The European Union has funded a 10-year $2 billion Future and Emerging Technologies initiative that will develop microchips modeled on the human brain--the Human Brain Project--as well as graphene semiconductors aiming to replace silicon--the Graphene Flagship project. The long-range research will coordinate hundreds of European researchers and academic institutions toward the common goals of brain-like computers using lightweight super-fast carbon-based circuitry: R. Colin Johnson @NextGenLog
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