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AutoNOMOS Robotic Taxi Called By iPad App
This modified VW Passat can be called and controlled with an iPad. (re: Philip K. Dick)

When Do I Get My Language Rectifier?
Two giant corporations, each with their own approach to the problem, each with vast resources. (re: Hugo Gernsback)

SBU Self Balancing Unicycle Perfected In V2.0
Revolutionary device now in its second iteration; comfortable, fast and environmentally responsible transportation is ready today. (re: Robert Heinlein)

MIT Glider Lands On a Perch Like A Bird
This little glider has an amazing biomimetic feature. (re: Roger Zelazny)

MovieReshape Like Bruce Sterling's Video-Manicuring
Impressive video shows what can be accomplished with image manipulation. (re: Bruce Sterling)

Berkeley Bionics eLEGS Exoskeleton
Exoskeletons will be available in US clinics early next year. (re: Fritz Leiber)

Google's Autonomous Robotic Car
Self-driving cars have put over 140,000 miles on the road. (re: Robert Heinlein)

Sony Internet TV Foreseen In 1946
'It looks like a vision-receiver used to, only it's got keys instead of dials and you punch the keys for what you wanna get.' (re: Murray Leinster)

Fujitsu Social Robot Bear Video
Soon, this little robot will be ready for grandma and grandpa - or the grand kids. (re: Harry Harrison)

Stretchable Electronic Skin Input Device Video
Let your fingers do the walking - on your own skin. (re: John Varley)

NELL Computer Learns To Surf The Web For Facts
This computer spends more time on the Internet than you do. (re: Robert Heinlein)

NEC Billboard Minority Report-Style
John Anderton - I'm a billboard, and I can guess your gender, age and ethnicity while you walk by, and show you an appropriate ad. (re: Steven Spielberg)

Permanent Mechanical Heart A First For Children
Philip K. Dick talked about artificial mechanical organs almost sixty years ago. (re: Philip K. Dick)

eXistenZ iPhone Charger Cable
This umbilical cord-inspired iPhone charger may make you think about Halloween early this year. (re: Various)

DEMON UAV Has No Moving Flaps
Successful demonstration of 'flapless flight' in this unmanned aerial vehicle. (re: Arthur C. Clarke)

MobilePay USA Credit Card App For Smartphones
Frederik Pohl called this one in 1965 - just one of the characteristics of his prescient joymaker concept. (re: Frederik Pohl)

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