Terminator - ( Paging Sarah Connor)

[WhiteFeather]

Sci-Fi is become Sci-fact
http://gizmodo.com/355666/darpa-buil...g-sarah-connor

DARPA's brain-on-a-chip project (cleverly titled SyNAPSE, or Systems of Neuromorphic Adaptive Plastic Scalable Electronics) sounds straight out of Cyberdyne's portfolio: They want to "develop a brain inspired electronic 'chip' that mimics that function, size, and power consumption of a biological cortex." That whole neuromorphic adaptive business sounds a whole lot like the T-800's neural net processor, don't it? Here's the scary manifesto that puts us on the path to Judgment Day.



As compared to biological systems, today's intelligent machines are less efficient by a factor of one million to one billion in real world, complex environments. The key to achieving the vision of the SyNAPSE program will be an unprecedented multidisciplinary approach that coordinates aggressive technology development in the following technical areas: 1) Hardware; 2) Architecture; 3) Simulation; and 4) Environment. Hardware includes neuromorphic electronics with novel, high density, plastic, synaptic components; Architecture includes neuromorphic design from microcircuits to complete system; Simulation includes large-scale digital simulation of neuromorphic circuits and functional neuromorphic systems; and Environment includes virtual training, testing and benchmarking for neuromorphic systems.

[mikepro8]

Anyone watch the Sarah Connor Chronicles???? That chick terminator is HOT!

A bit scary, but hot.

[ScaredOnce]

There is a lot of resources going into such research. Some speculate that the JSF will be the last manned "frontline" fighter. (There will always be manned counterparts)

It's some pretty neat applied science.

And yes, that chick terminator is hot...

[PisnNapalm]

Just remember..... There is no spoon.