Laser Gunship Prototype By 2007
The military is working hard to bring this weapon system online, hopefully in time for Cyberdyne Systems to use it. (re: James Cameron)

Books of Hope Talk to Everyone
These talking books from Africa are a first. (re: Harlan Ellison)

Liquid Armor Video Shows Bullets Bounce Off
This material looks more and more like the kind of thing that sf writers like Larry Niven wrote about. (re: Larry Niven)

Shiva The Riding Mechanical Lion
This retro mechanical lion has at least one feature that DARPA's BigDog robot doesn't have... (re: Various)

Robot Waiters From China And Canada (And Star Wars)
These robotic waiters are ready to take your orders. (re: George Lucas)

AIC-CI Cookingrobot Chinese Robotic Chef
Chinese fast foods now prepared by robots - maybe in your home before the end of the decade. (re: Anthony Boucher)

Bytes Restaurant With Touchscreen Ordering
This modern approach to making food faster meets with customer approval; waiter/waitress bargaining units not so sure. (re: Edgar Rice Burroughs)

Toshiba Interactive 3D Display Video At SEATAC 2006
Very nice video on Toshiba's slick 3D display, which now seems to offer additional interactive features. (re: George Lucas)

SkyCeiling Big Indoor Sky
This remarkable product from The Sky Factory is worthy of Hogwarts - and Stanislaw Lem. (re: Stanislaw Lem)

Airblade From Dyson Airblast From Heinlein
Dyson's latest product offers 400 kph winds of drying power - more than Heinlein's 1940's airblast. (re: Robert Heinlein)

South Korean Intelligent Surveillance and Guard Robot
This autonomous robotic sentry gun has a choice of lethal and non-lethal rounds, and comes with voice recognition as standard equipment. (re: Michael Crichton)

Aqua Sciences Water From Atmospheric Moisture
Remarkable (and secret!) technology to lower the price of water to troops in Iraq, and help people in need. (re: Frank Herbert)

Launch Ring Magnetic Launch System By LaunchPoint
Although just in the planning stages, this could give us a twist on an old Heinlein suggestion for reaching space. (re: Robert Heinlein)

DARPA Urban Challenge For Autonomous Vehicles
Cars that can really drive themselves in traffic? DARPA sets the Urban Challenge. (re: Robert Heinlein)

HLPR Chair Mobility Robotics
This industrial-strength robot will help caregivers and wheelchair-bound individuals alike. (re: Katsuhiro Otomo)

PEBBLES Robot - Teleconferencing For Kids At NextFest 2006
The innovative PEBBLES robot received a da Vinci award for adaptive and assistive technology this week. (re: Niven and Pournelle)