Latest Technovelgy on Site:

Space Lawyer (Sky-Lawyer) - space laws
(5/13/2008)

Visi-Screen - future display
(5/13/2008)

Psychoprobe - head examined
(5/13/2008)

Surface Car
(5/13/2008)

Paralysis Ray - very early use
(5/13/2008)

Automatic Commercial Deletion - no more commercials
(5/13/2008)

Asteroid Claim Law
(5/13/2008)

Pry-Vie (Robotic Detective)
(5/12/2008)

Cephalic Sniffer
(5/12/2008)

Auto Course-Finding Pilot
(5/11/2008)

Surgical Hand
(5/11/2008)

Lash-Tube
(5/7/2008)

Suit-Shield Fabric - protective mesh
(5/7/2008)

SAL 9000
(5/7/2008)

Dashboard TV
(5/6/2008)

Unit Analyst Robot
(5/6/2008)

Central Guide-Beam
(5/5/2008)

Mentat
(5/4/2008)

Grill-Screen Adaptor
(5/4/2008)

Bore-Pellets
(5/4/2008)

Spider Robot - swarming spider bots
(5/1/2008)

Moratorium
(5/1/2008)

Protophason Amplifier
(5/1/2008)

Pay Door
(4/29/2008)

Self-Powered Broom
(4/29/2008)

Automated Apartment Maintenance
(4/28/2008)

Chest Disc - speak clearly
(4/27/2008)

Ultraphone Ear-Disc - no need for Bluetooth
(4/27/2008)

Implanted Steel Teeth
(4/26/2008)

Antithermal Shield
(4/26/2008)

Nullboxing Bubble
(4/26/2008)

Low-Gravity Velodrome
(4/25/2008)

Manual Closet - old-style storage
(4/24/2008)

Agfom Potent-Shot - picture the future
(4/24/2008)

Stiletto Beam - mysterious beam in vacuum
(4/23/2008)

Inter-Vehicle Communication
(4/22/2008)

Autonomic Cab
(4/22/2008)

Jumper
(4/21/2008)

Ultron
(4/21/2008)

Poison Tongue Dart - just squeeze
(4/19/2008)

Electrified Fence
(4/19/2008)

Filterable Virus
(4/19/2008)

Disintegrator Ray (Dis Ray)
(4/18/2008)

Gyrocar (Gyro)
(4/17/2008)

Floater
(4/16/2008)

Concentro
(4/16/2008)

Rocket Gun
(4/15/2008)

Robotic Hand
(4/15/2008)

Flexible Frank - the all-purpose household robot
(4/14/2008)

Viewplate
(4/14/2008)

