let’s say that one movable synapse could store one byte (8 bits) of memory. That thimble would then contain 1,000 gigabytes (1 terabyte) of information. A thousand thimblefuls make up a whole brain, giving us a million gigabytes — a petabyte — of information. To put this in perspective, the entire archived contents of the Internet fill just three petabytes.
1More
1More
Why your brain flips over visual illusions - life - 03 September 2010 - New Scientist - 0 views
1More
Why the 'sixth extinction' will be unpredictable - life - 03 September 2010 - New Scien... - 1 views
1More
THE PRICE OF RICE! - Transcendence in Bite-Sized Bits: Big Crunch, Big Freeze...or Big ... - 0 views
3More
Guest Column: Computers vs. Brains - Olivia Judson Blog - NYTimes.com - 0 views
2More
Piezo-rubber creates potential for wearable energy system - 0 views
2More
We're so good at medical studies that most of them are wrong - 0 views
Trek-like tractor beam is possible - physics-math - 03 March 2011 - New Scientist - 1 views
Heaviest elements yet join periodic table - physics-math - 03 June 2011 - New Scientist - 3 views
1More
Huge Variety of Products to Control Soil Erosion - 1 views
‹ Previous
21 - 40 of 56
Next ›
Showing 20▼ items per page