Mike Capps, the president of Epic Games (the studio behind Gears of War, the Unreal engine, and other hits), recently put things into perspective.

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Originally developed by Epic Games, creators of blockbuster gaming franchises such as Gears of War and Infinity Blade, Unreal Engine 3 is considered a category leader with more than 20 technology awards.

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When I played Gears of War 3, I saw a slick shooter with a responsive engine appropriate to a long-honed blockbuster series.

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Unreal Engine is a world-class game development platform that's powered classic franchises including Gears of War, BioShock, Mass Effect, Borderlands, and Infinity Blade.

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Nazi aerospace engineers pioneered the jet engine and their early work on rockets laid the foundations for the post-war space programs of both the United States and the Soviet Union.

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If we think of Watson as a framework and integration engine for aggregating medical big data sources we may be able to fight the next war instead of the last one.

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