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President Barack Obama exits the East Room following his BRAIN initiative unveiling
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[quote:Anonymous Coward 1153672:MV8yMTg4ODMzXzM3MDM5OTI2XzNDODQ1NEJG] [quote:Anonymous Coward 815535:MV8yMTg4ODMzXzM3MDM5Nzc2XzRCNkQ4REYw] [quote:Daniel of the Rose:MV8yMTg4ODMzXzY2OTJEMjIx] http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/ticket/obama-introduce-brain-mapping-initiative-132407332--politics.html The cost of President Barack Obama's new $100 million BRAIN Initiative (Brain Research through Advancing Innovative Neurotechnologies) announced Tuesday is far outweighed by the benefits gained, the White House argued following the program's unveiling. The initiative—a subject the president first referenced during his State of the Union address in January—would support technologies that map the brain in order to gain greater understanding of a variety of diseases in the hopes of leading to new cures, prevention and treatment, as well as the links between the brain and behavior. "The potential here is enormous," White House press secretary Jay Carney said at Tuesday's briefing. "And the investment here is relatively small compared to the potential." The $100 million in government funds being spent on the program will be included in Obama's fiscal year 2014 budget to be released April 10. The funding breakdown includes: $40 million from the National Institutes of Health (NIH); $50 million from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), which is part of the Department of Defense; and $20 million from the National Science Foundation. pretty much gonna screw you .... through sony IBM... to name a couple.....SONY have perfected it.....and it seems IBM(Microsoft) have a different approach....but to screw you none the less. [/quote] Why do I have a bad feeling about this... seems like a code word for a super intelligent computer. [/quote] Do you always succumb to whackos, Marxists, pedophiles, kleptomaniacs, heroine addicts, and cocaine addicts? Find your courage. You an American. [/quote]
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The cost of President Barack Obama's new $100 million BRAIN Initiative (Brain Research through Advancing Innovative Neurotechnologies) announced Tuesday is far outweighed by the benefits gained, the White House argued following the program's unveiling.
The initiative—a subject the president first referenced during his State of the Union address in January—would support technologies that map the brain in order to gain greater understanding of a variety of diseases in the hopes of leading to new cures, prevention and treatment, as well as the links between the brain and behavior.
"The potential here is enormous," White House press secretary Jay Carney said at Tuesday's briefing. "And the investment here is relatively small compared to the potential."
The $100 million in government funds being spent on the program will be included in Obama's fiscal year 2014 budget to be released April 10. The funding breakdown includes: $40 million from the National Institutes of Health (NIH); $50 million from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), which is part of the Department of Defense; and $20 million from the National Science Foundation.
pretty much gonna screw you .... through sony IBM... to name a couple.....SONY have perfected it.....and it seems IBM(Microsoft) have a different approach....but to screw you none the less.
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