They are hoping, with Dr. Brown of Xerox, that the result will be a new class of software that augments human activity and intelligence.
There is a $1 million base salary, which will be augmented by an annual bonus of two to four times his salary, or $2 million to $4 million.
Concurrently, the Texas Theatre will host a concert by Jimmie and his Tilt-a-Whirl Band that will be augmented with a Q. and A. and a slide show from the Vaughan family archives.
As reduced glutathione is essential for scavenging reactive oxygen species (ROS), this may result in increased oxidative stress in IDH1-mutant glioma cells, a phenomenon that will be further augmented by increased mitochondrial density.
But that's not all: Dr. Topol also points out that soon a person's precise genetic data will be augmented by an extraordinary wealth of other digital data (provided by, say, the continuous monitoring of blood pressure, pulse and mood, and a variety of ultra-precise scans).
The imaging modules will be further augmented in the full study when a sub-sample of participants will undergo MRI scans of the brain, heart and abdomen.
Whether responses to a recombinant antigen will be augmented in a B15R deletion background remains to be tested, though it should be noted in this regard that enhancement of anti-vector responses was confined to the E3-specific response and was not observed in the case of the F2(G) epitope.
The program will also include "The Oyster Princess," a silent film directed by Ernst Lubitsch, whose work will be augmented by an original score from the Austin band Bee vs. Moth, and "Girls," an HBO comedy that is written and directed by, and stars, Lena Dunham.
What's surprising is that Microsoft has made much of the fact that NBC's Olympic coverage will be augmented by an enhanced experience with multiple camera angles, interactive data, and various extended features, powered by the cross-platform Silverlight technology.
They include business executives, an engineer, financial experts, transport campaigners and policy wonks and will be augmented by a union representative to be nominated by the TUC, a move that has prompted expressions of disquiet from London Assembly Tories, though Boris Johnson's first TfL board actually included two union officials.
