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Error-prone systems stayed that way. and like areally the system that you purchase, if you try to buy a car with the voice-based capabilities, if you can't figure out how the to use it on the dealer's lot, you will have problems for the rest of the time that you own that car. you simply can't practice the impairments away. >> thank you, david stringer from the university of utah. thank you. everybody has seen the new trailer of the "star wars" movie, but does it hold up? we went straight to see if light sabers are possible. >> if you have gamma ray energy photons and very high photon, then...

Pennsylvania man did, and 45 minutes later, he was in custody after agreeing to a facebook arranged meeting with an undercover police officer. the police shared their victory, fittingly, on their facebook page. it's the stuff of science fiction and spy stories. an eelectro magnetic pulse that can cripple everything from stoplights to computers to the defense grid. doug tells us just how real a possibility an emp is. >> it was a campaign promise iranian president rouhani made last may. quote, death to america is easy. we need to express death to america with action. the easiest way for some r...

Now, the use of cobalt 60 in the medical field consists primarily of cancer therapy. most exposure okurs intentionally during medical tests and treatment. this is the dangerous part. gamma rays can cause cancer after extended exposure. iaea director general said in a speech last year that it could be used to make so-called dirty bombs but again the cobalt stolen may not be in any condition to be used for anything more. one thing more. the department of homeland security is involved in the investigation in mexico trying to find the cobalt. >> that's good news anyway. perhaps, yeah, that's new i...

It's usually transport indeed lead casing. mexican authorities say if it's removed from that. >> translator: the raid ag, gamma-rays in this case, is harmful and dangerous to your health. >> reporter: security officials have long been concerned that cobalt-60 cooling used by terrorists in a so-called dirty bomb like those seen in this simulation. i asked a homeland security expert if ache truck ball exploded at a crowded city corner -- >> damage the buildings, you'll have injuries and fatalities from the explosion. but the dirty ball, and it's a dirty ball, because it has about this much cobal...

>> he was about nine years old, and he had become interested in nuclear energy and nuclear bombs. >> we're constantly being bombarded by cosmic radiation which is gamma rays, rays from the sun. >> so taylor wanted to go visit with this professor. he was going to visit for five minutes. three hours later we're still in the department, and when we're getting ready to leave, he says, taylor, when you get ready to go to college, i've got a scholarship for you. he's nine years old and he's got his first scholarship. i was sitting there in awe. i didn't know he knew any knowledge, or very little, of...