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Neuroscientists At MIT Developing DNI

Posted by Zonk on from the jack-in-and-tune-out dept.

coolphysco1010 wrote to discuss the possible development of a direct neural interface, ala 'The Matrix', that could eventually allow for instant object recognition. From the article: "Now, neuroscientists in the McGovern Institute at MIT have been able to decipher a part of the code involved in recognizing visual objects. Practically speaking, computer algorithms used in artificial vision systems might benefit from mimicking these newly uncovered codes ... In a fraction of a second, visual input about an object runs from the retina through increasingly higher levels of the visual stream, continuously reformatting the information until it reaches the highest purely visual level, the inferotemporal (IT) cortex. The IT cortex identifies and categorizes the object and sends that information to other brain regions."

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  1. Re:Imagine the possibilities... by exaviger · · Score: 4, Funny

    wohoo, alter my IT neurons to think my girl friend looks like buffy :)

  2. Re:Imagine the possibilities... by Cruithne · · Score: 5, Funny

    Now were you R'ingTFA, or were you looking at the woman in the red dress?