How does the brain work? (NOVA ScienceNOW)

[VirusType2]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z1gMbY41X58
~ 50 minutes.

How does the brain work?

Original Broadcast Feb 2 2011 : Investigate the psychology of magic tricks, magnetic wands that treat depression, artificial intelligence, and more...

Program Description

This episode of NOVA scienceNOW delves into some pretty heady stuff, examining magic and the brain, artificial intelligence, magnetic mind control, and the work of neuroscientist and synesthesia researcher David Eagleman. Can we really believe our own eyes? Will machines one day think like us? Can magnetic wands effectively control brain functions and treat depression? Explore this and more.

I really enjoy this show, it's one of my favorites. This was a good episode as usual.

 

[Dead Phil]

Any other topics in the realm of particle physics?
Large Hydron Collider
Black Holes
Gravity
Dark matter
any of these?

 

[VirusType2]

Any other topics in the realm of particle physics?

I don't remember.

You can find the episode list here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NOVA_ScienceNOW

I see one covering CERN (LHC) and another covering dark matter.


One thing covered in the episode above is in the news today. Artificial Intelligence "Watson"

http://mashable.com/2011/02/11/ibm-watson-jeopardy/

Watson, an artificial intelligence project from IBM that’s over five years in the making and about to prove itself to the world next week. The supercomputer, named for the technology company’s founder, will be competing with championship-level contestants on the quiz show Jeopardy!. The episodes will air on February 14, 15 and 16, and if recent practice rounds are any indication, Watson is in it to win it.

Jeopardy!, a quiz known for nuance, puns, double entendres and complex language designed to mislead human contestants.

Watson: hardware consisting of 90 IBM Power 750 Express servers. Each server utilizes a 3.5 GHz POWER7 eight-core processor, with four threads per core. Top that off with 16 terabytes of RAM

 

[Schall]

Cool. Will watch in a bit.

 

[No Limit]

I love Nova, one of my favorite shows. Will check this out a bit later.