Science Fiction in the News Archive

Date Story (related science fiction author) Category
5/14/2008 Rotating House Lets You Follow The Sun (re: Frank Herbert) Living Space
5/13/2008 So You Want To Be A Mentat (re: Frank Herbert) Culture
5/13/2008 First Space Lawyer (2008 and 1941) (re: Nat Schachner) Culture
5/13/2008 Pinta The Robot Sailboat (re: Larry Niven) Vehicle
5/12/2008 Robot Surgeon - Autonomous Tabletop Robotic Surgery At Duke (re: Larry Niven) Robotics
5/11/2008 Pilot View FPV 2400 Sees Out Model Plane Window (re: Various) Display
5/11/2008 Robots May Get Compound Insect Eye Vison (re: Various) Robotics
5/10/2008 CAMRAS Recycles Every Breath You Take (re: George O. Smith) Space Tech
5/10/2008 E-paper You Can Write On From Seiko Epson E Ink (re: Isaac Asimov) Display
5/8/2008 XNAV Steer Your Way By X-Ray Pulsar (re: George O. Smith) Space Tech
5/7/2008 SEMAINE Project For Sensitive Artificial Listener (SAL) Robots (re: Arthur C. Clarke) Artificial Intelligence
5/7/2008 Rag Tag Space Fleets Line Up With Magnetism (re: Various) Space Tech
5/7/2008 Zingo Local Anesthesia Like Star Trek Hypospray (re: Gene Roddenberry) Medical
5/6/2008 'McSleepy' Automated Anesthesia Machine (re: Various) Medical
5/6/2008 Honda Walking Assist Exoskeleton Video (re: Fritz Leiber) Robotics
5/6/2008 Robot Chef Learns By Demonstration (re: Edgar Rice Burroughs) Robotics
5/6/2008 Pixie Dust Magical Pinkie Regeneration (re: Various) Medical
5/5/2008 'Kill Switch' Feared By Pentagon (re: Various) Weapon
5/5/2008 BAE Spider Robot Wrist Watch Monitor (re: Roger Zelazny) Surveillance
5/4/2008 Autonomous Docking Laser-Guided Robotic Wheelchair (re: Various) Transportation
5/2/2008 Robo-Squirrel Plus Tree Climbing Robots Equals MechaSquirrel (re: Various) Robotics
5/2/2008 Scented Text Messages - Imagine The Possibilities (re: Frederik Pohl) Communication
5/1/2008 Scientist Web-Spinners Could Just Ask Spiderman (re: Stan Lee) Material
5/1/2008 MAST Spider Robots Like Minority Report (re: Steven Spielberg) Robotics
5/1/2008 Self-Reconfigurable Robots Get It Together (re: Various) Robotics
5/1/2008 Space Boomerang Toss Now On Video (re: Various) Space Tech
4/30/2008 Training Videogames Bought By Defense Intelligence Agency (re: Frank Herbert) Weapon
4/30/2008 Ticketime Concept Timepiece Ticket (re: Isaac Asimov) Transportation
4/29/2008 Computer Online Forensic Evidence Extractor (COFEE) (re: Various) Computer
4/29/2008 Disappearing Ink On Self-Blanking Paper (re: Various) Communication
4/29/2008 Smart Buoys Say 'Slow Down, Whale Crossing' (re: Various) Biology
4/28/2008 Vital Jacket Heart (Monitoring) Shirt Via Rudy Rucker (re: Rudy Rucker) Medical
4/27/2008 Keyboard Pants (re: Murray Leinster) Culture
4/27/2008 New Australian Bionic Eye Less Invasive (re: ) Medical
4/27/2008 Korean Cloned Drug-Sniffing Dogs (re: Wibberly) Biology
4/27/2008 Gattaca Put Off A Few Years (re: Andrew Niccol) Work
4/25/2008 Strawberry Picking Robot In Japan (re: Philip K. Dick) Robotics
4/25/2008 Sports In Space (re: Robert Heinlein) Space Tech
4/25/2008 MIT 'Quickies' RFID Transmit Paper (re: Frank Herbert) Communication
4/24/2008 Blaster Battle Robot Laser Shootout Terminator-Style (re: James Cameron) Robotics
4/24/2008 Where's My Hand Waving Gesture Recognition Interface? (re: ) Display
4/24/2008 NTT's Firmo Body Network Touch Communication (re: Various) Communication
4/24/2008 Universal Translator, Babelfish Possible (re: Larry Niven) Communication
4/23/2008 MAHEM Metal Jets Like Clarke's Stiletto Beam (re: Arthur C. Clarke) Weapon
