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...What the scientists told Allen was that they really wanted a virtual map for the genes that turn on and off in the brain, akin to the blueprint of the entire human genome that, at that time, was nearing completion. So in 2003, the same year that the Human Genome Project (HGP) was finished, Allen pitched in $41 million and launched the Allen Brain Atlas, an ambitious - and altruistic - indexing of the entire genome of the mouse brain that would be available, free of charge, to researchers on the Web. Why mice? It's impossible to get the live samples...
...have an impact." Hubert Kaltenegger, 31, an energetic German product manager, agrees. "If you've been working for five years you think, is this it? You've got your car, your apartment, you can buy nice T shirts, but there's a need to create some value." The "virtual" dimension of work in an IT-dominated society also leaves him wanting more. "You transform data into a really good Excel spreadsheet for the next chain in the process, but what do you actually make? There's nothing like the satisfaction of doing something practical, with a physical result...
...Gets Nervous in Tennessee In the race for the Senate, Harold Ford wasn't supposed to have much appeal outside his home base of Memphis. But now that he is in a virtual dead heat with his Republican opponent, the race is getting down and dirty
Boeing doesn't just build jets. Last week it landed a $67 million contract to build a largely virtual fence with drones, cameras and sensors along the U.S.-Mexico border...
Over the course of the next week, I spent at least an hour a day working on the Myo-boy, graduating to new levels of virtual reality. Finally, I simulated the mechanics of a virtual hand, including the wrist rotation I had paid for with two extra inches of my arm. It took an extra step, hitting both muscles at the same time...