'Human Project' study will ask 10,000 people to share life's data

NEW YORK - Wanted: 10,000 New Yorkers interested in advancing science by sharing a trove of personal information, from cell phone locations and credit-card swipes to blood samples and life-changing events. For 20 years.

Researchers are gearing up to start recruiting participants from across the city next year for a study so sweeping it's called "The Human Project". It aims to channel different data streams into a river of insight on health, aging, education and many other aspects of human life.

"That's what we're all about: putting the holistic picture together," says project director Dr. Paul Glimcher, a New York University neural science, economics and psychology professor.