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[The Reefuge]

Hello everyone,

This is not an update to do with The Reefuge, but an example of something that this community seems to believe in. This is what happens when information is free for all to use and why we need to take every measure possible to protect the Internet.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-19291258

Fifteen-year-old high school student Jack Andraka likes to kayak and watch the US television show Glee.
And when time permits, he also likes to do advanced research in one of the most respected cancer laboratories in the world.
Jack Andraka has created a pancreatic cancer test that is 168 times faster and considerably cheaper than the gold standard in the field. He has applied for a patent for his test and is now carrying out further research at Johns Hopkins University in the US city of Baltimore.
And he did it by using Google.
The Maryland native, who won $75,000 at the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair in May for his creation, cites search engines and free online science papers as the tools that allowed him to create the test.
The BBC's Matt Danzico sat down with the teenager, who said the idea came to him when he was "chilling out in biology class".

 

[chimaera]

Cool story.

 

[Colbosue]

I love googling medical stuff and finding new endocrine resources, fun! so if anyone ever needs stuff googled for any reason let me know.

 

['vspec']

I love googling for porn and finding new ways to entertain myself ~ Fun!. One day I may actually may find the sure for cancer that way:confused:

 

[Colbosue]

At least you may cure depression:cool:

 

['vspec']

Yep, at the cost of RSI

 

[Colbosue]

Did you watch the episode of the The Big Bang Theory where they used a mechanical hand? Hilarious

 

['vspec']

I dont watch TV;)

But I can imagine

 

[Colbosue]

It involved a emergency hospital visit with a mechanical hand attached :P

 

[MichelleShocked]

Awesome story. Thank you for sharing it thereefuge
Its exactly the sort of thing that should be happening all over the world, every day, in response to every problem that arises for everyone.
Fantastic kid, fantastic achievement, fantastic outcome.:worship
Maybe we can set him to work on world hunger.
No pressure or anything.
After the school holidays will do
:D