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First They Got Sick, Then They Moved into a Virtual Utopia
Real life Fran was a hiker and a dancer. But when Parkinson's stole her mobility,
​she discovered a new home--and a community of others like her--inside Second Life.    
​Wired 

Pastor D.J. Soto is Putting His Faith in a Virtual Reality Church
D.J. Soto believes Christianity can be renewed through worship in virtual space. His VR mega-church is even attracting atheists.    
​Wired

New Weapons in Old Fight to Save Forests
The Wounaan people of Panama are taking up drones and GPS to protect forest on their
​tribal lands from marauding loggers. Their chief was already killed in the fight.   
Al Jazeera

Can Wind Turbines Make You Sick? Or Crazy?
Some people living in the shadows of wind turbines say they’re making them sick. Almost as
upsetting: Their neighbors don’t feel a thing.
New York (print)

​Something in Your Voice
New speech analysis technologies can help diagnose mental illness. But they also raise troubling questions.
​Proto

Is Genetic Privacy a Myth?
Genetic tests and genome sequencing are generating terabytes of sensitive private
data. How can they be kept safe?
Proto

Babel in the ICU
Machines in an ICU can't speak to one another—but what if they could?
Proto
 
Unsound the Alarm
Hundreds of alarms compete for a clinician's attention. Can less noise mean better care?
Proto
 
Power Glove Makes Music with the Wave of a Hand
Popular Mechanics
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