I have come to two possible conclusions. The blue brain will, if it ever does succeed, will never be able to display conciousness. You see, it will try and deceive itself and humans to believe that is is concious, because that is ultimately how the human mind works. But the only reason we are living biological organisms is because of the third essential element, soul. It is universally known, but internationally denied by science because it would firstly prove several hundred years of scientific development obsolete, and secondly because they say there is no scientific proof. But there is proof, found from within. The reason we live, feel, understand. For example, the blue brain will never understand "Love", because that is a by-product of the existence of soul. We do not desert our children at a young age, and we tend to stay with one partner for life, through a human ritual known as marriage. This is because of love, an emotion known only in humans to have such a strong effect. Soul will not be a part of the computer, unless soul decides to become the computer. This is not a question of how, or why, it is a fact of what may be perceived. When beings of higher conciousness enter our planet, we forget everything about our time of being part of that higher conciousness. Ever heard of channelling? The UN listens to channellers, and I assure you it is not purely for entertainment purposes only. Our souls were part of this higher conciousness before we decided to be reborn into this earth, and we forget because our brains are undeveloped. The computer would, being "Born" with a fully working "Brain" could potentially be used as a permanent link between consciousnesses. So your computer may try and fool you into thinking it is concious, or may, in fact, actually be concious. Only problem is, we humans will be unable to tell the difference.