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Science Fiction in the News Articles related to the works of Harl Vincent

Harl Vincent (b. 1893– d. 1968) was the pen name of Harold Vincent Schoepflin, an American mechanical engineer and science fiction writer. Most of his stories were short works; The Doomsday Planet was the only work published as a novel. (Harl Vincent) Science fiction in the News articles describe real-world events that relate to the ideas and inventions in sf novels and movies. Select a news article:

Vibration Energy Scavenging By Tiny Generator
   This tiny generator might appear in a heart near you.
Crowd Farms And 'Coppertops'
   Those parasitic power harvesters never give up.
Hyperloop Transport Proposed By Tesla's Elon Musk
   '...an hollow tube must be constructed the whole distance... of such dimensions as to admit a four wheeled carriage...'- George Medhurst, 1812.
Hyperloop Track Starts Next Year
   All aboard! This is not just a test track, or a scale model. This is the real deal.
President Trump's Wall As Otra Nation Hyperloop
   '...an hollow tube must be constructed the whole distance... as to admit a four wheeled carriage...'- George Medhurst, 1812.
Hyperloop One Video Shows It Works!
   'Complete evacuation of the interior of the tubes [and] a wave that provides the new propulsive energy for the cars...' Hard Vincent, 1929.
Hardt Hyperloop Fast Transit In A Can
   '...my method will draw the cars forward by an inductive action that is capable of providing tremendous speeds.' - Harl Vincent, 1929.
True Crime Live Podcasting In Fiction
   'And loving it too, those millions. Bloodthirsty to the last one of them.' - Harl Vincent, 1939.
Sensitive, Soft Robot Skin
   '...tinted material that had all the feel and appearance of human flesh and epidermis.' - Harl Vincent, 1934.
Artificial Skin For Robots Is Coming Right Along
   '... an elastic, tinted material that had all the feel and appearance of human flesh and epidermis.' - Harl Vincent (1934)

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