
decision without any
effort. After the death
of the body, the virtual
brain will act as the
man. So, even after the
death of a person we
will not lose the
knowledge,
intelligence,

9. personalities, feelings
and memories of that
man that can be used
for the development of
the human society.
IBM is now in research
to create a virtual
brain, called “Blue
brain”. If possible, this
would be the first
virtual brain of the
world. With in 30 years,
we will be able to scan
ourselves into the
computers.
What is Virtual
Brain?
Virtual brain is an
artificial brain, which is
not actually the natural
brain, but can act as
the brain. It can think
like brain, take
decisions based on the
past experience, and
respond as the natural
brain can. It is possible
by using a super
computer, with a huge
amount of storage
capacity, processing
power and an interface
between the human
brain and this artificial
one. Through this
interface the data
stored in the natural
brain can be up loaded
into the computer. So
the brain and the
knowledge, intelligence
of anyone can be kept
and used for ever, even
after the death of the
person.

10. Why we need Virtual
Brain?
Today we are
developed because of
our intelligence.
Intelligence is the
inborn quality that can
not be created. Some
people have this
quality, so that they
can think up to such an
extent where other
cannot reach. Human
society is always in
need of such
intelligence and such
an intelligent brain to
have with. But the
intelligence is lost along
with the body after the
death. The virtual brain
is a solution to it. The
brain and intelligence
will be alive even after
the death.
How it is possible?
First, it is helpful to
describe the basic
manners in which a
person may be
uploaded into a
computer. Raymond
Kurzweil recently
provided an interesting
paper on this topic. In
it, he describes both
invasive and
noninvasive techniques.
The most promising is
the use of very small
robots, or nanobots.
These robots will be
small enough to travel
throughout
our circulatory systems.

11. Travelling into the
spine and brain, they
will be able
to monitor the activity
and structure of our
central nervous system.
They will be able to
provide an interface
with computers that is
as close as our mind
can be while we still
reside in our biological
form. Nanobots could
also carefully scan the
structure of our brain,
providing a complete
readout of the
connections between
each neuron. They
would also record the
current state of the
brain. This information,
when entered into a
computer, could then
continue to function as
us. All that is required
is a computer with
large enough storage
space and processing
power. Note, however,
that we need not know
how the brain actually
functions, to transfer it
to a computer. For this
we have to first know
how the human brain
actually works.
WORKING OF
NATURAL BRAIN
Getting to know
more about Human
Brain
The brain essentially
serves as the body’s
information processing

12. centre. It receives
signals from sensory
neurons (nerve cell
bodies and their axons
and dendrites) in the
central and peripheral
nervous systems, and
in response it
generates and sends
new signals that
instruct the
corresponding parts of
the body to move or
react in some way. It
also integrates signals
received from the body
with signals from
adjacent areas of the
brain, giving rise to
perception and
consciousness. The
brain weighs about
1,500 grams (3
pounds) and
constitutes about 2
percent of total body
weight. It consists of
three major divisions;
• The massive paired
hemispheres of the
cerebrum
• The brainstem,
consisting of the
thalamus,
hypothalamus,
epithalamus, subtha-
lamus, midbrain, and
medulla oblongata
• The cerebellum.
The human ability to
feel, interpret and even
see is controlled, in
computer like
calculations, by the
magical nervous
system. The nervous
system is quite like
magic because we can’t

13. see it, but its working
through electric
impulses through your
body. One of the worlds
most “intricately
organized” electron
mechanisms is the
nervous system. Not
even engineers have
come close to making
circuit boards and
computers as delicate
and precise as the
nervous system. To
understand this
system, one has to
know the three simple
functions that it puts
into action; sensory
input, integration &
motor output.
Sensory Input
When our eyes see
something or our hands
touch a warm surface,
the sensory cells, also
known as Neurons,
send a message
straight to your brain.
This action of getting
information from your
surrounding
environment is called
sensory input because
we are putting things in
your brain by way of
your senses.
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