Agree. While this research merely connects the right concepts together in writing, I believe this guy is actually implementing many of those in the right way. A form of hierarchical Q-learning with SDRs. It's also less limited than Numenta's focus on anomaly detection and comes with a GH repository.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ePLbFFL52-E
http://twistedkeyboardsoftware.com/?p=137