Some Stuff: April 27

Some Stuff: April 27, 2009
1981 The computer mouse was introduced.

Linkin Park will score Transformers 2 with Hans Zimmer this according to Mike Shinoda (of Linkin Park)’s Blog.

Director Gavin Hood revealed this weekend that X-men Orgins Wolverine will have multiple secret endings on different prints and theaters will be showing different versions.

J.J. Abrams' Star Trek is Kick assedly epic!

MICHELLE OBAMA COMIC BOOK _ Michelle Obama will be available in bookstores on Wednesday. This latest installment in the Female Force comic book series offers a bio of Mrs. O. "as she secures her place in American history." The first two books in the Female Force series, featuring Hillary Clinton and Sarah Palin, are currently on their third printing. Three more Female Force titles, featuring Caroline Kennedy, Princess Diana and Condoleezza Rice, are in production and scheduled for release in the coming months.

No doubt you forgot, the 25th was National DNA Day. Can't think how to celebrate it? Well, if you have $68,000 or more lying around, you can bid for a chance to have your entire personal genome sequenced by Knome, a company that does such things.
The proceeds from the 10 day auction will benefit the X-Prize Foundation, whose mission is to "bring about radical breakthroughs for humanity." They've put up a prize of $10 million to anyone who can sequence 100 human genomes in 10 days or less. Considering that the first sequencing of the human genome, back in 2001, took an entire year, this will prove to be a remarkable feat.
According to Dr. Peter H. Diamandis, chairman and CEO of the X-Prize Foundation, "The ability to fully sequence human genomes and use that personal genetic information to predict disease susceptibility and guide proactive care has the power to transform our entire healthcare system. It is that quantum jump in speed and reduction of cost that make this X-Prize so important in accelerating the dawn of personalized medicine," says Diamandis.