Human Brain Project will use supercomputers to mimic tangle of neurons and molecules that power our thoughts . Scientists say the simulator could offer new insight into the treatment of brain disease like Parkinson 's and Alzheimer 's . Let 's keep improving these tools and open them up so that many scientists are engaged and collaborating and using it as common point to bring the data together , '' he said . ` ` Brain in a box '' is unlikely to transform into spy - fi - like fantasy based on world domination , they say .
Human Brain Project will use supercomputers to mimic tangle of neurons and molecules that power our thoughts . Scientists say the simulator could offer new insight into the treatment of brain disease like Parkinson 's and Alzheimer 's . ` ` Brain in a box '' is unlikely to transform into spy - fi - like fantasy based on world domination , they say .