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Subject:	Re: an idea, can someone tell me if this is possible/been done before/etc?
Newsgroups:	lugnet.robotics
Date:	Wed, 3 Dec 2003 01:00:03 GMT
Original-From:	Steve Baker <sjbaker1@airmail.net/nospam/>
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Gordon Elliott wrote: > On "complexity", I would point out that the computational power of the > neural pathways of the house fly thoroughly exceeds the computational > throughput of our most massive supercomputer clusters at the moment. That was true 20 years ago. A housefly's brain contains just 400 neurons. Your PC can easily simulate a 400 neuron neural network at faster update rates than biological neurons. The problem isn't the raw computational power. ---------------------------- Steve Baker ------------------------- HomeEmail: <sjbaker1@airmail.net> WorkEmail: <sjbaker@link.com> HomePage : http://www.sjbaker.org Projects : http://plib.sf.net http://tuxaqfh.sf.net http://tuxkart.sf.net http://prettypoly.sf.net -----BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK----- GCS d-- s:+ a+ C++++$ UL+++$ P--- L++++$ E--- W+++ N o+ K? w--- !O M- V-- PS++ PE- Y-- PGP-- t+ 5 X R+++ tv b++ DI++ D G+ e++ h--(-) r+++ y++++ -----END GEEK CODE BLOCK-----

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		Re: an idea, can someone tell me if this is possible/been done before/etc?
Ah, I do suspect that my data was a little out of date. However the information I see ((URL) Word ".doc" file, or (URL) ) list the housefly at 10^5 or 100,000, to 10^6 or 1 million neurons. This is a little bigger than "400 neurons." In fact the (...) (21 years ago, 3-Dec-03, to lugnet.robotics)

		Re: an idea, can someone tell me if this is possible/been done before/etc?
(...) Roger doger on that. I understand that C. Elegins (sp?) is the current top project goal for this sort of stuff. Something like 10,000 neurons. -- -- Open Forge, LLC 24/365 Onsite Support for PCs, Networks, & Game Consoles 512-695-4126 (Austin, (...) (21 years ago, 3-Dec-03, to lugnet.robotics)

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		Re: an idea, can someone tell me if this is possible/been done before/etc?
On "complexity", I would point out that the computational power of the neural pathways of the house fly thoroughly exceeds the computational throughput of our most massive supercomputer clusters at the moment. True "adaptation" would require (...) (21 years ago, 2-Dec-03, to lugnet.robotics)

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