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Science Fiction in the News Articles related to the works of Fritz Leiber

Fritz Leiber (1910-1992) was a noted American author of fantasy, horror and science fiction. Two of his novels were awarded Hugos and two of his short stories were given Hugos as well. (Fritz Leiber) His Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser series, written over a period of fifty years, created and defined the "sword and sorcery" genre. He acted in several films, and was an expert fencer and chess player. 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:

Sophia, The Personable Robot From Hanson Robotics.
   'The de luxe model... has fifty different facial expressions...' - Fritz Lieber, 1954.
HAL-5 Exoskeleton To Carry Mountain Climber
   Exoskeletons helped humans raised in microgravity over come Earth's gravity in a 1968 novel; now they help people overcome gravity on Earth in real life.
EveR-1 Korean Android And The Mechanical Bride
   In his chilling 1954 story The Mechanical Bride, Fritz Leiber wrote about encounter with an extremely realistic female android.
Actroid DER2 Late Model Fembot
   This robotic receptionist upgrade has many new features.
Robotic Ankle Exoskeleton Helps Users Regain Limb Function
   Research provides a device that both supports the ankle, and helps interpret the brain's signals.
Robotic Ecologies Shape Themselves To Serve You
   Why don't more people read science fiction to catch a glimpse of what the future might hold? Architects certainly should.
MIT Exoskeleton Shoulders The Weight For You
   This nifty exoskeleton from MIT is much lighter and uses less power than other weight-supporting exoskeletons, like the BLEEX.
Zoltan's Fembot Wife
   Zoltan says that he is not very good with relationships; that's why he built himself a girlfriend that he could get along with.
Honda Walking Assist Exoskeleton Video
   Honda lets you strap on this partial-exoskeleon and walk a bit easier. At least, that's the theory behind this experimental device. With video.
E.M.A. Robot Eternal Maiden Actualization Video
   This curvaceous fembot goes on sale soon; take a look at the video.
Robot Fashion Models
   Finally, fashion models can be as thin as they need to be; if aluminum is used, they can be lighter, too.
ReWalk Exoskeleton Video
   Interesting video shows off the capabilities of this medical exoskeleton; increased mobility is the goal.
Cloud City On Venus?
   Interesting ideas from Geoffrey Landis, scientist and sf writer.
Actroid DER2 Gets TV Commercial Gig Video
   Another job lost to robots: this is really bad news for American actors who like to scam extra dough by appearing in Japanese commercials that will never be seen in the US.
Palette Super Model Robot
   This robot mannequin can react to the people watching and can be programmed with movements taken from human models.
Medical Exoskeleton Helps Paralyzed Man To Walk
   Nice story about a man who is able to walk again, and the sfnal precursors that put this idea into the minds of roboticists.
Honda Walking Assist Device
   Nifty invention from Honda also illustrates some differences between people in the US and people in Japan.
Aiko Fembot No Stepford Wife
   She might be more like the original than the Stepford version. Reads everything and does complex math in her head.
Therapeutic Medical Exoskeleton Prototype
   Interesting use of robotics to both amplify lost muscle power and assist in rehabilitation when possible.
HULC Exoskeleton From Lockheed Martin
   New product from LM lets soldiers carry up to 200 pounds for many hours with less fatigue.
HRP-4C Robot Woman Is A Cybernetic Humanoid
   Just wait until the artists supplement the work of engineers; the fact that this robot duplicates humanoid movement within a human form factor is amazing.
HRP-4C Robot In Wedding Dress A Mechanical Bride
   'Like the father of a bride, I feel both happy and sad.' So said developer Kazuhito Yokoi as he watched his lifelike robotic creation walk down the runway in a wedding dress. With video.
XOS 2 Raytheon Gen 2 Exoskeleton For Ironman 2
   Iron Man, your new suit awaits!
Berkeley Bionics eLEGS Exoskeleton
   Exoskeletons will be available in US clinics early next year.
LOPES Robotic Exoskeleton Assists Stroke Victims
   This robotic exoskeleton is designed to both assist and assess stroke victims as they walk back from their illness.
Paralyzed Woman In Robotic Exoskeleton Finishes Marathon
   Human courage plus technological progress equals science fiction in the news!
3D Printed Exoskeleton Uplifts Little Girl
   This remarkable story shows that 3D printer technology is just getting started.
Revisiting A Cloud City On Venus
   I've been looking forward to something like this since 1980.
HAVOC Over Venus ala Bespin
   'Cloud City is an installation on the planet Bespin...'- George Lucas, 1980.
Robotic Exoskeleton Releases Man From Wheelchair
   'This man was standing on two corrugated-soled titanium footplates...'- Fritz Leiber, 1968.
'It Feels Like Robocop - Without A Weapon
   Gandhi's exoskeleton?
SuitX Cheap Medical Exoskeleton
   '... standing on two corrugated-soled titanium footplates...' - Fritz Leiber, 1968.
Io's Sulphur Dioxide
   'All the water in the air froze first and made a blanket ten feet thick or so...' - Fritz Lieber, 1951.
Medical Exoskeleton From Cyberdyne Gets FDA Approval
   It's been a long road for HAL-5; I started writing about it in 2005.
Do You Need The Entire Fembot? Maybe Just The Hand
   '...Men don't want real women anymore. You and I are behind the times...' - Fritz Lieber, 1954.
Sophia Robots By The Thousands
   'There is a built-in microphone that hears everything you say, and an electric brain that selects a suitable answer.' - Fritz Lieber, 1954.
MIT Proposes Space Bubbles To Combat Climate Change, Misses The Point Of Space Bubbles
   'Fats Jordan was hanging in the center of the Big Glass Balloon, hugging his guitar to his massive black belly above his purple shorts.' - Fritz Leiber, 1961.
Space Station Shutters
   'The sun-quilt was a patchwork of colors and materials on the inward side, but silvered on the outward side...' - Fritz Leiber, 1961.
Peyton Manning's French Bread Olympics - Science Fiction Style
   'the inauguration of the helium-filled loaf...'

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