The
Sanger Centre has an amazing
DLB right over the
receptionist's desk. The centre is one of the major contributors to the
Human Genome Project (they do about a third of all the
DNA sequencing). The DLB displays continuously the number of
bases sequenced (both finished and unfinished); this is presumably an
estimate rather than the exact number. But it also displays actual
sequence which is new in the
database. The feeling while watching it is of observing the Human Genome Project's continuous advance. And I was there in late 1998; the pace has picked up considerably since then!
This is an example of Digital Light Blinker technology being used for good ends.