Brain Emulation Technology

Technology and Applications Overview May 2013

What is BrainChip?The brain is a huge, interactive information

carrier whose prime function is to LEARNNew tasks are learned on top of lower level

tasks that were learned previouslyTasks need to be learned before the brain can

control anythingFor example: Limbs provide proprioception

feedback through which the brain learns to control that limb

Brainchip’s BrainChip emulates all these functions in silicon

Anatomy of BrainChipBrainChip is an array of digital electronic

neurons that learn from sensory input through repetition and intensity like the brain does, rather than being programmed

BrainChip contains exact copies of all the functions of biological neural cells, including structure, synaptic memory and plasticity

BrainChip matches pulse patterns in input streams once they have been learned

BrainChip ApplicationMedicine-brain interaction and effects analysis

need emulation technology:Emulation of major sections of the brain takes

large supercomputers (A blue-gene /P with 147,456 processors can emulate 0.0144%)

A PC with an array of BrainChip processors can emulate the brain in real time

BrainChip ApplicationsA more intelligent ‘Furby’ toy

that learns by interacting with a child

Toys that look out for the kidsRoboticsMany examples in fiction: ‘Ted’,

‘C-3PO’, ’R2-D2’ etc.

We could make this fiction real…

BrainChip ApplicationsProsthetic limbs that are controlled

by the brainNerve endings in the stump provide

pulse streams that are interpreted by the chip

The chip provides the correct feedback to the brain

A microprocessor gets input from the chip and controls motors in the limb (artificial muscle)

BrainChip eye and ear implants

Cochlear implants. The Audio waves are converted to a pulse stream, which is processed by the chip and injected into the amygdala

• Retina implants. An array of light sensors is connected to the chip, which performs the edge detection and colour separation that is done by the eye and injects the resulting pulse streams into the optical nerve

BrainChip Apps: Driverless Vehicles‘Programmed’ self-driving vehicles are potentially

dangerous because the programmer is not aware of ALL possible ‘real world’ scenarios that the machine will encounter

A vehicle that contains our chip, which has been taught to drive like a human operator learns from unexpected situations and uses knowledge to address each situation

BrainChip Apps: Drones and Air Transport

Provide expert control of unmanned air and water drones for commercial and military apps

Monitor the actions of pilots and foot soldiersReceive radio communications and verify that the pilot

or soldier understands and is following instructionsExtract voice communications from noiseA test by Theodore Berger at USC shows that a neural

system can recognise words in a signal with 85% noise – way beyond human limits

BrainChip Applications: Security

Monitor secure areas for people’s presence actions, and authority to be there

Determine access to an area by face recognition

Determine the difference between people and animals entering an area

BrainChip App: GreenTechUtilities – Monitor and learn people’s habits

for automatic home and office climate controlFuel economy – Monitor and learn people’s

driving habits for optimized fuel consumption in vehicles

BrainChip apps: Gaming

Character personalities are generated in a neural networks

A BrainChip device will increase the precision and processing speed of characters’ personality

Learns from games won and lost, increasing the level of interaction

Next StepsIdentify a semiconductor partner to produce a

commercial grade chip to address these BrainChip application opportunities

Explore non-dilutive government funding for brain research and technology

Raise equity funding to:$600,000 - Produce the commercial prototypeStaff the company$6 million – Production chip

Go to market Exit