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Cubic millimetre of brain mapped in spectacular detail (www.nature.com)
submitted 10 months ago by boem to c/technology
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[–] scarilog 31 points 10 months ago (1 children)

The 3D map covers a volume of about one cubic millimetre, one-millionth of a whole brain, and contains roughly 57,000 cells and 150 million synapses — the connections between neurons. It incorporates a colossal 1.4 petabytes of data.

Assuming this means the total data of the map is 1.4 petabytes. Crazy to think that mapping of the entire brain will probably happen within the next century.

[–] [email protected] 28 points 10 months ago

If one millionth of the brain is 1.4 petabytes, the whole brain would take 1.4 zettabytes of storage, roughly 4% of all the digital data on Earth.