4/23/2008 7 Day Old Baby Meets Telepresence Robot Dad (re: Various) Robotics
4/23/2008 AirStrike Interactive Display: The Summoning (re: Edm) Display
4/22/2008 'Bionic Eye' Argus II Retinal Implant (re: Frank Herbert) Medical
4/22/2008 Bum Bot DIY Vigilante Robot (re: Various) Robotics
4/22/2008 REEM-B Robot Autonomous Helper Video (re: Robert Heinlein) Robotics
4/21/2008 Ghostbuster Approach To Neutralizing WMD (re: Harold Ramis) Weapon
4/20/2008 Swarming Micro Air Vehicle Networks (SMAVNET) (re: Roger Zelazny) Surveillance
4/19/2008 EEG Headset Is Parasitic Cephscope (re: Philip K. Dick) Medical
4/18/2008 Roll-to-Roll Processing OLEDs And Video Wallpaper (re: Vernor Vinge) Manufacturing
4/18/2008 Aeryon Scout UAV Like In Crichton's Runaway (re: Michael Crichton) Surveillance
4/18/2008 Sarcos Air Hockey-Playing Robot (re: Various) Robotics
4/18/2008 HAL vs. XOS: Who Will Have First Iron Man Suit? (re: Various) Robotics
4/18/2008 Real-Time Mind-Controlled Robotic Limbs Soon? (re: Niven and Pournelle) Medical
4/17/2008 Audi Snook One-Wheel Concept Gyrocar Updated (re: Anthony/w R. Margroff) Vehicle
4/17/2008 'Evolution Chip' Automates Evolved Change (re: Theodore Sturgeon) Biology
4/16/2008 Rocket Racing League Almost Podracing (re: George Lucas) Vehicle
4/16/2008 Your Brain Knew It Would Click This Link Before You Did (re: Daryl Gregory) Medical
4/16/2008 Flogo Clouds Are Floating Ads (re: Alan Nelson) Culture
4/15/2008 In Vitro Meat Symposium - Try The Veal! (re: H. Beam Piper) Food
4/15/2008 200,000 Computer-Generated Books (re: J.G. Ballard) Computer
4/13/2008 SWORDS Robots Pulled From Iraq For Bad Behavior (re: Various) Weapon
4/12/2008 Cyberwalk CyberCarpet VR Locomotion (re: Gene Roddenberry) Computer
4/12/2008 Retinal Scanning Display Projects Images On Retina (re: Pohl/Kornbluth) Display
4/12/2008 PCASS And The Original Handheld Lie Detector (re: William M. Marston) Security
4/11/2008 LIGO Gets An Upgrade (re: Kurd Lasswitz) Space Tech
4/11/2008 Robots Take 3.5M Jobs In Japan By 2025 (re: Various) Robotics
4/10/2008 'ETs Attacked Me With Meteorites' - Bosnian Man (re: Pournelle and Niven) Space Tech
4/10/2008 DoCoMo Cell Phones Mobile Fragrance Equipped (re: Frederik Pohl) Communication
4/10/2008 Plagiarism In Science Fiction (re: Various) Culture
4/10/2008 Nokia Shoot-to-Translate Camera (re: Various) Culture
4/9/2008 Segway's New RMP - Robotic Mobility Platform (re: Neal Stephenson) Robotics
4/9/2008 When Big Robots Go Bad (re: Various) Robotics
4/9/2008 When Slamhounds Attack (re: William Gibson) Communication
4/8/2008 El-E Robot Butler Guided By Laser Pointer (re: Various) Robotics
4/8/2008 Software Helps Computers Find Attractive Women (re: Various) Computer
4/7/2008 Multi-Touch Illuminate Table (re: Various) Display
4/7/2008 Ion-Etched Human Hair Shows Branding Possibilities (re: Ridley Scott) Engineering
4/7/2008 High Technology In Vintage Ad Style (re: Various) Communication
4/6/2008 MIT Nexi Robot Expresses Emotions (re: Various) Robotics
4/6/2008 CV08 Suburb-Eating Robot Concept (re: Philip Reeve) Robot
4/6/2008 Sensisphere Multitouch Hemisphere Display (re: Various) Display
4/5/2008 Six-Legged Robot Lunar Bases Change Everything (re: Various) Space Tech
4/5/2008 CardioArm - Snakelike Surgical Robot (re: Emmett McDowell) Medical
4/4/2008 WiiMote Control Packbot (re: Various) Surveillance
4/4/2008 AND The Kitchen Sync (re: Neal Stephenson) Culture
4/4/2008 Holon Fembot From Real Drive Anime (re: Masamune Shirow) Robotics
