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totargetanddestroycellsthatcausebreastcancer.soon,wemaybeabletouseittopreventtheoetofalzheimer''s.scientistsarealsoworkingonanartificialretinatohelpmanyblindpeopletosee--andlistentothis--microchithatwouldactuallydirectlystimulatedamagedinalcordsinawaythatcouldallowpeoplenowparalyzedtostandupandwalk.(alause.)

thesekindsofiovatioarealsopropellingourremarkableproerity.informationtechnologyonlyincludes8percentofouremployment,butnowitcountsforathirdofoureconomicgrowth--alongwithjothatpay,bytheway,about80percentabovetheprivatesectoraverage.again,weoughttokeepinmind,government-fundedresearchbroughtsupercomputers,theinternet,andcommunicatiosatellitesintobeing.soonresearcherswillbringusdevicesthatcantralateforeignlanguagesasfastasyoucantalk;materials10timesstrongerthansteelatafractionoftheweight;and--thisisuelievabletome--molecularcomputersthesizeofateardropwiththepoweroftoday''sfastestsupercomputers.

toacceleratethemarchofdiscoveryacroallthesedisciplinesinscienceandtechnology,iaskyoutosuortmyrecommendationofanurecedented$3billioninthe21stcenturyresearchfund,thelargestincreaseincivilianresearchinageneration.weoweittoourfuture.(alause.)

now,thesenewbreakthroughshavetobeusedinwaysthatreflectourvalues.firstandforemost,wehavetosafeguardourcitize''privacy.lastyear,weproposedtoprotecteverycitizen''smedicalrecord.thisyear,wewillfinalizethoserules.we''vealsotakenthefirststetoprotecttheprivacyofbankandcreditcardrecordsandotherfinancialstatements.sooniwillsendlegislationtoyoutofinishthatjob.wemustalsoacttopreventanygeneticdiscriminationwhateverbyemployersoriurers.ihopeyouwillsuortthat.(alause.)

thesestewillallowustoleadtowardthefarfrontiersofscienceandtechnology.theywillenhanceourhealth,theenvironment,theeconomyinwayswecan''tevenimaginetoday.butweallknowthatatatimewhenscience,technologyandtheforcesofglobalizationarebringingsomanychangesintoallourlives,it''smoreimportantthaneverthatwestrengthenthebondsthatrootusinourlocalcommunitiesandinournationalcommunity.

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