Markram believes that with the state of technology today, it is possible to build an entire rat's neocortex, which is the next phase of the Blue Brain project, due to begin next year. From there, it's cats, then monkeys and finally, a human brain.

Markram is banking on Moore's law holding steady, as a computer with the power of the human brain, using today's technology, would take up several football pitches and run up an electricity bill of $3bn a year. But by the time Markram gets around to mimicking a full human brain, computing will have moved on.

reproduce a fully functioning brain on a supercomputer.

Isn't that called the Google Algorythm? Also, I already know people alive and well functioning on a daily basis with a sytheticially reproduced rat brain!

All kidding aside, intersting clip. ty.

sounds good...