Entropia, an online computer games is taking an ambitious step to meld their in-game economy with the real global financial system by allowing players to withdraw virtual funds into real-world currency using an ATM.
"Taken together, the blackout and the worm underscore a far-reaching challenge in managing modern technological societies: the difficulty of reaping the benefits of networks - railroad networks, airline networks, telephone networks, power networks and computer networks, among others - while minimizing their vulnerabilities."
The U.S. customs service is employing new systems and tools for detecting chemical and biological materials that may be hiding in shipping containers.
Video companies are beginning to deliver technologies that allow the systems to analyze what they are watching and recording. Taking advantage of recent leaps in commercially available computers and using complex mathematical algorithms, the new systems can break down and analyze activity even as it is taking place.Video companies are beginning to deliver technologies that allow the systems to analyze what they are watching and recording. Taking advantage of recent leaps in commercially available computers and using complex mathematical algorithms, the new systems can break down and analyze activity even as it is taking place.
The U.S. is planning to deploy electromagnetic weapons in a possible war with Iraq. EMP Cruise missles could be used to knockout Iraq's communication infrastructure but another possibility is that directed-energy microwave weapons could be used as a non-lethal antipersonnel weapon.