Thor Shield Energy Weapon-Proof Fabric
An engineer with an interest in lightning protection systems comes up with a way to foil taser weapons and cattle prods. (re: Philip K. Dick)

Logitech QuickCam Orbit MP Has Maximum Headroom
Science meets science fiction today as you can finally have the online look you wanted; face manicuring (like Bruce Sterling) or full-on avatar (like Max). (re: Bruce Sterling)

Apple Apparently Working On Orwell's Telescreen
Now, Apple would never create a tool suitable for totalitarian governments - but here's what we could use it for. (re: George Orwell)

PocketCaster First Live Video Webcast From Cellphone
Now anyone can stream video around the world. (re: David Brin)

News E-Papers From Plastic Logic
Newspads and mediatrons, science fiction staples, are now making the prototyping rounds. (re: Arthur C. Clarke)

Religion In Space
How can you face Mecca when circling the Earth every 90 minutes? Just one problem faced by Muslims in space. (re: Various)

HIPerWall Highly Interactive Parallelized Display Wall
Think you like your current display? This one might wrap all the way around your dorm room. (re: Ray Bradbury)

Invention Machine Evolved By Genetic Programming
Artificially intelligent machines design parts for NASA, binoculars and circuit designs. Your so-called creative job is next. (re: John M. Faucette)

Singularity Summit At Stanford
Must-attend summit at Stanford on the technological Singularity bearing down on all of us like a runaway train. (re: Vernor Vinge)

Robot Nanny - The Fact, The Fiction
SF writers have been thinking about robot nannies (and other forms of automated child care) since at least WWII. This fall, Korea will have some in the home. (re: Isaac Asimov)

Synthehol Sought By Psychopharmacologists
Science-fictional alcohol without hangovers and cirrhosis may be within reach, says a UB prof. (re: Gene Roddenberry)

Chameleon T-Shirts With Electrochromic Polymers
At last, William Gibson's polycarbon suit is starting to take shape - good news for all Panther Moderns. (re: William Gibson)

HAL-5 Exoskeleton To Carry Mountain Climber
Exoskeletons helped humans raised in microgravity over come Earth's gravity in a 1968 novel; now they help people overcome gravity on Earth in real life. (re: Fritz Leiber)

Sonic Grenade Homebrew
Here's just the thing to wake up your roommate - and you can make one yourself! (re: Robert Heinlein)

Filmmaking Robot Has Roving Artistic Vision
Can a robot make a better movie than the junk shown in your local megacineplex? Here's a filmmaking robot taking its best shot at art. (re: Karen Traviss)

UAVs Invade Public Airspace
Unmanned surveillance drones that are capable of autonomous flight are being used in Iraq. One day, you will look up - and probably not see it overhead in your neighborhood. (re: Greg Bear)