The Obama administration has officially announced a long-running research project aimed at mapping the human brain. The Brain Research through Advancing Innovative Neurotechnologies (BRAIN) Initiative will launch with around $100 million of initial funding in 2014, supported by the National Institutes of Health, Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, and National Science Foundation. Broadly, it's meant to help develop new technologies that will let researchers explore how brain cells interact, potentially leading to better treatment for diseases like Alzheimer's and epilepsy. That's far in the future, however: for now, a group of NIH scientists has been tasked with coming up with goals and cost estimates, and several private research...
via The Verge - All Posts http://www.theverge.com/2013/4/2/4173700/white-house-announces-brain-mapping-project-funding
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