Popular press

After the publication of the Science paper, Spaun was widely covered by the popular press. Below is a partial collection of those articles. Spaun is a 2.5 million spiking neural network built using the python-based Nengo neural simulator. Nengo can be downloaded here.

• CBC Quirks & Quarks (radio interview) Building a Brain
• BBC World: Science in Action (radio interview; opening 5 s and interview starts at 11:50)
• CNN: Brain model may help build human-like robot
• Wired: How to build an artificial brain
• Popular Science: Meet Spaun, The Most Complex Simulated Brain Ever
• Nature: Simulated brain scores top test marks
• Reddit post
• Reddit Ask Me Anything (AMA) (ranked in the top 10 Science AMAs for 2012)
• National Geographic: Will we ever… simulate a brain?
• LA Times: New computer model of the brain focuses on seeing and doing
• BrainFacts.org: Designing brain-based robots
• CBC Quirks & Quarks: (radio interview) What does the future hold? Artificial intelligence and the singularity
• Science News: Simulated brain mimics human quirks
• Seeker: Artificial brain mimics human abilities and flaws
• Smithsonian.com: A More Human Artificial Brain
• SingularityHub: Scientists create artificial brain with 2.3 million simulated neurons
• TG Daily: Artificial brain ‘Spaun’ passes IQ tests
• Slashdot post: Spaun: a large-scale functional brain model
• Ars Technica: Model brain with 2.5 million neurons configures itself to solve problems
• Huffington Post: Artificial Brain: ‘Spaun’ Software Model Mimics Abilities, Flaws Of Human Brain
• Gizmodo: The Most Realistic Artificial Brain Has a Mind of Its Own
• ExtremeTech: Spaun, the most realistic artificial human brain yet
• VR Zone: Neuroscientist creates a large scale model of a functioning brain
• Canada.com: Canadian scientists create a functioning, virtual brain
• Science Recorder: Researchers create the world’s largest working brain model
• The Globe and Mail: Meet Spaun: the world’s biggest brain that works
• Les Affaires: Des ordinateurs qui imitent notre cerveau
• CTV News (video interview) Scientists in Waterloo, Ont. develop virtual brain
• Singularity Weblog: (video interview) Chris Eliasmith on Singularity 1 on 1: We Have Not Yet Learned What The Brain Has To Teach Us!
• McGill Daily: The rise of the brain-bots
• The Record (Kitchener): Brain simulator could provide insight to damage, diseases, local researchers say
• The Register: Scientists build largest ever computerized brain
• Der Spiegel: Bereit für den Intelligenztest
• CBC Radio Canada: Spaun, le cerveau artificiel
• n-tv.de: Maschine ahmt Mensch nach
• Folha de S. Paulo: Cérebro virtual simula comportamento e realiza tarefas cognitivas
• Neue Zürcher Zeitung: Ein simuliertes Gehirn löst «Denkaufgaben»
• El País: Lo último en cerebros de silicio
• QQ: 研究人员开发出更具人性化的大脑软件模型
• ifanr: Spaun：神经学家构建的虚拟大脑
• IEEE Spectrum: Brain Model Connects Neurons to Behavior
• phys.org: Spaun, the new human brain simulator, can carry out tasks (w/ video)
• Exchange Magazine: Waterloo researchers create world’s largest functioning model of the brain
• Richard Dawkins Foundation: Canadian scientists create a functioning, virtual brain
• I Programmer: The Truth About Spaun - The Brain Simulation
• Big Think: A conversation with the creators of the world’s largest functioning model of the human brain
• Greg Laden’s Blog (ScienceBlogs): Canadian Scientists Create Virtual Human Brain
• Prosa: Nu bygger forskerne en hjerne
• The Weekly Weinersmith podcast: (radio interview) Trevor Bekolay on Spaun, a large-scale simulated brain
• The Voice of Russia: (radio interview) Canadian Scientists Work to Build A Thinking Computer
• Futura Santé: Spaun, un cerveau artificiel pour mieux comprendre le cerveau humain
• The Record: UW prof teaches readers how to build a brain