Digenetics, Inc. Tapes Television Interview for Techlink in Los Angeles

La Jolla, CA --  Dr. David Fogel, CEO of Natural Selection, Inc. ^® and executive vice president of Digenetics, Inc., and Doug Johnson, CEO of Digenetics, Inc., were guests today on the Los Angeles television show "Techlink" from Adelphia Communications. “Techlink” is fast-moving program that covers the latest in technology. The show features in-studio experts and demonstrations of new products. “Techlink” also provides tips, tricks, and a comprehensive product review of the hottest new video games on the market. Dr. Fogel and Johnson engaged questions from Tony Mwendi Kinkela, co-host and producer of "Techlink,"centering on Digenetics, Inc.'s new game, "Evolutionary Checkers starring Blondie24: Checkers with an Attitude!".  "I'm very glad we had the opportunity to introduce Blondie to the Techlink viewers," said Dr. Fogel, "We've had a great response from the people we've met at the Computer Fairs in Southern California over the past two months, and I'm sure that Techlink's audience will agree that this game is not only fun, but something new under the sun." "Evolutionary Checkers starring Blondie24: Checkers with an Attitude!" is Digenetics, Inc.'s first product, which builds from the groundbreaking research published in Dr. Fogel's book "Blondie24: Playing at the Edge of AI" in which a computer taught itself to play checkers at the level of human experts without relying on human expertise. Digenetics, Inc. is a sister company of Natural Selection, Inc.^®

Natural Selection, Inc.^® was founded in 1993 to address complex problems in industry, medicine, and defense. The company possesses unique expertise in computational intelligence techniques, including evolutionary computation, neural networks, and fuzzy logic. The corporation's research efforts support the discovery of new pharmaceuticals, the automated detection and diagnosis of breast cancer from film-screen mammograms, optical character recognition, and a variety of military and industrial projects.

For more information, please contact:

Dr. David B. Fogel,
Chief Executive Officer,
Natural Selection, Inc.,
3333 N. Torrey Pines Ct.,
Suite 200,
La Jolla, CA, 92037
tel: (858) 455-6449
fax: (858) 455-1560
dfogel [at] natural-selection.com