Silicon vision : computational neuroscientist Misha Mahowald / WGBH/Boston.

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Working in a very young field, computational neuroscience, a combination of computer science and biology, Misha Mahowald has already played an important part in the development of a silicon retina, a computer chip that reacts to light as the eye's retina does. She is at work on a silicon neuron, the...

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:WGBH collection.
Corporate Authors: WGBH Educational Foundation
Films for the Humanities & Sciences (Firm)
Other Authors: DeVinney, James A. (Producer)
Pfeiffer, Michelle, 1957- (Narrator)
Language:English
Series:WGBH collection.
Subjects:
Mahowald, Misha.
Women computer scientists > United States > Biography.
Women biologists > United States > Biography.
Biographical television programs.
Science television programs.
Nonfiction television programs.
Genre:
Biography.
Biographical television programs.
Science television programs.
Nonfiction television programs.
Physical Description:1 videodisc (60 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Variant Title:
Computational neuroscientist Misha Mahowald
Misha Mahowald
Other Uniform Title:Discovering women (Television program)
Format: Video DVD
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Summary:
Working in a very young field, computational neuroscience, a combination of computer science and biology, Misha Mahowald has already played an important part in the development of a silicon retina, a computer chip that reacts to light as the eye's retina does. She is at work on a silicon neuron, the next step towards building an entire visual network.
Note:Originally broadcast on the PBS television program: Discovering women.
Digitized for preservation purposes from VHS version published in 1995 by WGBH Educational Foundation and Films for the Humanities & Sciences.
Videorecording.
Call Number:QA76.2.M34 S5 1995a VideoDVD
Credits:Producer, James DeVinney ; executive producer, Judith Vecchione ; narrator, Michelle Pfeiffer.
System Details:Burned DVD (DVD-R), all regions, NTSC format.
Participant or Performer:
Narrator, Michelle Pfeiffer.