4/4/2008 Graphene Reveals Fine Structure Constant (re: Roger Zelazny) Material
4/3/2008 Jules Verne ATV Docks Autonomously On First Try (re: Robert H. Wilson) Space Craft
4/3/2008 Inferno Sonic Barrier Is A Sonabarrier (re: Frank Herbert) Engineering
4/3/2008 Microbead-Based Bacteriophages Kill Superbugs Alien-Style (re: Various) Medical
4/2/2008 ReWalk Medical Powered Exoskeleton (re: John W. Campbell) Medical
4/1/2008 Treepee Crude By Iszic Standards (re: Jack Vance) Living Space
4/1/2008 Acoustic Bazooka Concept (re: Various) Engineering
4/1/2008 BigBelly Solar Compactor Vs. WALL-E Robot (re: Pixar) Engineering
3/31/2008 Zoltan's Fembot Wife (re: Fritz Leiber) Culture
3/30/2008 Hackers Induce Epileptic Seizure Like 'Press Enter' (re: John Varley) Computer
3/30/2008 JewelEye Extraocular Implant Video (re: Various) Medical
3/28/2008 HeartLander Robotic Device Crawls Onto Your Heart (re: ) Medical
3/28/2008 T-Sketch The Whiteboard T-Shirt (re: Schachner/Zagat) Clothing
3/27/2008 Degu Rodents Now Use Tools Like Little Fuzzy (re: H. Beam Piper) Biology
3/27/2008 Super-Suit Fabric Now Available In T-Shirt (re: Various) Armor
3/27/2008 Sewer Gas-Based Suspended Animation (re: Gene Roddenberry) Medical
3/27/2008 MindMentor Computer-Based Psychotherapy (re: James Blish) Computer
3/26/2008 Sajjdah 1426 LED Prayer Rug Has Mecca-Glow (re: Frank Herbert) Culture
3/26/2008 MegaLondoner Arcology Fantasized (re: Pournelle and Niven) Living Space
3/26/2008 Tmsuk Robot Babysitter Knows Your Kid (re: Philip K. Dick) Robotics
3/25/2008 Metal Prices High Enough For Robot Sacrifice (re: Various) Material
3/25/2008 Emotiv Headset Mental Gaming Is All In Your Head (re: ) Culture
3/25/2008 Small Robot Surveillance Balloons Like Niven's Copseye (re: Larry Niven) Surveillance
3/24/2008 InVitroMeat Foundation (re: H. Beam Piper) Food
3/22/2008 Aptera Electric Vehicle So Cool It's On Star Trek (re: John Jacob Astor) Vehicle
3/21/2008 Gesture Recognition TV Watches You (re: George Orwell) Display
3/21/2008 NovaDreamer Dream Induction (re: Peter Watts) Culture
3/21/2008 DIY Robotic Suicide Booth Used In Australia (re: Various) Culture
3/20/2008 Anatomy Tattoos: Showing The Inside On The Outside (re: Various) Medical
3/20/2008 Implantable Prosthetic For The Blind (re: Roger Zelazny) Medical
3/20/2008 Virtusphere Videos (re: ) Computer
3/19/2008 Finca Bellavista Treehouse Village Endor-Style (re: George Lucas) Living Space
3/19/2008 Cyber-Crime Cops Get Organized (re: Various) Computer
3/18/2008 COM-BAT Robotic 'Bat' On Order From UM (re: Roger Zelazny) Robotics
3/18/2008 Arthur C. Clarke v1.0 Dead At 90 (re: Arthur C. Clarke) Misc
3/17/2008 Wasabi-Based Odor Alarm (re: Frank Herbert) Lifestyle
3/17/2008 BigDog Robass More Coordinated Than I Am (re: Anthony Boucher) Robotics
3/17/2008 NET-2000 Shooting Net Rod Nails Perps Spidey-Style (re: Stan Lee/Steve Ditko) Weapon
3/16/2008 Wheat-Killing Fungus Destroys Entire Fields (re: John Christopher) Biology
3/16/2008 SYMBRION - Symbiotic Evolutionary Robot Organisms (re: Stanislaw Lem) Robotics
3/15/2008 Modu Cell Phone Module Adds Connectivity To Everything (re: Various) Communication
3/14/2008 RobuCAB Robotic Taxi (re: Philip K. Dick) Robotics
3/14/2008 Audeo Neckband Voiceless Phone Calls (re: David Brin) Communication
3/14/2008 'Tunnel Of Truth' Total Recall-Style (re: Paul Verhoeven) Surveillance
3/13/2008 Chassis The Drink Dispensing Robot (re: Mike Resnick) Robotics
3/12/2008 Forget The Wookie - Two Robots Play Board Game (re: George Lucas) Robotics
