music How to destroy a computer hard drive with a Janet Jackson song Thom Dunn

physics Watch a real-life sonic tractor beam in action Thom Dunn

protesters How it feels to get sonic blasted by an LRAD Thom Dunn

CIA Is there a secret energy weapon causing headaches, nausea, and other ailments among American diplomats and spies? David Pescovitz

cuba "Sonic attacks" on US embassy in Cuba may actually have been insecticide poisoning David Pescovitz

Science Those weird sonic attacks at U.S. embassies? Microwave weapons, experts say. Xeni Jardin

Boing Boing Gadgets Take back your backyard this summer with 10 deals on insect-smashing weapons Boing Boing's Shop

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Boing Boing Gadgets Mosquitoes suck. Here are eight ways to end their reign of terror permanently. Boing Boing's Shop

militarized policing Handy advice for dodging and disarming the sonic weapons used by militarized police Thom Dunn

corruption Defense contractors gleefully report record earnings in divisions that bid on "classified" projects, the fastest-growing part of the Pentagon's budget Cory Doctorow

Kids Philadelphians debate whether parks and rec centers should use anti-personnel weapons that indiscriminately target children Cory Doctorow

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north korea North Korea blasts loudspeakers at South Korea because South is blasting North with same Xeni Jardin

tech Online activism and why the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act must die Molly Sauter

ferguson Ferguson: Militarized police use force against protesters, arrest journalists Xeni Jardin

gadgets podcast Paintball Sentry Gun vs Toddlers – no contest Mark Frauenfelder

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