| Brain Matters | | Posted Tuesday, September 26, 2006 6:57:59 AM by Blog57 Team | | Driven by a growing clinical understanding of how the human brain functions and enhancements in the size and reliability of medical technologies, the field of neurology is receiving unprecedented levels of attention from physicians and industry alike. According to The Neurotechnology Industry 2006 Report by NeuroInsights (San Francisco), neurological diseases and psychiatric illnesses represent the largest and fastest-growing unmet medical market, with conditions affecting 1.5 billion people worldwide. The report breaks the $110 billion neurotechnology industry into three sectors: neuropharmaceuticals, neurodevices, and neurodiagnostics. While the neurodevices sector's estimated annual revenue of $3.4 billion represents the smallest of the three slices, its 21% annual growth rate far exceeds those of neuropharmaceuticals and neurodiagnostics, at 7% and 11% respectively.... | |
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| | | Researchers study shogi players to unravel brain's mystery | | Posted Tuesday, August 15, 2006 8:59:40 PM by Blog57 Team | | TOKYO ? The Japan Shogi Association opened the Shogi Super-Brain Research Society in June with cooperation from the Institute of Physical and Chemical Research or Riken to study how the brains of professional shogi players work. Shogi (Japanese chess) players attracted the interest of the researchers because they are famous for their brain power, the association officials said. .... | |
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| | | A brain box computer to create fault tolerant electronics | | Posted Monday, July 17, 2006 3:01:16 PM by Blog57 Team | | London: UK researchers are working on building a computer, which has the ability to mimic how nerve cells in the brain interact. They say this will enable engineers to build more fault tolerant electronics. Researchers from the University of Manchester have said that the computer, the first of its kind, will enable them to try and understand how the details of complex visual scenes are encoded by the brain. Professor Steve Furber, from the Universitys School of Computer Science, who is leading the one million pound project, said the main aim was to use the computer to understand the brain in a better manner. Our brains keep working despite frequent failures of their component neurons, and this 'fault-tolerant' characteristic is of great interest to engineers who wish to make computers more reliable.... | |
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