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Birth of the Killer Robots -- Michael Rogers  -- Newsweek  -- June 25, 1984
Artificial Life

Article examines the revolutionary implications (at least in 1984) of creating a robot that was capable of killing people on purpose.

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The Ultimate Remote Control -- Carl Zimmer  -- Newsweek  -- June 7, 2004
Brain-Machine Interfaces

Brief discussion of the potential of brain-machine interface technologies.

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Mind Reading -- Jerry Adler  -- Newsweek  -- July 5, 2004
Neurotechnology

Economists are using brain imaging technology to investigate the interplay of fear, anger, greed and altruism that are activated each time we make an economic decision.

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Gray Market -- Mark Russell  -- Newsweek  -- October 11, 2004
Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Games

A look at the virtual economy that has evolved around the mega-popular Korean Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Game (MMORPG), Lineage, and the efforts of regulators and designers to control the inflation and organized crime that followed.

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Race to the Moon -- Fred Guterl  -- Newsweek  -- February 5, 2007
Helium-3

A new race to the moon is getting underway, with China, Russia, Japan, India, and the U.S. all developing programs to exploit the moon for national prestige or its vast mineral and energy resources.

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My Blackberry As A Bomb Sniffer? -- Benjamin Sutherland  -- Newsweek  -- October 6, 2008
Surveillance Technology

Researchers at Purdue University are finding that expensive radiation detectors may not be as effective as widely distributed chips in cell phones.

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Iranian Nukes: Too Deep to Hit -- Mark Hosenball  -- Newsweek  -- October 25, 2008
Iran

Western intelligence experts believe that Iran's nuclear facilities are so deep underground that it would be difficult for Israel to wipe them out, or even significantly damage them, with a quick airstrike.

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