2008 January February 25 Ideas on the Verge
No.10 The Ultimate Machine
Brain/machine interface In Spiderman 2, mild-mannered physicist Dr. Otto Octavius attaches four mechanical limbs to his own spinal cord to conduct nuclear energy experiments. Octavius manipulates the four superhuman limbs with his mind through a clever brain/machine interface. But after a radiation test goes bad, his computerized limbs compel him to do terrible deeds. He becomes […]
No.1 Nonpartisan Stem Cells
Prickly ethical and political issues are rarely circumvented by a technical trick in a laboratory. But that’s what Shinya Yamanaka appears to have achieved. A former UCSF postdoctoral researcher who later became a stem cell scientist in his native Japan, he’s returning to the Bay Area to work his scientific magic at the UCSF-affiliated Gladstone […]
$10 Million and Counting
As it celebrates its tenth year, The Achievement Award Program (TAAP) is also celebrating an even bigger achievement—reaching its first fundraising goal of $10 million. And with that comes another challenge, as CAA plans to raise an additional $10 million over the next ten years. The program, which began with just 15 students in 1999, […]
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