if you go to http://www.in-q-tel.org/ you will find the VENTURE CAPITAL arm of the CIA, NSA, FBI and several other TLA's (Three Letter Acronyms) Every tech you mentioned in the article is ALREADY being funded and working in the commercial world. This isn't wonderland anymore, this stuff is real and well funded. Check out http://www.callminer.com/ or http://www.agentlogic.com/ if you dont believe me.