Now, Markram is announcing a collaboration with IBM (nyse: IBM - news - people ) to create a computer simulation of these fundamental neurological units, called neocortical columns.

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One of the fundamental characteristics of dyslexia is difficulty in handling written phonemes (the units of sound which make up a language).

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And it's taken a while for the Army's personnel system, the Army's officer corps to really understand how fundamental this shift is, that the key to success is no longer exclusively American combat units well trained and well led, but is now increasingly Iraqi Security Forces well trained and well led.

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These technologies are fundamental to the world's growing image sensor industry, with sales of over two billion units annually, and found in almost every consumer electronics device including smart phones, automobiles, tablets, televisions, gaming platforms, medical equipment and digital cameras.

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Many of the uncontrolled units, which are most likely to retire, are smaller, inefficient units and companies are already making retirement decisions independent of the Utility Toxics Rule due to fundamental economics.

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