New Age thinking
- During the cold war, Ronald Reagan created the Strategic Defense Initiative and aimed to use ground and space-based weapons to help protect the United States from attack by nuclear missiles. Critics referred to it as "Star Wars."
- Bionic hands like the ones of the heroes and villains in "Star Wars" are now used by amputees.
- Weapons and robots from "Star Wars" are becoming a reality.
- Even the Death Star is starting to appear. A former chief technology officer for Microsoft showed his "Death Star" bug zapper to shoot down mosquitoes in flight.
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