Scientists are Working on Mapping the Brain. Gene by Gene

(As a CIO one of the most amazing things in this article is the fact they are creating 1 terabyte of data everyday.)
Excerpt:

In March 2002, Paul Allen—cofounder of Microsoft and 41st-richest person in the
world—brought together a dozen neuroscientists for a three-day meeting aboard his 300-foot
yacht, Tatoosh, which was anchored in Nassau, Bahamas. At the time, Allen's philanthropic
work consisted of an eclectic (some say frivolous) set of endeavors. There was the
Experience Music Project in Seattle, a rock-and-roll museum designed by Frank Gehry; the
Allen Telescope Array, 350 radio telescopes dedicated to deep-space observation and the
search for extraterrestrial life; and SpaceShipOne, the first privately funded plane
developed to put a human in space. But Allen was eager to start something new: a project
involving neuroscience. He was excited by the sheer uncharted mystery of the mind—one of the
last, great scientific frontiers—hoping a single large-scale endeavor could transform the
field.
"I first got interested in the brain through computers," Allen says. "There's a long history
of artificial intelligence programs that try to mimic what the brain is doing, but they've
all fallen short. Here's this incredible computer, a really astonishing piece of
engineering, and we have no idea how it works."

Photo: David Clugston
WIRED MAGAZINE: 17.04
Med-Tech : Health

Scientists Map the Brain, Gene by Gene

By Jonah Lehrer 03.28.09

Preparing a fresh specimen for analysis.