The technology depicted in Daemon may seem like science fiction, but it actually exists . . .

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Hypersonic Sound System - www.usatoday.com

Sound production without speakers can make voices appear in mid-air or direct sound to single individuals.

Laser-Induced Plasma Channel Weapons - www.ionatron.com

Laser light at specific frequencies can act as a virtual wire to conduct electricity -- making possible portable beam weapons able to deliver a lethal electrical charge.

Autonomous Vehicles - www.darpa.mil

The Pentagon has set a goal of having 30% of its truck fleet unmanned by the year 2015. This 130-mile unmanned vehicle race shows just how far the technology has advanced.

Electronic 'stacked projectile' guns - www.metalstorm.com

Handheld weapons with no moving parts capable of firing thousands of rounds per second.

Non-lethal InfraSound - Princeton Univ. (PDF)

Sub-sonic sound can quell riots or be elevated to lethal weaponry.

Voice recognition / synthetic voice systems - www.nuance.com

VR systems are now routinely employed in call centers the world over. Computers now understand human speech in many languages.

Fab Labs / Desktop Manufacturing - www.economist.com

A third industrial revolution is now underway, and it might someday shift the balance of power in the global economy.

Functional MRI Brain Scans - BBC News

Functional magnetic resonance imaging can do more than detect deception in human subjects -- it can read their minds.

Kernel Rootkits - www.computerworld.om

Virus authors are storing their work in sophisticated, undetectable wrappers that don't run under your OS -- your OS runs on them.