Mother of Storms by John Barnes:
Science Fiction Inventions, Technology and Ideas

Spectacular disaster story; tactical nuclear strikes release immense quantities of methane from ocean beds. Earth's weather changes forever; massive hurricanes unlike any in human history form and endanger everyone, including the people who study them. Select an invention:

AIRE - reverse engineering software
A piece of software that can break through encryption to determine exactly how a compiled program accomplishes its tasks.

XV - share your thoughts
Allows anyone to directly experience another person's conscious awareness.

XV Wedge - let me entertain you
A piece of entertainment that consists of edited real experience.

 

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