Robots In Advertising Mostly CGI, Fortunately
'Robot-salesmen were everywhere, gesturing, pleading, shrilling.' Thanks for warning us, PKD. (re: Philip K. Dick)

Spacetime Cloak Of Invisibility Conceals Events
This unusual suggestion from UK physicists may provide a unique kind of temporal shield. (re: Gene Roddenberry)

Cognitive Enhancement (For Us) Vs. Degradation (For The Enemy)
Philip K. Dick was also fascinated with the idea of targeted weapons that degraded enemy performance. (re: Philip K. Dick)

Brick Road-Printing Machine
Now with Disney and Thunderbirds update! Pretty impressive machine performs a difficult task admirably well; those of us who have done this task by hand salute the designers. (re: China Mieville)

Kinect Hack Yields 'Minority Report' Interface
Very convincing video shows the potential of this 'toy' - somebody should whisper in Steve Ballmer's ear about this one. (re: Steven Spielberg)

Computer Recognizes Human Emotions From Conversation
What are the practical applications of a computer that can correctly infer emotions from speech? (re: Arthur C. Clarke)

Ping Pong Robot Analyzes Own Game
Sure, you might be able to beat this prototype robot. For now. (re: Frederik Pohl)

IEM Pill Microchip Remote Monitoring Of Dosage
It sends data to a Bluetooth-enabled dermal patch. (re: William Gibson)

Virtual Star Hatsune Miku In 3D Hologram Concert Video
Amazing HD video of this live concert presented by an idoru, a personality-construct famous in Japan. (re: William Gibson)

Gold Nanoparticles To Make Trees Into Street Lights?
What would a forest of luminous trees look like? (re: Jack Vance)

Marvin Minsky's Tentacle Arm Video
Even in 1968, it was time to 'Beware the 'long, flexible, glittering tentacles...'' (re: H.G. Wells)

Sponge Bath Robot (And Human Volunteer)
Helpful health care robots are starting to provide a wide variety of care. (re: Katsuhiro Otomo)

Boeing Sixth Gen Fighter Needs No Pilot
How can pilots survive the high-gee maneuvers of the 21st century? (re: Various)

Small Human Livers Grown In Lab
The shortage of livers for transplant may be a solvable problem. (re: Larry Niven)

Holographic Videoconferencing
Amazing display could be large enough to display a full-size live image of a person or even a car. (re: Edmond Hamilton)

EO To Asimo: Walking Robots Evolve 1986-2010 Videos
The history of ASIMO's walking evolution in videos. (re: Various)