Steve Smith’s axial array tomography video of mouse cortex

I’ve been waiting to see this video hit You Tube ever since I saw it as part of Christof Koch’s talk at DOM VI in Singapore. The video gives the viewer a real idea of the complexity of the system and the daunting challenges facing neuroscientists who want to make sense of it all. And this is just mouse–imagine human neocortex!

Thanks to the Organizers of DOM VI

DOM VI is now history–it was a terrific scientific conclave with some absolutely incredible talks. A short blog post then to thank the organizers– in particular Kenneth Kwok –for their superb pulling it all together. Here Ken and I are posed in front of one of Singapore’s iconic science locations, brain sculptures make the photo.

I’m back in DC after a mind-boggling 18 hr, 10,000 mile non-stop to New York directly over the Pacific Ocean.

DOM VI: Hiroshi Ishiguro and the Geminoid Robot

Live Blogging from DOM 6

Kenichiro Mongi from Sony showed the following viral video from TED on human leadership behavior:

Right now John Weng from Michigan State is telling us about his view that there are 5 chunks of a brain-mind model: development, architecture, area, space and time. His mantra: you need a deep understanding of computer to understand the brain. Hmmm.

Decade of the Mind VI, Singapore October 2010

Well the Web Page for registration is now up here. I’ll be there and the program looks pretty exciting.

Jim