SOC Editor: A great example of political will embedded within technology.
Researchers at a government-funded laboratory have built a giant touchscreen video game that simulates the capture of illegal aliens.
In a statement made to Kotaku by an official spokesman, the entire project and underlying systems cost "in the ballpark of $10 million [worth] of internal investments," with the Department of Homeland Security's Customs and Border Protection contributing the final $1 million to create their border simulator.
http://ingame.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2011/04/06/6419756-border-patrol-spends-1-million-making-a-video-game-simulating-their-job
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