To Model 2 mm by 0.5 mm of a Rat's Neocortex ...

Blue Brain boots up to mixed response : Nature "One of the boldest brain-modelling projects ever attempted is about to get under way in Switzerland. A team of neuroscientists plans to use a supercomputer to create a biologically realistic simulation of the neural circuits responsible for higher mental processes in humans and other mammals. But experts elsewhere are divided about its chances of success."