Fellows of experimental physics department of Ural University of Physics and technology have developed necessary hardware components for “electromagnetic consciousness” according CEMI (consciousness electromagnetic information field) theory of Johnjoe McFadden.
      
      Russian think tank created a model of neural network on neurons (EM (electromagnetic) neurons) with additional channels for information exchange via electromagnetic field and patented it (patent No. 2309457 “Neural field model”).
      
      Channels for interaction via electromagnetic field are implemented in an original construction of neural axon, looking like a chain of in-series radio-frequency pulse self oscillators with self-quenching circuits and radio-pulse envelope separators. The concept of EM neurons is almost the same like McFadden’s CEMI theory, but with following exception: mechanism of information exchange process between neurons via EM field is different.
      
      EM neurons have much in common with its biological prototype and correspond with usual processes of neurophysiology.
      
      However, the issue of spontaneous generation of consciousness in networks with this type of architecture remains open.
      
      Source: CNews.ru

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Added: 27 February 2008 00:47

Cristian Chidesa :
I think this research is really fascinating, being at the frontier of science. But I think also it would be very useful for Russia and for East Europe to develop a new performant technology in computer science as an alternative to the american IT technologies. In my opinion, such new IT technology should have only a minimum of conventions and could be based on a single powerful programming language like Lisp or Prolog or another functional language. Russia has the expertise necessary to successfully achieve such an audacious project. Taking into account the exacerbate competition between the most developed economies of our planet, I believe that such project should be a national priority for Russia.

Added: 29 September 2009 23:47