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1. Stuxnet shows malware’s military power
Iran said its nascent nuclear power station at Bushehr (pictured) and, more crucially, its Natanz fuel-enrichment centre were infected with a worm called Stuxnet. Rather than deleting files or hosting spam servers, this worm seeks out the specialised electronics in a uranium centrifuge and sabotages them. It is thought to have put Iran’s nuclear plans back two years.
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6. Your body as a touchscreen
Imagine simply tapping the back of your hand or forearm to control your smartphone: that’s the kind of capability offered by Skinput, the marvellously named brainwave from Microsoft Research.
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