Prof. James Giordano, PhD, is a neuroscientist, Vice President for Academic Programs and Director of the Center for Neurotechnology Studies at the Potomac Institute for Policy Studies.  In comments to New Scientist also published in Electronics Weekly, he talks about scientists' research into the area of "thinking" robots. Click here to read the article including Prof. Giordano's comments, then click here to read his NeuroBioEthics blog post on the effort to build conscious machines.