Our Technological Future - Mixed Bag #17

The Future of Weapons - The XM307 Rifle


I don't condone violence or wars in any way, but I have to admit: the technology behind this weapon is amazing. This highly advanced, super accurate, recoil-free sniper rifle can program bullets to explode right after entering a window, thereby taking out any bad guys who might be hiding in the room.

In only a few minutes, it can be modified to be a .50 machine gun, powerful enough to take down walls.

You have to see it to believe it, so I have included a demonstration for your viewing pleasure:


Project Epoc - Mind Reading Device for Gamers


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Marvin Minsky On The Future Of Artificial Intelligence

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Heliodisplay/ Interactive Free-Space Display

Iranian family key to fatal heart gene

U.S. to develop new hydrogen bomb (requires subscription, get free login info at www.bugmenot.com)

Shell turns to wood chips and straw in search for the road fuel of the future

An Alternative to the Computer Mouse (eyetracker)

Scientists Use Bacteria to Store Data

Medication 'Robot' Fits Inside Tooth

Cheap Nano Solar Cells

Nanorod coating makes least reflective material ever

Nanotechnology's Future

Have scientists found a way to read your mind?

The rice with human genes

Scientists Discover 'Natural Barrier' to HIV

Scientists claim first in using brain scans to predict intentions

Environmentally minded ingenuity drives the latest business wave to plant its roots in the Bay Area