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The New Habitable Zones Include Asimov's Ribbon Worlds
'...there's a narrow belt where the climate is moderate.' - Harl Vincent, 1931. (re: Harl VIncent)

3D Printing A 12-Meter Boat Hull
'It makes drawings in the air...' - Murray Leinster, 1945 (re: Murray Leinster)

China Still Working On Rescue Robot That Eats People
Firefighter Rescue Robot Eats Humans - again! (re: Various)

Lawyer AIs Create Chaos In Our Legal System
'I want my lawyer program.' - David Brin, 1990. (re: David Brin)

Chinese Hospital Tries Vonnegut's 'Harrison Bergeron' Cosplay
'He wore spectacles with thick wavy lenses. The spectacles were intended to make him not only half blind, but to give him whanging headaches besides.' - Kurt Vonnegut, 1961. (re: Kurt Vonnegut)

Robot Clerks Become A Reality In China
'The robot clerk in the waiting-room checked her number...' - Miriam Allen deFord, 1952. (re: Miriam Allen deFord)

Can One Robot Do Many Tasks?
'... with the Master-operator all you have to do is push one! A remarkable achievement!' - Robert Sheckley, 1952. (re: Robert Sheckley)

Atlas Robot Makes Uncomfortable Movements
'Not like me. A T-1000, advanced prototype. A mimetic poly-alloy. Liquid metal.' - James Cameron, 1991. (re: James Cameron)

Boring Company Drills Asimov's Single Vehicle Tunnels
'It was riddled with holes that were the mouths of tunnels.' - Isaac Asimov, 1951 (re: Isaac Asimov)

Humanoid Robots Tickle The Ivories
'The massive feet working the pedals, arms and hands flashing and glinting...' - Herbert Goldstone, 1953. (re: Herbert Goldstone)

A Remarkable Coincidence
'There is a philosophical problem of some difficulty here...' - Arthur C. Clarke, 1953. (re: Arthur C. Clarke)

Cortex 1 - Today A Warehouse, Tomorrow A Calculator Planet
'There were cubic miles of it, and it glistened like a silvery Christmas tree...' - Clifford Simak, 1949. (re: Clifford Simak)

Perching Ambush Drones
'On the chest of drawers something was perched.' - Philip K. Dick, 1956. (re: Philip K. Dick)

Leader-Follower Autonomous Vehicle Technology
'Jason had been guiding the caravan of cars as usual...' - Gordon R. Dickson, 1954. (re: Gordon R. Dickson)

Golf Ball Test Robot Wears Them Out
"The robot solemnly hit a ball against the wall, picked it up and teed it, hit it again, over and again...' - Frederik Poh, 1954. (re: Frederik Pohl)

Boring Company Vegas Loop Like Asimov Said
'There was a wall ahead... It was riddled with holes that were the mouths of tunnels.' Isaac Asimov, 1951. (re: Isaac Asimov)

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