Dick Norman did his PhD in Germany, then was offered a position at the university of Utah focused on microelectronics. He effectively got to create something that can go in not only in the body, but in the brain and actually function. And he brought this little box, where I don't know how many layers, but ultimately a chip that could be implanted in the body,. record data, stimulate and provide all sorts of very cool impact on humans. That's what he had worked on and how he'd focused his academic drive on.

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