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I think cortical.io has had success with Numenta.

I also read Hawkin's book and loved it. I'm still hoping that they'll get something going.

Do we need a background in neurobiology to understand Hawkin's - "On Intelligence"?

No - it's actually pretty straightforward. I think I should read it again :-)

Not really. Although it delves in biology quite a bit, It was an easy read for me (I have zero neuroscience background)