human connector. we're here at the martino's imaging center having a look at the connectome scanner which is the first scanner in the world created to map connectivity in the human brain it's the most powerful scanner for this use by a factor of four compared to the other scanners it consumes up to twenty megawatts of electricity when it's running at full speed for comparison that's about the amount of electricity produced by a nuclear submarine. in a state of rest hundreds of subjects brains are being scanned by this unique m.r.i. machine. researches have also developed a helmet a census to trace connections in the brain in the highest possible resolution. it's enabled them to produce a three d. computer image depicting the main pathways of the human brain.