As you know, statistics can be twisted to mean anything we want. How about this computation If every one of the 9 million tourists who visit New Orleans was to visit one of the 400,000 locals, you d only have 23 visitors a year. You ve probably had more folks than that over to watch a Saints game, right So. How would you like to entertain tourists and get paid for it That s the principle behind Patricia Maher s new business an app called Fuhwe. Patricia explains to Peter what the name of the app means and what it all means for locals and "explorers" as Fuhwe ans are called, on this edition of Out to Lunch. Dr. Lowry Curley has a revolutionary idea too though Peter can t explain the math on this one. Lowry s company, Axo Sim, is creating human life. On a silicon chip. Yes, you read that correctly. The company s slogan is "Nerve on a chip" and it s not just a crazy idea they are actually doing it. Two New Orleans revolutionaries, Patricia Maher and Lowry Curley, join Peter Ricchiuti for a fascinating look at a New Orleans that seems to be changing faster and more radically than ever. Photos at Commander s Palace by Alison Moon.

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