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	Machines with a human touch (Economist, March, 20th 2001)
		Neuromorphic engineers look at brain structures such as the retina and the cortex, and then devise chips that contain neurons and a primitive rendition of brain chemistry.
		Neuromorphic engineering is likely to change the face of artificial intelligence because it seeks to mimic what nature does well rather than badly.
		Neuromorphic chips are going to have enormous implications, especially in applications where compactness and power consumption are at a premium-as, say, for replacement parts within the human body.
	www.med.unifi.it /didonline/anno-I/informatica/analogcomputers.html (2828 words)

	Untitled Document (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Cohen is one of the world’s foremost neuromorphic engineers and one of the founders of the science itself.
		One current application of neuromorphic engineering that many people have heard about is the cochlear implant, a small electronic device that provides a sense of sound to people who have severe hearing loss.
		Neuromorphic engineers are also working to perfect other medically applicable devices: retinal implants to restore visions, prosthetic limbs that are motivated by biological processes for amputees, and cortical implants for stroke victims.
	www.telluridewatch.com /archive_news/2004/july/07_09_13_04/a2.htm (661 words)

	Accelerating-Intelligence News: Single Article View
		Instead of using the ones and zeros of digital electronics to simulate the way the brain functions, neuromorphic engineering relies on nature's biological short-cuts to make robots that are smaller, smarter and vastly more energy-efficient, as a group of electronics engineers, neuroscientists, roboticists and biologists demonstrated recently at a three-week workshop held in Telluride, Colorado.
		Instead of using, say, a camera or a microphone to give a machine some limited sense of sight and hearing, tool makers of tomorrow will be buying silicon retinas or cochleas off the shelf and plugging them into their circuit boards.
		Neuromorphic chips are going to have enormous implications, especially in applications where compactness and power consumption are at a premium -- as, say, for replacement parts within the human body.
	www.kurzweilai.net /news/news_single.html?id=547 (265 words)

	Asiaweek.com
		Neuromorphics is the science of combining computer technology with human brain function.
		Not all types of visual impairments -- such as blindness from birth -- can be treated with this technology; the system relies, in part, on the normal functioning of at least some of the visual organs.
		More likely, neuromorphics will aid vision that has gradually degenerated or narrowed because of specific ophthamological problems.
	www.asiaweek.com /asiaweek/96/0621/feat4.html (584 words)

	Regena technology (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		My professional interests are in the area of neuromorphic systems, because of their potential for groundbreaking new capabilities in the areas of unsupervised learning and pattern understanding.
		Neuromorphic systems are intelligent software programs whose design is inspired by the organization of biological nervous systems.
		My belief is that when these features are fully implemented and exploited in artificial neuromorphic systems, the result will be a new generation of highly competent robotic agents.
	www.regena.com /tech.htm (415 words)

	Biomorphic robotics - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		There is a huge amount of work be done implementing biological nervous and neural networks into computing devices.
		One of the more prolific annual Biomorphic conferences is at the Neuromorphic Engineering Workshop.
		This page was last modified 19:20, 9 July 2005.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Biomorphic_robot (224 words)

	Summation Neuron
		It produces a series of pulses, the number and frequency of which is related to the quantity and type of signals arriving at its inputs, and at which inputs they are received.
		I have come across this concept in several of the papers on neuromorphics and so have included it here as one of the available options.
		The polarity of the first two synapse' (whether it is inhibitory or excitatory) is established by the polarity of the diodes, shown in fl in the schematics.
	www.geocities.com /droidmakr/Ns.html (4702 words)

	Army FY04 STTR Solicitation Topics
		OBJECTIVE: Develop an analog control system based on neuromorphic principles to sense and control an active, light-weight, powered splint system for the lower limb, designed to permit useful walking in an individual with non-functional or damaged gastrocnemius/soleus (calf) muscles and/or severe tibial/fibular (shin) fractures that normally would prevent both weight bearing and mobility.
		limbs, visual sensors. Neuromorphic systems may be simpler in computational design, smaller, more efficient and more suited as control devices to enhance or replace normal musculoskeletal function.
		Real-time interaction between a neuromorphic electronic circuit and the spinal cord.
	www.acq.osd.mil /sadbu/sbir/solicitations/sttr04/army04.htm (10250 words)

	Faculty (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The projects utilize experimental/computational neuroscience and bioengineering approaches for dynamical systems analyses of sensorimotor systems, for designing neuromorphic bio-hybrid control systems, and for implementing novel therapeutic approaches to restore function after neurotrauma by tapping into neuromotor plasticity.
		Neuromorphic devices are used in the field of computational neurosciences, for the development of neural prosthesis...
		She leads in IXL, a CNRS (french national research institute) laboratory, a research team which has been working for more than 10 years on the development of analog and mixed custom neuromorphics circuits.
	www.dartmouth.edu /~bioc2004/Main_Faculty.html (1093 words)

	Biomorphic robotics Article, Biomorphicrobotics Information (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		There is a huge amount of work be done implementing biologicalnervous and neural networks into computing devices.
		These academics meet from all around the world to share theirresearch in what they call is a field of engineering that is based on the design and fabrication of artificial neuralsystems, such as vision chips, head-eye systems, and roving robots, whose architecture and design principles are based on thoseof biological nervous systems.
		The difference between neuromorphics and biomorphics is believed to be focusing on the control and sensor systems (neuromorphic) vs. the whole system(biomorphic).
	www.anoca.org /systems/robots/biomorphic_robotics.html (273 words)

