3. Prevent nuclear terror – scientists who “let the genie out of the bottle” during the Manhattan Project reportedly expressed regret about the technology they unleashed upon the world. Some have recently said it’s a not a matter of if but when nuclear terrorism will destroy a major city. Looking back in 2100, the state of the world at that time will depend very much on whether or not the genie was put back in the bottle.
Twenty One 21st Century Engineering Challenges (1-10)
By: March 22nd, 2013
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