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)

Habitable Planet Gliese 581g Is A 'Ribbon World'
Asimov described planets like this one as 'ribbon worlds' and extolled the virtues of their unusual microclimates. (re: Isaac Asimov)

Festo Bionic Handling Assistant Video
Terrific video presents Festo's robotics work, as described by the engineers who created it. (re: H.G. Wells)

XOS 2 Raytheon Gen 2 Exoskeleton For Ironman 2
Iron Man, your new suit awaits! (re: Fritz Leiber)

iCub Robot ARCHER Gets Weapons Training
This little iCub humanoid robot learned to shoot a bow and arrow by itself. Just a bow and arrow. For now. (re: Various)

Suspended Animation For Surgery Patients
Chill out - you'll live longer. (re: Edward Page Mitchell)

Panasonic Robotic Care Assistance With Wheelchair
Robotic aids for your old age are on the way, America. (re: Katsuhiro Otomo)

First Artificial Human Ovary
The Social Predestination Room is down two doors, on the left. (re: Aldous Huxley)

Brain Coprocessor Platform Needed
Do we need a Brain Implant Operating System? (re: William Gibson)