http://www2.dac.com/events/videoarchive.aspx?id=122-120–0

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Some catching up on IBM’s Cognitive Computing progress by means of their press releases:

2011: IBM Unveils Cognitive Computing Chips
2009: IBM Moves Closer To Creating Computer Based on Insights From The Brain
2008: IBM Seeks to Build the Computer of the Future Based on Insights from the Brain

Venture Beat articles follow closely:
2011: IBM produces first working chips modeled on the human brain
2009: IBM moves closer to creating chips based on the brain
2008: IBM aims to replicate the brain with cognitive computing project

More about IBM’s efforts are detailed here. More information about DARPA’s SyNAPSE program is available on the Artificial Brains blog.

A good video from this Venture Beat article:

With an interesting Q&A encounter between Jeff Hawkins and Ray Kurzweil (recently appointed Director of Engineering at Google)

I.B.M. Announces Brainy Computer Chip (August 2011)