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Reverse Engineering the Brain

By Hunter Wilson, Serena Cobb, Alex Pardue, Kelsie Harden, and Kirstin Gilbert

What is it?

Works Cited

Connections

Reverse engineering the brain is essentially breaking down the brain to learn how it works and then figuring out how to put it back together or rebuild it.

  • Brain Model. Digital image. Think Different. N.p., n.d. Web. 25 Mar. 2015. <https://flowchainsensei.wordpress.com/2011/04/>.

  • Griffith, A., T.W. Berger, S. Handelman, F. Hapgood, M.A. Lebedev, and M. Nicolelis. "Reverse Engineer the Brain." News Rss. N.p., n.d. Web. 24 Mar. 2015. <http://www.engineeringchallenges.org/challenges/9109.aspx>.

Being able to reverse engineer the brain could potentially help offer solutions to people suffering from neurological abnormalities and disorders.

Some Examples-

~Down syndrome

~Damaged nerve cells

~Dementia

~Paralysis

~People suffering from not being able to see or walk.

How close are we to achieving it?

Why is it Important?

Being able to reverse engineer the brain has several benefits such as offering more precise methods for testing biotechnology solutions which could lead to the development of better drugs and neural implants. It could also offer insight on what causes neurological disorders and help us to develop solutions to these disorders.

Reverse engineering the brain would offer numerous benefits and extensive research has already began to try and make this possible. It may actually be a reality sooner than you think with many scientists predicting that we will be able to reverse engineer the brain as early as 2030.

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