3/12/2008 Break a Glass With Your Voice (re: Frank Herbert) Culture
3/12/2008 Should Website Advertisers Know Your Name? (re: Steven Spielberg) Communication
3/12/2008 New Porter Robot - Matsushita Mechanorg (re: John Brunner) Robotics
3/12/2008 Steampunk Crab Fort Art (re: Various) Engineering
3/12/2008 Duroquinone Molecule Nano-Brain (re: Neal Stephenson) Computer
3/11/2008 Sociable Garbabge Can Robot (re: Bruce Sterling) Engineering
3/9/2008 'Jules Verne' ATV Launch Video (re: Gene Roddenberry) Spacecraft
3/9/2008 iRex Iliad E-Book Reader AND Writer (re: Stanislaw Lem) Display
3/9/2008 e-Menu Interactive Restaurant Menu (re: Edgar Rice Burroughs) Display
3/8/2008 Iron Man Dreaming of Biological Fabrication of Circuits (re: Unknown) Material
3/7/2008 Solar Leaves - Electrochemical and Biological (re: Thomas Easton) Engineering
3/6/2008 Codename 'Reynard' - Hunt Terrorists In Virtual Worlds (re: John Brunner) Computer
3/6/2008 Spherical MS Surface: Multi-Touch Crystal Ball (re: Frank Baum) Display
3/5/2008 Top Ten Star Trek Techs Made Real (re: Gene Roddenberry)
3/5/2008 NASA's Chariot Is Not Your Father's Moon Rover (re: Robert Heinlein) Space Tech
3/5/2008 Smart Paint: Electronic Power System Surfaces (re: Steven Spielberg) Material
3/4/2008 DARPA Vulture Five Year Flying Wing (re: E.E. 'Doc' Smith) Vehicle
3/4/2008 Smart Goggles Identify, Remember What You See (re: Amitav Ghosh) Artificial Intelligence
3/3/2008 Zimmer Frame-based Nursing Home Positioning System (re: Various) Engineering
3/3/2008 ReadyBot Robot Ready To Clean Your Kitchen (re: Various) Robotics
3/3/2008 Mars Phoenix Lander On Wide World Of Mars (re: George O. Smith) Communication
3/1/2008 WCCTV 3G Covert Backpack - A Surveillance Vest (re: David Brin) Surveillance
2/29/2008 Rain-Making Bacteria May Affect Climate (re: Robert Heinlein) Engineering
2/28/2008 Hospital Bed Of The Future From The EU (re: Frederik Pohl) Medical
2/28/2008 iPhones For Freshmen At ACU (re: Frederik Pohl) Communication
2/27/2008 Autonomous Robot Weapons For Terrorists? (re: William Gibson) Robotics
2/26/2008 Ribbit Amphibian Cellphone Internet Mashup (re: Frederik Pohl) Communcation
2/26/2008 Nokia Morph Cell Phone Concept (re: Robert Heinlein) Communication
2/26/2008 Tactical Ground Reporting System - TIGR By The Tail (re: Charles Stross) Warfare
2/24/2008 LENA: Baby's Verbal LifeLog (re: Various) Surveillance
2/24/2008 Transparent Mobile Search - Just Frame The Question (re: Charles Stross) Display
2/23/2008 Adobe Light-Field Lens Video - Blade Runner Cluster (re: Ridley Scott) Engineering
2/22/2008 Tattoo Display Fueled By Blood (re: John Varley) Display
2/22/2008 Honeywell Micro Air Vehicle Tested By Miami Police (re: Michael Crichton) Surveillance
2/21/2008 MIT Biorubber-Based Band-Aid Geckohesive (re: Various) Medical
2/21/2008 Momenta PC Lifelog For Most Exciting Moments (re: Charles Stross) Computer
2/21/2008 Electronic Taster Has A Nose For Coffee (re: Ray Bradbury) Food
2/20/2008 Shuttle Atlantis Landing Video, As Per Heinlein (re: Robert Heinlein) Space Tech
2/20/2008 MoonLITE 'Mole' Penetrators For Lunar Exploration (re: EC Tubb) Space Tech
2/19/2008 Sleep Waking Robot: Your Dreams Via Interpretive Dance (re: Various) Robotics
2/18/2008 BIOTACT Whiskered Robot Rat (re: Ray Bradbury) Robotics
2/18/2008 MDI OneCat AirCar Breezes Toward Consumers (re: Various) Vehicle
2/18/2008 Self-Cleaning Wool And Silk Fabrics (re: Neal Stephenson) Clothing
