The Virtual Giant Walk-Through Brain

A project in Bronx, NY by Drs. Lucy Brown & Helen Fisher
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Travel a GIANT human brain on the Internet. Take a bike tour of ROMANTIC ATTRACTION and love circuits...and learn how the brain works!
Backers: 145
Average Pledge Per Backer: $517

Funded: $75,006 of $75,000
Dates: Feb 18th -> Mar 20th (30 days)
Project By: Drs. Lucy Brown & Helen Fisher
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Latest News

Great testimonial from a great neuroscientist

March 18th - via: kickstarter.com
“The Virtual Giant Walk-Through Brain is perhaps one of the most inspiring projects in public neuroscience today. It offers something for everyone from middle school students to professional scientists. It is one of those rare transformational... (Read More)

Monday Morning- 70 hours to go

March 17th - via: kickstarter.com
These are the last days of the campaign.  Kickstarter counts these days in hours-- just 70 hours to go.  The drama of the countdown!     The project is 78% pledged.  We need $15,855 to become fully funded, as of this moment. The amount changes... (Read More)

Thank you

March 14th - via: kickstarter.com
It's wonderful.  So many of you have increased your pledge in the last two days.  We appreciate it tremendously.  Eternal thanks.   Here is one great guy who increased his pledge yesterday.  He is now our biggest backer.  We thought you'd like... (Read More)

Getting there!

March 13th - via: kickstarter.com
Dear Backers, We're getting there!  We're becoming optimistic and excited.  Some of you have actually increased your pledges, and that is a thrill for us.     We have wonderful people pledging and working behind the scenes to bring in more... (Read More)

Altruism and its benefits

March 10th - via: kickstarter.com
It’s Monday! Today starts a major count-down for the project with just 9 days to go. These last days include March 13, Thursday this week. It turns out that March 13 is the day of the year that the most money was pledged over the past four years on... (Read More)

Hurtling into the second half!

March 3rd - via: kickstarter.com
Well, here we go hurtling into the second half of the campaign with 98 backers and 41% funded. We would love to be 50% funded at this halfway point, but we are tremendously pleased that our pledge base from Kickstarter has increased, so the word is... (Read More)

From the neurosurgeon who first thought of a Giant Walk-Through Brain

February 27th - via: kickstarter.com
I thought you might appreciate a quote from Joseph Bogen, the neurosurgeon who did the fascinating split-brain experiments that we all know about: right-brain/left-brain functions. He is the one who came up with the Giant Walk-Through Brain idea.... (Read More)

One week after the launch!

February 26th - via: kickstarter.com
Dear Backers, You did it! After one week, we are 35% funded. You have been so helpful, you can’t imagine. You are a fascinating variety of people too: neuroscientists, neurologists, psychologists, teachers, homemakers, lawyers, a medieval... (Read More)

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