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Sam Palmisano Plans to Destroy Virtual Planet
Daniel Englander: February 15, 2008, 1:24 PM
IBM, having lost its grip on corporate reality in this world, has embarked on a daring struggle to destroy the climate of a virtual planet. Big Blue's engineers have developed a game called PowerUp aimed at teaching teenagers about greentech engineering and ecological disasters on the fictitious planet Helios. Teens are encouraged to track down "'SmogGobs;' dense clouds of carbon based on emissions that seem almost alive" while driving around in dune buggies searching for wind turbine parts.
Wow... blowing $20 million on climate change fantasy projects must be a trend this week.




