they're ambitious goals but they're achievable. we're encouraging companies and others to get involved to help us make progress. we have a chance to improve the lives of not just millions but billions of people on this planet through the research that's done in this brain initiative alone, but it's going to require a serious effort, a sustained effort. and it's going to require us as a country to embody and embrace that spirit of discovery that is what made america america. the year before i was born an american company came out with one of the earliest mini computers. it was a revolutionary machine, didn't require its own air conditioning system, that was a big deal. it took only one person to operate, but each computer was eight feet tall, weighed 1,200