http://www.technovelgy.com/ The inventions of sf writers come to life in today's headlines at Technovelgy.com - where science meets fiction. en-us Copyright 2004-2011, Bill Christensen 'Sensory stimulation through the tactile net, Man Forrester...' (SF in the News)http://www.technovelgy.com/ct/Science-Fiction-News.asp?NewsNum=3538 'The back half is all solid propellant. Valves for directional control ... look, it's all electronic.' (SF in the News)http://www.technovelgy.com/ct/Science-Fiction-News.asp?NewsNum=3537 'Sensor swarms operating autonomously could function in complex, harsh, and remote environments.' (SF in the News)http://www.technovelgy.com/ct/Science-Fiction-News.asp?NewsNum=3536 I'd never heard of this method for determining depth of field. (SF in the News)http://www.technovelgy.com/ct/Science-Fiction-News.asp?NewsNum=3535 This technology keeps getting closer. (SF in the News)http://www.technovelgy.com/ct/Science-Fiction-News.asp?NewsNum=3534 Have you been sharing everything on social networks? Guess who wants to be a lurker? (SF in the News)http://www.technovelgy.com/ct/Science-Fiction-News.asp?NewsNum=3533 It would be better if our gadgets could simply repair themselves when broken (with video). (SF in the News)http://www.technovelgy.com/ct/Science-Fiction-News.asp?NewsNum=3532 See the video for a good example of how biomimicry can lead to uncanny mechanical imitations of nature. (SF in the News)http://www.technovelgy.com/ct/Science-Fiction-News.asp?NewsNum=3531 Someday, we'll have reprogrammable brain parts, which will come in handy. (SF in the News)http://www.technovelgy.com/ct/Science-Fiction-News.asp?NewsNum=3530 Amazing miniaturization could lead to science-fictional devices. (SF in the News)http://www.technovelgy.com/ct/Science-Fiction-News.asp?NewsNum=3529 'And us sipping our catchpockets the instant they show dewsparkle.' (SF in the News)http://www.technovelgy.com/ct/Science-Fiction-News.asp?NewsNum=3528 Moore's Law still has some life left. (SF in the News)http://www.technovelgy.com/ct/Science-Fiction-News.asp?NewsNum=3527 So, guys, would you use this technology? (SF in the News)http://www.technovelgy.com/ct/Science-Fiction-News.asp?NewsNum=3526 Transparent armor can come in handy. (SF in the News)http://www.technovelgy.com/ct/Science-Fiction-News.asp?NewsNum=3525 Scanning now for weapons, who knows what future scans will reveal about you? (SF in the News)http://www.technovelgy.com/ct/Science-Fiction-News.asp?NewsNum=3524 SF fans are familiar with this idea. (SF in the News)http://www.technovelgy.com/ct/Science-Fiction-News.asp?NewsNum=3523 John Brunner gave us the idea for this kind of data transparency. (SF in the News)http://www.technovelgy.com/ct/Science-Fiction-News.asp?NewsNum=3522 HG Wells also had an idea like this, or was it Frank Herbert? (SF in the News)http://www.technovelgy.com/ct/Science-Fiction-News.asp?NewsNum=3521 Researchers are looking for Lord Running Clam. (SF in the News)http://www.technovelgy.com/ct/Science-Fiction-News.asp?NewsNum=3520 Remote-controlled robotic fun for you and your smartphone. (SF in the News)http://www.technovelgy.com/ct/Science-Fiction-News.asp?NewsNum=3519 Fires blasts of charged particles. From the 1976 story Star Wars (new Technovelgy item)http://www.technovelgy.com/ct/Content.asp?Bnum=2154 Carries water to and from the catchpockets in a Fremen stillsuit. From the 1965 story Dune (new Technovelgy item)http://www.technovelgy.com/ct/Content.asp?Bnum=2152 A small container in a stillsuit that stored reclaimed water. From the 1965 story Dune (new Technovelgy item)http://www.technovelgy.com/ct/Content.asp?Bnum=2151 Flying blunt trauma weapon remote-controlled by an artificially intelligent computer. From the 1960 story Vulcan's Hammer (new Technovelgy item)http://www.technovelgy.com/ct/Content.asp?Bnum=2150 Using the standard letter designation in physics for gravity. From the 1949 story Sacred Martian Pig (new Technovelgy item)http://www.technovelgy.com/ct/Content.asp?Bnum=2149 A compound that maintains sobriety while drinking. From the 1962 story Space Viking (new Technovelgy item)http://www.technovelgy.com/ct/Content.asp?Bnum=2148 A device that opens a portal to another dimension. From the 1933 story Wanderer of Infinity (new Technovelgy item)http://www.technovelgy.com/ct/Content.asp?Bnum=2147 A spacecraft that uses the ultimate in fuel sources. From the 1950 story Farmer in the Sky (new Technovelgy item)http://www.technovelgy.com/ct/Content.asp?Bnum=2146