Re: trends in brain imaging

From: Andy Toth (antst20+@pitt.edu)
Date: Fri Jan 19 2001 - 16:43:16 MST


On Fri, 19 Jan 2001 Eugene.Leitl@lrz.uni-muenchen.de wrote:

+ \mez wrote:
+ \
+ \> Is there a trend similar to Moore's Law in brain scanning devices?
+ \
+ \No, of course. What a strange thing to say.

of course there is. what a strange thing to say.

+ \
+ \> That is to say, has there been a smooth progression in spatial and
+ \> temporal resolution? How about cost and size?
+ \
+ \Progress yes, but nothing you could fit to a straight log plot.
+ \

can you fit the beginning of a straight log plot to a straight log
plot? brain-imaging is born.

this question struck me. as though humanity will irrevocably begin to
reach inside of itself (per the dictation of the recontextualization
of moore's machine law).

Andy



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