Nemulator

Nemulator, a neuronal (neme-based) simulation project by Jared Schiffman (et al), is a very interesting project closely related to a recent drift in my thesis project, towards an improved understanding of meme activity.

As Jared Schiffman, Tom White and Max Vankleek clarify: “Central to the Society of Mind are the concepts of 'nemes', which are agencies responsible for representing fragments of states of minds. Together with K-lines, they form critical bridges interconnecting agents in different ways.”

Nemulator goes a step further, as the authors explain: “Our project will be to create a Neme simulator that illustrates the three axes of topology, function, and environment. Each of these axes will be illustrated by a system that allows active manipulation and graphical visualization of nemetic structure, its interactions with agents, or exposure to a variety of stimuli. Additionally, since the human mind would have to contain millions of complex interconnected nemes in order to enable us to recognize, memorize, and associate concepts the way we do, we will in this project, discuss the scalability of nemetic structures.”


Copyright Jared Schiffman/Tom White/Max Vankleek


Copyright Jared Schiffman/Tom White/Max Vankleek


Copyright Jared Schiffman/Tom White/Max Vankleek


Copyright Jared Schiffman/Tom White/Max Vankleek

The project can be seen at this link.
For a full report on Nemulator click here.

Jared Schiffman has a lot of interesting projects, for more information check his personal site at MIT Media Lab here.