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Philip E. High |
Philip Empson High (b. 1914 - d. 2006) was a UK writer, variously employed before working (from 1950 until his retirement in 1979) as a bus driver. He began to publish science fiction in1955 until about 1970. 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: |
Rocket Balls - Pentagon's Kinetic Fireball Incendiaries
This looks a lot like a diagram of the mechanical theory of heat; I want to know what happens if the walls start to close in.
Anubis Tactical MAV For Time-Sensitive Fleeting Targets
It's incredible how close this science-fictional scenario is to playing out in real life.
Robocopter Listens And Obeys
Excellent video shows a small robotic copter obeying your every command.
DNA-Based Robots To Fight Cancer
Tiny robot warriors will do battle in your bloodstream sooner than you think.
Robot Bird Alights On Human Hand
First successful perching on a human hand.
SHEPHERD-MIL, A Birdlike Soaring UAV
'When he had first built them, they had been crude indeed, flying mechanisms with little more than a reflex-response unit.'- Philip E. High, 1968.
Robo-Raven Flapping Wing Robot Bird
'When he had first built them, they had been crude indeed, flying mechanisms with little more than a reflex-response unit.'- Philip E. High, 1968.
EXACTO Bullets Change Course In Mid-Air
'This little weapon ejects a rather ingenious missile...'- Philip E. High, 1966.
Birds Aren't Real - Wake Up, California! (With Bird Watching Guide)
'When he had first built them, they had been crude indeed, flying mechanisms with little more than a reflex-response unit.' - Philip E. High, 1968.
Flying Robot Inspired By Hawks
'The dark birdforms dotted the mountaintops...' - Roger Zelazny, 1980.
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