Research Update in
Neuroscience for Neurosurgeons

Kerry Bernstein
IBM T.J. Watson Research Center

"On the Evolution of an Electronic Species"

• Ray Kurzweil, The Singularity is Near, Penguin Books, 2004
  
  
• Hans Moravec, Robot: Mere Machine to Transcendant Mind, Oxford Press, 1999
  
  
• David Stork,, Hal's Legacy: 2001's Computer as Dream and Reality, MIT Press, 2000
  
  
• Stephen Hawking, A Brief History of Time, Bantam Books, 1996
  
  
• Richard Feynman, The Pleasure of Finding Things Out, Perseus Publishing, 1999
  
  

Web Resources

1. Thought-provoking discussions on 2001's arrival
   
   
2. Hans Moravec's homepage, biological computing
   
   
3. University of Delaware's Neuromorphic Center
   
   
4. Great collection of articles on Silicon Neurons
   
   
5. Xerox's Palo Alto Research Ctr's Smart Robots
   
   
6. A very convincing avatar with green hair
   
   

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