The Human Brain Project (HBP) is a revolutionary project that aims to develop a complete understanding of the human brain and how it functions. They plan to do this by integrating past, present and future brain research into a unified source, which has never been done before. The HBP will greatly impact many areas of science including neuroscience, medicine and computing. The information gathered from the project will help fill in gaps in our knowledge of neuroinformatics and brain function. It will also allow for huge leaps in medical technology, including the ability to get earlier diagnoses for brain diseases and to create personalized treatments for people. Furthermore, this information will allow for new types of supercomputers to be developed that have systems with brain-like intelligence. There are promising benefits associated with the HBP, the technology just needs to be completed and made readily available to scientists.