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		Neuromorphic engineering is likely to change the face of artificial
		In fact, the neuromorphic approach may be the only way of
		Neuromorphic chips are going to have enormous implications,
	www.ee.umd.edu /courses/enee719v.S2002/bains-econ.html (2038 words)

	Ai Forums - The Artificial Intelligence Forum
		Artificial attempts at replicating intelligence,namely neuromorphics, just follow what ever breakthroughs or discoveries that are made in anatomomical studies of the brain(Neurology).
		I was thinking more along the lines of circuits that emulate the function of a real biological neuron.In particular, Adaptive threshold elements and floating gate technology used in the new field of neuromorphics.
		Of course i dont have access to facilities to build neuromorphic circuits in VLSI, most of my work is in VLSI CAD drawings and simple electronic threshold comparator demonstration circuits that i use to verify certain parameters.
	www.ai-forum.org /topic.asp?forum_id=1&topic_id=7863 (3906 words)

	Mind Hacks: Scientific American on neuromorphics, laterality, apophenia
		Mind Hacks: Scientific American on neuromorphics, laterality, apophenia
		The May edition of Scientific American has just hit the shelves, containing articles on neuromorphics - the science of building electronics inspired by brain cells, gender differences in brain function and sex-specific psychiatric treatments, and how the brain makes unlikely connections between events.
		The cover article discusses 'neuromorphics', a new term describing the application of knowledge from neuroscience to designing and implementing microchips.
	www.mindhacks.com /blog/2005/04/scientific_american_.html (281 words)

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		Title : SBIR Phase I: Very Large Scale Integrated (VLSI) Implementations of Neuromorphics Virtual Sensors for Intelligent Diagnostics and Control Abstract : *** ABSTRACT 9660637 Moopenn This Small Business Innovation Research Phase I project will develop a novel, compact, low-cost, and single chip adaptive neuroprocessor.
		This bit-serial based digital CMOS VLSI electronic neural network device will combine on-chip integration of a fully reconfigurable feedforward/time-lagged recurrent neuroprocessor with a backpropagation weight training module.
		The end product of this research and development is particularly relevant to all diagnostics and control applications in the automotive industry, in aerospace, as well as process control in the electronics commercial industry.
	www.cs.utexas.edu /users/yguan/NSFAbstracts/Abstracts/ENG/DMI.ENG.a9660637.txt (201 words)

	1998 Upward Bound Electronic Magazine--Research (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		A new effort in AI, called neuromorphics takes this lesson to heart.
		"Silicon retina's-eyes on a chip that sense a scene or pattern and interpret it-are among the best developed products of (neuromorphics') approach." These circuits emulate the neural circuits concerning vision in biological systems.
		If these chips can learn to recognize patterns as neurons do, the next step in their evolution would seem to be the same kind of connectionism witnessed in the brain.
	csucub.csuchico.edu /pubs/PubFld/98mag/research/flatline.html (2994 words)

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		Applications include multi-agent learning, adaptive artificial soccer teams, micro-robotics and reinforcement learning (using Kheperas), container flow scheduling, turbulence suppression, and drag minimization.
		Evolutionary computation:We have developed several novel methods for evolving goal-directed programs, with applications including multi-agent learning, learning to play soccer, flow optimization through superior vehicle shapes, and neuromorphics (leave major aspects of computation to physics).
		General question: how much can you achieve with how little.
	www.eunite.org /eunite/members/orgdescript.asp?OrganizationCode=43070 (437 words)

	MachineBrain General Robotics: BEAM Robotics
		Various BEAM robot projects including Micro Air Vehicle, Walkers, and Solar Rovers.
		I use BEAM Robotics principles and concepts to adapt research being done in the area of Neuromorphics to a level that hobbyist can try
		Lotsa BEAM and BEAMish thingys to see and build.
	www.machinebrain.com /General_Robotics/BEAM_Robotics (272 words)

	What do scientists not yet understand about the brain? - Page 2 - Science Forums and Debate
		You just get all dirty, and the pig enjoys it!
		...and i believe neuromorphics in VLSI to be steps in that direction.
		My first post on these forums, since I've done some thinking around this topic before, and was interested.
	www.scienceforums.net /forums/showthread.php?p=114983 (1806 words)

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		Posted on: Sat, Apr 30 2005 11:42 PM Scientific American on neuromorphics, laterality, apophenia
		Definitely need to keep an eye on this.
	www.bloglines.com /blog/Cadigan/2005_4 (158 words)

	Solid-State Engineering
		To date, the researchers at the Center has demonstrated the first high quality GaN films on silicon substrates with a dramatically reduced defect density by following this approach.
		Autonomous Detection of Missile Targets Using Neuromorphics Multi-Chip Module
		Quantum well infrared photodetectors (QWIPs) are advanced devices capable of detecting very long wavelength infrared radiation using advanced GaInAsP compounds.
	www.ece.northwestern.edu /reports/Annual99/solidstate.html (5818 words)

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