The enhanced mice masterfully memorized new objects, swiftly learned to link certain sounds or situations to an unpleasant foot
shock, and displayed un-usually savvy maze navigation —
signs of mental acuity that surpassed skills exhibited by either
typical mice or mice transplanted with glial progenitor cells from their own species.
While it looks a bit
shocking to Americans raised within the confines
of the
typical, homogeneous residential suburb, the i3 seems perfectly at home in a European city like Amsterdam, where there are dramatic expressions
of hyper - intensive design everywhere you look — the colorful, plastic - y forms
of the modernist housing along the shores
of the inland lakes and canals, the small, city - friendly cars, and even the street
signs.