Disable the Pilots
Peter Huber, Forbes Magazine, 10.15.01, 12:00 AM ET
With the right software and hardware on board, the plane simply cannot be
flown where it shouldn't be.
http://www.forbes.com/technology/forbes/2001/1015/094.html
The Enemy Beneath
Rich Karlgaard
What the terrorist attacks may have done is quicken a trend already in play
for the last 44 years. The trend is decentralization.
http://www.forbes.com/technology/forbes/2001/1015/043.html
A rather more encouraging piece:
DARPA's Disruptive Technologies
By David Talbot
Technology Review, October 2001
http://www.technologyreview.com/magazine/oct01/talbot.asp
The Defense Department agency that midwifed the Internet has a uniquely
effective strategy to spur innovation and plenty of hot new technologies in
its pipeline.
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Max More, Ph.D.
max@maxmore.com or more@extropy.org
http://www.maxmore.com
Strategic Philosopher
President, Extropy Institute. http://www.extropy.org <more@extropy.org>
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