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Turing's Neural Networks on the BioWall   Films: Turing neural network (global view) - [1.5MB] Turing neural network (adding elements) - [2.9MB]   The images and the films above show a special hardware implementation of B-type Turing neural network on a "reconfigurable artificial tissue" called BioWall. The machine is build up by 3200 Xilinx FPGAs, each associated with a touch screen and an 8x8 dot two-color LED display. The user can interactively build B-type Turing networks, add connections and neurons, open and close synapses, and modify neuron inputs. The main goal of this projet was to present Turing's connectionist models to a non-scientific public. Credits: Implementation: Julien Pilet and Maciej Kupiec Gavillet. Photos: (c) 2001, André Badertscher, EPFL Films: (c) 2001, Service Audiovisuel, EPFL (SAVE)