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Google Home Continues Implementation Of Pohl's Joymaker
'It is a transponder connecting you with the central computing facilities of the city in which you reside on a shared-time, self-programming basis.' - Frederik Pohl, 1966. (re: Frederik Pohl)

The Sheep Look Up In Beijing
'The hungry sheep look up, and are not fed...' - John Brunner, 1972. (re: John Brunner)

Festo's eMotionButterfly, AirJelly And AirPenguin Robots
... Bright beings darted through the hot light.' - Rudy Rucker, 1988. (re: Rudy Rucker)

Griff 300 Octocopter Carries You And Friend
'The cab came floating down out of the sky...' - James Blish, 1957. (re: James Blish)

Talkspace Anonymous Therapy App
'Stonkered or clutched or quite simply going insane, someone reaches for the phone...' - John Brunner, 1975. (re: John Brunner)

Dr. McCoy, Your 'Salt Shaker' Scanner Is Ready
Bones would be so pleased. (re: Gene Roddenberry)

Actors Reject, Makers Embrace, Posthumous Movie Resurrection
'Suddenly firmed and we saw ''Adam Selene.'' - Robert Heinlein, 1966. (re: Robert Heinlein)

Robot Animals Set To 'Spy in the Wild'
'[The electric sheep], sophisticated piece of hardware that it was, chomped away in simulated contentment...' - Philip K. Dick, 1968. (re: Philip K. DIck)

Star Wars Speeder Bikes! On Water, By Jetovator
'Hey, wait!' Now, you don't need to say that. (re: George Lucas)

'Living Bandage' For Knee Injuries
'It can patch up a smashed and broken body.' - Clifford Simak, 1961. (re: Clifford Simak)

Ad Astra! JPL's Autonomous Undersea Drones
'Splash! The Wabbler plunged into the water...' (re: Murray Leinster)

Korea's Avatar Robot
Not quite ready to chase eight-foot tall blue aliens, but it's pretty cool! (re: Robert Heinlein)

Moon's Huge Lava Tubes Perfect For Heinlein's Bat Wings
'It's just a big volcanic bubble, two miles across...' - Robert Heinlein, 1957. (re: Robert Heinlein)

ChainFORM Robot For Your Wrist
'...a vaguely terrifying foot-high shape, squared and angled and pointed and ANIMATE.' - Abraham Merritt, 1920. (re: Abraham Merritt)

Galaxy Note 7 Kill Switch?
Keep right on quoting regulations, Mr. Savvik. (re: Various)

Sketch Robot At World Intelligent Manufacturing Summit
When will we get cheap starving artist robots? (re: Various)

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