November 2, 2001, Hour 2: Defense Technologies / New Operating Systems

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Hour Two: Defense Technologies / New Operating Systems

The Department of Defense has asked companies and labs to submit ideas for a wide range of high tech tools that it thinks could help in the war on terrorism, from computerized translators to x-ray vision devices.In this hour of Science Friday, we'll take a look at the Pentagon's wish list. We'll also get a review of the latest in computer operating systems.

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Guests:
Ray Kurzweil
President, Kurzweil Technologies
Author, "The Age of Spiritual Machines" (Penguin Putnam)
Wellesley Hills, Massachusetts

Nate Lewis
Professor of Chemistry
California Institute of Technology
Pasedena, California

David Pogue
'State of the Art' Columnist
The New York Times
Stamford, Connecticut

Books/Articles Discussed:

"The Age of Spiritual Machines: When Computers Exceed Human Intelligence" by Raymond Kurzweil. Penguin, 2000.

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