A South African neuroscientist hopes to uncover new information on mental disorders by building the world’s first digital brain, the Sunday Times reported.<\/p>\n
“What we are developing is a new foundation, a new instrument – a telescope – that will allow one to look deep into the brain, offering a more systematical approach to any disease,” Professor Henry Markram<\/a> told the newspaper.<\/p>\n He has been given a R12 billion grant from the European Union<\/a> for the project which is being created in a supercomputer at the Swiss Federal Institute for Technology in Lausanne, Switzerland.<\/p>\n Markram – who has an autistic son – said he believed the project would “help us find new ways to treat autism”.<\/p>\n More than 200 researchers will work under Markram on the project which is expected to take about 10 years to complete.<\/p>\n It should also shed new light on disorders like Alzheimer’s Disease.<\/p>\n The project aims to map all 100 billion neurons connected by 100,000 billion synapses of the human brain on a single computer system.<\/p>\n 629MW saved during Earth Hour in SA: Eskom<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n Eskom BHP contract is a \u201cscandal\u201d: FF Plus<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n SKA will look for extraterrestrial intelligence: Fanaroff<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\nMore SA news<\/h3>\n