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Europa Clipper Plate Carries A Special Message
'...a universal cryptogram — yet it is one which can be interpreted by any intelligent creature on any planet in the Solar System!' - (3/16/2024) |
Micro-Robots Are Smallest, Fully Functional
'With a whir, the Scarab shot from the concealing shadows of the corner where it had hidden itself.' - Raymond Z. Gallun, 1936. (3/14/2024) |
AI Enhances Images Your Brain Sees
'I could have sworn the psychomat showed pictures almost as sharp and detailed as reality itself' - Stanley Weinbaum, 1935. (3/12/2024) |
Illustrating Classic Heinlein With AI
'Stasis, cold sleep, hibernation, hypothermia, reduced metabolism, call it what you will - the logistics-medicine research teams had found a way to stack people like cordwood and use them when needed.' - Robert Heinlein, 1956 (3/10/2024) |
Deflector Plasma Screen For Drones ala Star Wars
'If the enemy persists in attacking or even intensifies their power, the density of the plasma in space will suddenly increase, causing it to reflect most of the incoming energy like a mirror.' (3/8/2024) |
DIY Robotic Hand Made After Loss Of Fingers
'I made them... with the fine work of the watchmaker...' - Boris Zhitkov, 1931. (3/6/2024) |
Cheap Drunk Driver Detection From UofM
"Look, I can drive... Start, darn it!" - Philip K. Dick, 1963. (3/4/2024) |
Can A Human Land A SpaceX Rocket On Its Tail?
'If she starts to roll sideways — blooey! The underjets only hold you up when they’re pointing down, you know.' - Stanley G. Weinbaum, 1936. (3/2/2024) |
Robot Snakes No Longer Stopped By Stairs
'...she dropped her hands from the wheel, took the robot snake from his box.' - Lee Chaytor, 1958. (2/28/2024) |
Has Turkey Been Stealing Rain From Iran?
Can one country take another's rain? (2/26/2024) |
We Need To Build Anti-Drone Systems For Civilian Spaces
'the real border was defended by ...a swarm of quasi-independent aerostats...' - Neal Stephenson, 1995. (2/24/2024) |
SensorWake Scent-Based Alarm Clock
'The odalarm awoke Jorj X. McKie with a whiff of lemon.' - Frank Herbert, 1977. (2/22/2024) |
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Star-Globe (3D Map)
A celestial star map, done in three dimensions.
(From Pi in the Sky [1945] by Frederic Brown) |
Fixed Star Advertising
In which the positions of the fixed stars are changed to form advertising.
(From Pi in the Sky [1945] by Frederic Brown) |
Individual Flyer
Personal antigravity and wing unit.
(From Asteroid Pirates [1938] by Royal W. Heckman) |
Interplanetary Restaurant
An eatery and watering hole designed for use by a variety of space-faring races.
(From Asteroid Pirates [1938] by Royal W. Heckman) |
Automaton Steam Surgeon
Mechanized surgery.
(From The Mummy! A Tale of the Twenty-Second Century [1828] by Jane Webb Loudon) |
Ship That Swims Under Water (Submarine)
A Ship that could swim under Water.
(From The Description of a New World, Called The Blazing-World [1666] by Margaret Cavendish) |
Bladder Birds
Alien life well adapted.
(From Redemption Cairn [1936] by Stanley G. and Helen Weinbaum) |
Rocketrix
A female rocket pilot.
(From Redemption Cairn [1936] by Stanley G. and Helen Weinbaum) |
Metallic Fingers
Robot fingers.
(From Rex [1934] by Harl Vincent) |
Exfection
Tailored microbes to repair human flesh.
(From The Caryatids [2009] by Bruce Sterling) |
Solar-Powered Electric Runabout
A vehicle powered from the sun.
(From Let There Be Light [1940] by Lyle Monroe) |
Radar
Detection of objects at a distance.
(From Ralph 124c 41 + [1911] by Hugo Gernsback) |
Appetizer
An amazing adjunct to science-based restaurants; a room that increases appetite with gas!
(From Ralph 124c 41 + [1911] by Hugo Gernsback) |
Food Pellets
Sustenance in a concentrated form.
(From The Republic of the Future [1887] by Anna Dodd) |
Life Phial
Similar to a food pill, food in concentrated form.
(From Improvements So Extraordinary The World Will Shudder [1893] by Mary Elizabeth Lease) |
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Ten Years Ago In Technovelgy
E. Coli Forced To Evolve: Old Bacterium Learns New Trick
The general method was remarkably similar to a technique used by award-winning sf author Theodore Sturgeon in his classic 1941 story Microcosmic God. (re: Theodore Sturgeon) |
Nanotechnology Grand Challenge Events Called For
We've all had fun watching the recent Grand Challenge race run by DARPA. Let's help DARPA set up the nanotechnology Grand Challenge for very small vehicles. (re: Technovelgy.com) |
da Vinci Surgical Robot: Dr.'s Helper
A 2004 University of Michigan study noted that patients who were operated on with robotic surgeon assistance recovered more quickly with fewer or less obtrusive scars using a surgical robot. Similar devices are used in telemedicine; read a wry encoun (re: Peter Watts) |
Contour Crafting: 3D House Printer
Perhaps you've used those programs that let you design your dream house, creating a Computer Aided Design (CAD) file. Not quite ready to take up the hammer and start building? What if you could just "print" your house? (re: Bruce Sterling) |
RobotCop III - Not Quite R. Daneel Olivaw
In his classic 1953 robot story Caves of Steel, Isaac Asimov teamed a human detective with a robotic one - R. Daneel Olivaw. Hong Kong has been testing robotic police officers for years, and has now introduced RobotCop III. (re: Isaac Asimov) |
Poweriser: Extreme Sports Gear from The Diamond Age
In The Diamond Age, author Neal Stephenson creates a vivid picture of a future Shanghai. The novel mixes "futuristic" devices based on nanotechnology with simpler mechanical devices that are almost Victorian in their simplicity...
Imagine my surpri (re: Neal Stephenson) |
DARPA's BigDog Robot And Bradbury's Mechanical Hound
In his chilling 1953 novel Fahrenheit 451, Ray Bradbury created the mechanical hound, a robot that accompanied the firemen and helped with their work... DARPA has made a multi-million dollar investment in the soldier of the future's best friend - Big (re: Ray Bradbury) |
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