visioneer (n): a scientist who has not only a clear, big and somewhat hubristic view of the future and his role in it, but the technical know how to make it happen along with the skills to bring money and people to their ideas.
digital biological converter (DBC): converts data into life
“The trouble is the field of science, medicine, universities, biotech companies – you name it – have been so splintered, layers, sub-divided, hacked that people can spend their entire career studying one tiny little cog of life,” he says, “If I could change the science system my prescription for changing the whole thing would be organising it around big goals and building teams to do it. That is what we do – I have created team science versus the university system with 200 prima donnas each with their own little space.”
Source: http://www.theguardian.com/science/2013/oct/13/craig-ventner-mars