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Reason
June 2000
Virginia Postrel |
Joy, to the World A techno-celebrity's childish manifesto - Wired Magazine's hype machine came roaring back with the April cover story--a long, long, long think piece by the hip software genius Bill Joy, chief scientist at Sun Microsystems.   |
Wired
July 2000 |
Rants & Raves Bill Joy's cover story on the dangers posed by developments in genetics, nanotechnology, and robotics ("Why the Future Doesn't Need Us," Wired 8.04) struck a deep cultural nerve. Instantly. |
Reason
December 2003
Ronald Bailey |
The Smaller the Better The limitless promise of nanotechnology -- and the growing peril of a moratorium. |
Wired
December 2000
Jaron Lanier |
One-Half of a Manifesto Why stupid software will save the future from neo-Darwinian machines... |
Wired
October 2004
Ed Regis |
The Incredible Shrinking Man K. Eric Drexler was the godfather of nanotechnology. But the MIT prodigy who dreamed up molecular machines was shoved aside by big science - and now he's an industry outcast. |
Wired
July 2003
Gregg Easterbrook |
We're All Gonna Die! But it won't be from germ warfare, runaway nanobots, or shifting magnetic poles. A skeptical guide to Doomsday. |
World War II
Robert LaRue |
Berkeley Summer: Building the Bomb A gathering of many of the world's greatest scientists in 1942, hosted by J. Robert Oppenheimer, laid the foundation for the development of the atomic bomb. |
Parameters
November 2004
Franklin Eric Wester |
Preemption and Just War: Considering the Case of Iraq This article demonstrates that the use of military force by the Bush Administration against the regime of Saddam Hussein does not meet the ethical criteria for "preemptive war" set forth in the classical Just War tradition. |
Reason
March 2008
Todd Seavey |
Neither Gods Nor Goo Avoiding both Utopian and apocalyptic forecasts for nanotechnology. |
Technology Research News
September 12, 2005 |
Georgia Tech's Ronald Arkin The Director of the Mobile Robot Laboratory talks about trends and issues surrounding the integration of robots into society. |
Parameters
Summer 2005
Harry S. Laver |
Preemption and the Evolution of America's Strategic Defense In practice as much as in policy, America's defense doctrine must include more sophisticated and nuanced diplomatic initiatives and humanitarian programs, efforts designed to reduce the underlying sources of terrorist motivation and recruitment. |
National Defense
June 2009
Erwin & Magnuson |
7 Deadly Myths About Weapons of Terror Seven noteworthy misconceptions associated with weapons of terror. |
Wired
March 24, 2008
Gary Wolf |
Futurist Ray Kurzweil Pulls Out All the Stops (and Pills) to Live to Witness the Singularity The famous inventors lifetime goal is to travel across a frontier in time, to pass through the border between our era and a future without human life. |
National Defense
November 2012
Erwin et al. |
Top Five Threats to National Security in the Coming Decade The next wave of national security threats might be more than the technology community can handle. They are complex, multidimensional problems against which no degree of U.S. technical superiority in stealth, fifth-generation air warfare or night-vision is likely to suffice. |
Popular Mechanics
December 2009 |
The Singularity Is Coming--Now What? For some time now, futurists have been talking about a concept called the Singularity, a technological jump so big that society will be transformed. |
Wired
March 24, 2008
Lucas Graves |
15th Anniversary: Why the Future Still Needs Us a While Longer Genetics, nanotech, and robotics are no longer as scary as they once were. |
Popular Mechanics
February 2010
Erik Sofge |
The Uncertain Future For Social Robots Humans have feared a robotic uprising since the machines first appeared in science fiction. Today, experts caution against a more insidious threat: We might like living with them too much. |
Parameters
Spring 2007
Louis Rene Beres |
Israel's Uncertain Strategic Future An assessment of current threats to Israel's survival along with recommendations for an end to its policy of nuclear ambiguity. |
Wired
March 2002
Evan Ratliff |
This Is Not a Test A decade after America's last nuclear test, the US arsenal is decaying and its designers are retiring. Now a new generation of scientists is trying to preserve bomb-building knowledge before it's too late... |
Parameters
Summer 2004
Justin Bernier |
The Death of Disarmament in Russia? Traditional arms control agreements with Russia, it seems, are as much a part of Cold War history as the Soviet Union itself. |
Reason
February 2003
Steve Chapman |
Learning to Love the Bomb Is nuclear proliferation inherently dangerous? In The Spread of Nuclear Weapons: A Debate Renewed, Columbia University political scientist Kenneth Waltz makes an exhaustive case that "the gradual spread of nuclear weapons is more to be welcomed than feared." |
Parameters
Autumn 2007
Christopher Hemmer |
Responding to a Nuclear Iran What should American foreign policy be if current efforts to discourage Iran from developing nuclear weapons fail? |
IEEE Spectrum
July 2007
M. V. Ramana |
More Missiles Than Megawatts India's nuclear choices have favored warheads over civilian reactors, and those choices are taking their toll. Between its burgeoning economy and a population that is projected to eclipse China's by 2050, India has difficult choices to make regarding its energy future. |
National Defense
March 2009
Stew Magnuson |
Reverse Engineering the Brain May Accelerate Robotics Research Machines that walk upright will assist civilians and the military alike, said Stefan Schaal, associate professor of computer science and neuroscience at the University of Southern California. |
IEEE Spectrum
March 2009
Slakey & Tannenbaum |
What About The Nukes? The U.S. nuclear stockpile is showing its age, but building new warheads isn't the solution. |
