The Blue Brain Project is an attempt to create a synthetic brain by reverse-engineering the mammalian brain down to the molecular level. The aim of the project‚ founded in May 2005 by the Brain and Mind Institute of the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) in Switzerland‚ is to study the brain’s architectural and functional principles. The project is headed by the founding director Henry Markram and co-directed by Felix Schürmann and Sean Hill. Using a Blue Gene supercomputer running
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1. How strong are the competitive forces confronting Blue Nile and other online retail jewelers? Which one of the five competitive forces is the strongest? Do a five-forces analysis to support your answer. The companies that are competing in this industry are Blue Nile‚ Zales‚ Tiffany ’s‚ Online Jewelry Stores (Diamonds.com‚ etc…)‚ and Local Jewelers. The Rivalry among the competing sellers is strong because there are many competitors and they are basically offering the same product. Also‚ the
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abdomen and tiny hairs surrounded its body which gave it an eerie aroma‚ there it was sitting‚ staring at me‚ my very own kryptonite‚ a spider. It is unusual to feel that this small creature has such a tight grip on my actions‚ even the mere sight of it makes me cringe. In western societies as many as 55% of females have experienced Arachnophobia‚ the fear of spiders‚ and although this number makes me feel less deserted it does
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The Answer by Karl Nemsow Voyager1 sails through deep space all alone. It has been on its journey since 1977 sending back glimpses of the solar system to help humankind find some answers. One of the greatest questions asked by humankind is what‚ or who‚ else might exist out in our grandiose cosmos. A cosmos 13.7 billion years old‚ which is so massive that it is incomprehensible to the human mind. Dr Vince Hawking tried to comprehend such concepts every single day. It made him wonder if
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Butterfly Effect “In life the smallest things can make the greatest impact on the world”. This is known as the Butterfly Effect in chaos theory. The butterfly effects most famous example is a hurricane creation depending on whether or not a butterfly flaps its wings. For instance if a rat in a hurry is frightened it gives off a gas that tells all the other rats to run away saving the pack form harm. The most well-known illustration of the butterfly effect is also known as the ripple effect. The
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Last year‚ in seventh grade‚ I was invited to be in beta club. Beta club is a club for middle school honors students who do volunteer projects and go to a regional competition in the spring.When spring came and it was time to go to the convention the fourteen club members skipped school and went to Springfield. The caravan of cars started driving at 5:00 sharp. Most people slept on the car ride but my friends and I just talked. When we were on the highway there was a tire in our lane the driver
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Managerial Marketing Blue Ocean Strategy by W. Chan Kim The second part describes the four principles of blue ocean strategy formulation: how to create uncontested market space by reconstructing market boundaries‚ focusing on the big picture‚ reaching beyond existing demand and getting the strategic sequence right. These four formulation principles address how an organization can create blue oceans by looking across the six conventional boundaries of competition (Six Paths Framework)
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BLUE BRAIN PROJECT WHAT IS BLUE BRAIN? * BLUE BRAIN—The world’s first virtual brain * It’s being developed by IBM * Within 30 years we will be able to scan ourselves into computers The Blue Brain Project is an attempt to create a synthetic brain by reverse-engineering the mammalian brain down to the molecular level. The aim of the project‚ founded in May 2005 by the Brain and Mind Institute of the École Polytechnique in Lausanne‚ Switzerland‚ is to study the brain’s architectural and
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Question 1. What are some key factors in diamond retailing? How do Blue Nile‚ Zales‚ and Tiffany compare on those dimensions? All the companies involved in the diamond market want to have a big share of that market. And‚ the bigger the share‚ the company makes bigger revenue. It is very interesting that all three companies (even though they are in the same ‘business’) have different approaches in ‘taking market share’. An important fact is that the companies have a different clientele. The
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Walt Whitman was one of the most remarkable American poets. The revolutionary poet‚ Walt Whitman‚ was the ignition in a literary explosion. Whitman set the archetype for free verse poetry; one of his poems‚ “A Noiseless Patient Spider” demonstrates this style. Walt Whitman was born on May 31‚ 1819 in West Hills‚ New York. He lived an indigent childhood; his father worked as both a farmer and a carpenter in order to support Whitman and his seven siblings. When he was three‚ Whitman and his family
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