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Japan's AI Buddharoid Automonks
'...each of them is a neural mapping of the mind of a Tibetan monk who actually lived.' - Ray Naylor, 2022. (1/25/2026) |
MIT Computerized Bionic Leg Is Part Of The User
'The leg was to function, in a way, as a servo-mechanism operated by Larry’s brain, through the mediation of the electronic brain in the leg.' - Charles Recour, 1949. (1/23/2026) |
California Governor Candidate Calls For Voting By Phone
'... every veephone on the continent would display, over and over, two propositions.' John Brunner, 1975. (1/21/2026) |
Robots For Hire En Masse
'...small investors profited, too.' - Raymond E. Banks, 1956. (1/19/2026) |
China's Handheld Electromagnetic Gun
'Completely silent, accurate up to about twenty meters. No recoil...' - Richard Morgan, 2003. (1/17/2026) |
3D Printing A 12-Meter Boat Hull
'It makes drawings in the air...' - Murray Leinster, 1945 (1/15/2026) |
China Still Working On Rescue Robot That Eats People
Firefighter Rescue Robot Eats Humans - again! (1/13/2026) |
Lawyer AIs Create Chaos In Our Legal System
'I want my lawyer program.' - David Brin, 1990. (1/11/2026) |
Chinese Hospital Tries Vonnegut's 'Harrison Bergeron' Cosplay
'He wore spectacles with thick wavy lenses. The spectacles were intended to make him not only half
blind, but to give him whanging headaches besides.' - Kurt Vonnegut, 1961. (1/9/2026) |
Robot Clerks Become A Reality In China
'The robot clerk in the waiting-room checked her number...' - Miriam Allen deFord, 1952. (1/7/2026) |
Can One Robot Do Many Tasks?
'... with the Master-operator all you have to do is push one! A remarkable achievement!' - Robert Sheckley, 1952. (1/5/2026) |
The New Habitable Zones Include Asimov's Ribbon Worlds
'...there's a narrow belt where the climate is moderate.' - Harl Vincent, 1931. (1/23/2026) |
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Dobridust
A fully automated cleaning machine; it cleans till it runs out of energy.
(From The Dobridust [1948] by Margaret St. Clair) |
Metal Lark
A device that adjusts the vocal chords and helps the user to be the best singer possible.
(From The Metal Lark [1948] by Margaret St. Clair) |
Thiotimoline
Remarkable substance dissolves about 1.12 seconds before contact with a solvent.
(From The Endochronic Properties of Resublimated Thiotimoline [1948] by Isaac Asimov) |
Vizi-math
A device that accepts written equations and then provides a visualization of what it has been given.
(From Aleph Sub One [1948] by Margaret St. Clair) |
Vitalizer
Do you lack energy? This fixes your problem. Be careful.
(From The Soma Racks [1947] by Margaret St. Clair) |
Police Web
A kind of stasis field, which can be made portable.
(From The Soft Weapon [1967] by Larry Niven) |
Prospecting Saturn's Rings
Solitary men traverse Saturn's treacherous rings looking for valuable materials.
(From The Ring Bonanza [1947] by Otto Binder) |
Rotohouse
A house that turns upon a central pivot.
(From The Rotohouse [1948] by Margaret St. Clair) |
Belt Pick
Used to chip off pieces of Saturn's ring material for analysis.
(From The Ring Bonanza [1947] by Otto Binder) |
Viewphone
Comm that provided both sound and video.
(From Revolt of the Star Men [1932] by Raymond Z. Gallun) |
Super Whost
A kind of breakfast food.
(From Super Whost [1947] by Margaret St. Clair) |
Space Raft
A kind of escape craft, or lifeboat.
(From Dusk on the Moon [1943] by Hannes Bok) |
Robots Earn For Individuals
The point at which humanoid robots with AGI can be purchased and then rented out by ordinary people, for a profit.
(From The Instigators [1956] by Raymond E. Banks) |
Robot Manifesto
A linotype machine demands its rights.
(From ETAOIN SHRDLU [1942] by Frederic Brown) |
Unlocker Robot
An autonomous device that unlocked doors, as needed.
(From But Who Can Replace A Man [1958] by Brian Aldiss) |
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Ten Years Ago In Technovelgy
E. Coli Forced To Evolve: Old Bacterium Learns New Trick
The general method was remarkably similar to a technique used by award-winning sf author Theodore Sturgeon in his classic 1941 story Microcosmic God. (re: Theodore Sturgeon) |
Nanotechnology Grand Challenge Events Called For
We've all had fun watching the recent Grand Challenge race run by DARPA. Let's help DARPA set up the nanotechnology Grand Challenge for very small vehicles. (re: Technovelgy.com) |
da Vinci Surgical Robot: Dr.'s Helper
A 2004 University of Michigan study noted that patients who were operated on with robotic surgeon assistance recovered more quickly with fewer or less obtrusive scars using a surgical robot. Similar devices are used in telemedicine; read a wry encoun (re: Peter Watts) |
Contour Crafting: 3D House Printer
Perhaps you've used those programs that let you design your dream house, creating a Computer Aided Design (CAD) file. Not quite ready to take up the hammer and start building? What if you could just "print" your house? (re: Bruce Sterling) |
RobotCop III - Not Quite R. Daneel Olivaw
In his classic 1953 robot story Caves of Steel, Isaac Asimov teamed a human detective with a robotic one - R. Daneel Olivaw. Hong Kong has been testing robotic police officers for years, and has now introduced RobotCop III. (re: Isaac Asimov) |
Poweriser: Extreme Sports Gear from The Diamond Age
In The Diamond Age, author Neal Stephenson creates a vivid picture of a future Shanghai. The novel mixes "futuristic" devices based on nanotechnology with simpler mechanical devices that are almost Victorian in their simplicity...
Imagine my surpri (re: Neal Stephenson) |
DARPA's BigDog Robot And Bradbury's Mechanical Hound
In his chilling 1953 novel Fahrenheit 451, Ray Bradbury created the mechanical hound, a robot that accompanied the firemen and helped with their work... DARPA has made a multi-million dollar investment in the soldier of the future's best friend - Big (re: Ray Bradbury) |
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