2/18/2008 Radio Telescopes On Moon's Farside (re: Various) Space Tech
2/16/2008 Piezoelectric Zinc Oxide Nanowire Fashions For Spring (re: Frank Herbert) Material
2/15/2008 BodyMod In Old School SF - Quant Suff! (re: Samuel R. Delany) Culture
2/15/2008 Readius Polymer Vison E-Ink Video (re: William Gibson) Display
2/15/2008 Motorized Web Will Keep Hearts Beating (re: Various) Medical
2/15/2008 Eon Neurostimulation Lasts 10 Years (re: Alfred Bester) Medical
2/14/2008 Kiyomuri Samurai Robot Now With Improved Gait Stabilization (re: Various) Robotics
2/13/2008 Robotic Flying Saucer Drones (re: Michael Crichton) Vehicle
2/13/2008 Nanofibers In Unlimited Lengths Now Available (re: Arthur C. Clarke) Material
2/13/2008 Mosquito Device - Project X For Kids? (re: Ayn Rand) Weapon
2/12/2008 RoboPorter Carries Your Baggage, Guides You (re: John Brunner) Robotics
2/12/2008 Antarctic ENDURANCE Robot Helps NASA Explore Europa (re: Michael Swanwick) Space Tech
2/12/2008 Talking Lights Help Patients Navigate (re: Isaac Asimov) Medical
2/11/2008 Nautilus Home Theater Causing Nemo-Envy (re: Jules Verne) Display
2/11/2008 Smart Pal Robot Hangs Up Clothes (re: Philip K. Dick) Robotics
2/11/2008 Sensium Wireless Monitoring Band-Aid (re: Various) Medical
2/10/2008 Garbage-Eating Factories Now, Voracious Cities Later (re: Philip Reeve) Engineering
2/9/2008 Biomechanical Energy Harvester Is The Bee's Knees (re: Frank Herbert) Engineering
2/8/2008 Robot Chef Makes Octopus Balls (re: Edgar Rice Burroughs) Food
2/8/2008 Wiihab - Just What Rehab Doctor Ordered (re: Various) Medical
2/8/2008 Military To Create Human, Social And Cultural Simulations (re: Frank Herbert) Computer
2/7/2008 Three Genetic Parents? How About Seven? (re: William Tenn) Medical
2/7/2008 Robotic Observatory Opens On Antarctic Plateau (re: Harry Harrison) Robotics
2/6/2008 Multi-Touch Collaboration Wall Gives CNN Magic (re: Steven Spielberg) Display
2/5/2008 The Bestial Future Of Bionic Legs (re: Various) Robotics
2/5/2008 3D DNA-Directed Nanoassembly (re: Raymond Z. Gallun) Material
2/5/2008 Holland Now Built To Float (re: John Shirley) Living Space
2/5/2008 Blue Collar Bot Pumps Gas Update (re: Harry Harrison) Robotics
2/4/2008 AquaScript Information Waterfall Display (re: Various) Display
2/3/2008 Bone Transplant Grown In Patient's Abdomen From Stem Cells (re: Various) Medical
2/3/2008 Navy EMRG Hypervelocity Projectiles (re: Various) Weapon
2/3/2008 Luke Arm Robotic Prosthesis (re: Martin Caidin) Robotics
2/1/2008 Voxonic Software Lets You Sing, Speak In Any Language (re: Hugo Gernsback) Culture
2/1/2008 Claytronics: Robot Swarm-Based 3D Shape-Shifting Objects (re: Philip K. Dick) Robotics
2/1/2008 Rush Japan Mixes Tourism, Treasure And Nintendo DS (re: Various) Culture
2/1/2008 MacBook Air: What Vision Is This? (re: Various) Computer
1/31/2008 Mercury 'Spider' Has Fans Seeing Babylon 5 Shadow Ships (re: Various) Spacecraft
1/31/2008 Robotic Exoskeleton For Construction Workers (re: Various) Robotics
1/30/2008 Scientists Add New Letters To DNA's 'Alphabet' (re: Chris Carter) Medical
1/30/2008 Will Scientists Learn How To Fine-Tune Autism? (re: Vernor Vinge) Medical
1/29/2008 Ginormous Mech Animals Only Way To Travel (re: Arthur C. Clarke) Vehicle
1/29/2008 Japanese Water Horse Goes Back To The Future (re: Steven Spielberg) Culture
1/27/2008 HI-MEMS: Control Circuits Embedded In Pupal Stage Successfully (re: Thomas A. Easton) Engineering
1/27/2008 HI-MEMS: Cyborg Beetle Microsystem (re: Thomas A. Easton) Engineering
1/25/2008 Bluetooth-Enabled R