Taiwanese researchers have managed to decode 16,000 of the 100,000 neurons of the fruit-fly brain and reconstruct it virtually. The project is also open so other researchers around the world can contribute as well. One day it will be possible to fully simulate a virtual fruit-fly. This general structure of the fruit-fly brain is also similar to human brains.
"It’s not out of the question that if we had a complete cellular map and a good database, that we could create virtual organisms," Dr. Sporns said.
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http://scienceblogs....las_decoded.php
http://www.nytimes.c...euron.html?_r=1
Edited by firespin, 03 January 2011 - 11:58 PM.