Salon.com
September 14, 2000
Janelle Brown |
Robots "R" us Why are roboticists building machines in their own image? "Robo Sapiens" introduces a homemade population and the egos behind the bots. |
AskMen.com
Jacob Franek |
5 Things You Didn't Know: Nanotechnology What began in the early '80s as a simple topic of conversation at physicists' cocktail parties is now being realized in a sweeping movement that is going largely unnoticed. |
National Defense
November 2009
Stew Magnuson |
Debate Over Rules, Legality of Robots On The Battlefield Lagging, Experts Say As researchers push ahead with algorithms designed to give robots more autonomy, ethicists and legal minds warn that not enough thought is being given to the implications of using unmanned systems to apply lethal force. |
Wired
Nicholas Thompson |
Inside the Apocalyptic Soviet Doomsday Machine The technical name was Perimeter, but some called it Mertvaya Ruka, or Dead Hand. It was built 25 years ago and remained a closely guarded secret. |
Parameters
Autumn 2004
Richard L. Russell |
Iran in Iraq's Shadow: Dealing with Tehran's Nuclear Weapons Bid The Iraq war is the backdrop for the evolving policy debate on Iran. Tehran might be tempted to harness the threat of nuclear weapons for leverage in the political-military struggle against the United States for power and influence in the Persian Gulf. |
Parameters
Autumn 2008
Nader Elhefnawy |
The Next Wave of Nuclear Proliferation Record oil prices and long-term concerns about fossil fuel supplies have helped revive interest in nuclear energy production, but little consideration has been given to the security implications of using it on a global scale. |
Salon.com
June 21, 2001
Dan Dinello |
We, robots! From Fritz Lang's "Metropolis" to Steven Spielberg's "A.I.," the line between man and machine has never been clear... |
Wired
December 2003
Spencer Reiss |
"Hope Is a Lousy Defense." Sun refugee Bill Joy talks about greedy markets, reckless science, and runaway technology. On the plus side, there's still some good software out there. |
PC Magazine
January 1, 2008 |
The Next 25 Years in Tech We've enlisted industry leaders as well as our own analysts and editors to share their fascinating visions of tomorrow's computing technology. |
IEEE Spectrum
March 2005
DeBlois et al. |
Star-Crossed Should the United States, or any nation for that matter, weaponize space? From orbiting lasers to metal rods that strike from the heavens, the potential to wage war from space raises startling possibilities---and serious problems. |
Wired
September 2005
Jonathon Keats |
The Epic, Tragic, Operatic Inside Story of Doctor Atomic Maverick composer John Adams set off a chain reaction in the opera world with his explosive works on Nixon and the Middle East. Now he's taking on the father of the A-bomb. |
National Defense
June 2006
Harold Kennedy |
U.S. Steps Up Efforts to Keep WMD Out of Enemy Hands Amid concerns about terrorist attacks against the U.S. and its allies, the U.S. government is increasing its efforts to keep enemies from acquiring and using weapons of mass destruction. Some of these efforts, however, are raising hackles even at home. |
National Defense
July 2010
Matthew Russell |
Unmanned Systems: Can the Industrial Base Support the Pentagon's Vision? Perhaps the most revolutionary transformation in U.S. military operations during the past decade has been the rapid growth in the use of unmanned aerial vehicles. Their application in the future will transform both warfare and the civilian sector. |
Fast Company
April 2006 |
Oy, Robot! Are we doomed to some post-apocalyptic nightmare in which robots rule the planet? Roboticists Henrik Hautop Lund and Rodney Brooks square off. |
Popular Mechanics
February 2010
Erik Sofge |
The 8 Evil Forms of AI That Gave Robots a Bad Name It's not the hardware but the software that turns machines into monsters. Here is a timeline with the most iconic examples of malevolent artificial intelligence in movies and the fears each inspired. |
Salon.com
December 10, 2001
Damien Cave |
Nukes now! Post-Sept. 11, isn't it time to get off our fossil fuel fixation and take another look at nuclear power? |
Wired
February 2005
Schwartz & Reiss |
Nuclear Now! How clean, green atomic energy can stop global warming. |
Chemistry World
May 2012 |
Help or harm? Malcolm Dando asks whether we are sufficiently aware of the potential for chemistry to be misused and what may result if we are not |
Wired
July 2004
Cory Doctorow |
Rise of the Machines Isaac Asimov turned androids into pop culture icons - and invented the science of robotics in the process. Now his classic I, Robot hits the big screen. |
Wired
June 2002 |
View Has the evolution of H. sapiens stopped? |
Popular Mechanics
October 2006
Glenn Harlan Reynolds |
Nanotechnology: Good Things in Small Packages Critics exaggerate the dangers. Boosters flog the benefits. Let's give nanotechnology a chance to develop before we start taking sides. |
Mother Jones
May/Jun 2002
Michael Scherer |
Building a Better Bomb Meet the Penetrator, one of the 'mini-nukes' the Bush administration wants to develop for conventional wars... |
IEEE Spectrum
December 2010
John Rennie |
Ray Kurzweil's Slippery Futurism His stunning prophecies have earned him a reputation as a tech visionary, but many of them don't look so good on close inspection |
Popular Mechanics
February 2, 2010
Erin McCarthy |
Director Lucy Walker Takes on Nuclear Weapons in Countdown to Zero In Countdown to Zero, Walker aims to show the world that nuclear weapons are an even bigger threat now than they were in the Cold War. |
IndustryWeek
April 1, 2003
John Teresko |
The Next Material World Get ready to research, reengineer, reinvent and innovate new products and processes. The National Science Foundation has predicted a $1 trillion market by 2015 for nano products. |
