Re: An Idea for new Mindstorms - event potential?
dan miller <[email protected]>
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> Don't be too hard on the fly's brain. A housefly has about a third of a > million neurons. > I've been interested in estimates of insect (& arachnid) brain power for some time, with neuron counts, up-to-date analysis of cognitive abilities, etc. For some reason I've found this material hard to find online. Any references would be greatly appreciated - dan > If you think of a neuron as being about the power of a transistor - then > there is a computer that's more complex than a 386 - but less complex > than > a 486. > > If you think of a neuron as being an entire logic gate (which is probably > closer > to the truth), then the raw part count is about as powerful as an early > Pentium. > > Neurons are slower than computer logic gates - but that's more than > compensated > for by the enormous degree of connectivity and parallelism in an animal > brain. > > Overall, a common housefly probably has more available compute power than > a modern desktop PC. > > ---------------------------- Steve Baker ------------------------- > HomeEmail: <[email protected]> WorkEmail: <[email protected]> > HomePage : http://www.sjbaker.org > Projects : http://plib.sf.net http://tuxaqfh.sf.net > http://tuxkart.sf.net http://prettypoly.sf.net > -----BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK----- > GCS d-- s:+ a+ C++++$ UL+++$ P--- L++++$ E--- W+++ N o+ K? w--- !O M- > V-- PS++ PE- Y-- PGP-- t+ 5 X R+++ tv b++ DI++ D G+ e++ h--(-) r+++ y++++ > -----END GEEK CODE BLOCK----- > > > > WOOOWW!!! I'll be paying a lot more attention to flies after reading this! > I can barely wait to see a blue screen on a fly ;) do flies have > ctrl+alt+del ? ;) > keep posting about the flies... ;) i'm really interested! i'm taking > biology > next year... =P > __________________________________________________________ > Email gratuito com 2 000 MB > Espaço para guardar 20 anos de correio > http://www.portugalmail.pt/2000mb > ____________________________________________________ Yahoo! Sports Rekindle the Rivalries. Sign up for Fantasy Football http://football.fantasysports.yahoo.com