Meatricity - Meatrical Energy From Meatric Sources
Are we heading toward a human-powered future? Probably not, but the power goes out in our neighborhood often enough to check it out. |
CymaGlyphs - Dolphin Picture Words
How can we translate the language of another species? The CymaScope may give the answer. |
Hotel Room Of The Future Is German, Retrotastic
This 'hotel room of the future' video provides a review of a retrotastic future too kitschy to believe; with memories of future rooms from the past century of science fiction. |
3G Watch Phone From LG Electronics
Remarkable technology from LG electronics promises to bring video to a wrist near you. |
EarthNow! Landsat Images Now Available
Gaze down upon the Earth from orbit like the astronauts do with this handy online viewer. |
Therapeutic Ultrasound Now Pocket-Sized
Fans of Star Trek's Dr. McCoy may be thinking that they are seeing miniaturized medical instruments in the near future. |
NEC Thermal Scans For Flu
NEC is taking no chances at their corporate headquarters - the flu patrol is looking for you! |
Attention Assist - Drowsy-Driver Detection Standard
German engineering gives rise to the exact opposite of a famous sfnal automotive prediction. |
Teen Arrested For Home Chemistry Lab
Should ordinary people, like this teen-aged college student, be allowed to experiment? |
SCIgen - Computer Generates CS Papers
Read about this paper-generating program and wonder at a brand new, ground-breaking paper by five science fiction titans - Asimov, Gallun, Herbert, Russell and Heinlein. |
Lipodiesel - Energy From Liposuction Fat
In which Dr. Bittner makes a wrong turn on the road to a more fuel-efficient society. |
Biohackers - Genetic Engineering Home Hobbyists
Hobbyists have made important contributions to many fields. Why not genetic engineering? |
Micro-Mouse Robots With Grippers Tournament
New development at the 29th All Japan micro-mouse games held at the Tsukuba International Congress Center. Now, they have arms. |
Wapix YJMM Chrono-Pictographic Frames (From Hogwarts?)
Interesting art project prototype has literary antecedents. |
'Sex Chip' Like Niven's Ecstasy Plug
Would-be wireheads will no doubt rejoice at this news; others may be less sanguine. |
Tunable Liquid Lens Glasses For The Masses
A retired British physics professor has created simple spectacles that can be fitted to most people who need glasses - cheaply and without an optometrist. |
Basil Reification Robot
A general purpose household robot should be able to easily identify household items like chairs - but until now, they couldn't do it very well. |
NSA Patents Herbert's Network Snooper Catcher
The NSA apparently forgot to search for prior art when patenting ways to determine if someone is tampering with network communication. |
NanoTouch Touchscreen Works From The Back
Radical solution to a common problem is slick - but will people like using it? |
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Memory Plastic
Takes various shapes impressed into it on command.
(From Death by Ecstasy [1969] by Larry Niven) |
Ecstasy Plug
An implanted module that allowed a wirehead to plug himself into ordinary house current.
(From Death by Ecstasy [1969] by Larry Niven) |
Living Room
A multi-function living space with a variety of functions built-in.
(From Death by Ecstasy [1969] by Larry Niven) |
Automatic Vein Finder
A device to automatically locate veins for intravenous needle insertion.
(From The Andromeda Strain [1969] by Michael Crichton) |
Electronic Body Analyzer
A replacement for the human doctor.
(From The Andromeda Strain [1969] by Michael Crichton) |
Implanted Interface With Retinal Nerves
Circuitry that provides a 'look' at what the eye sees.
(From The Continuous Katherine Mortenhoe (The Unsleeping Eye) [1973] by D.G. Compton) |
Energy-Cannon
Device projects destructive power.
(From The Last Castle [1967] by Jack Vance) |
Combat Wasp
Drone craft able to carry and direct a variety of submunitions.
(From The Reality Dysfunction [1996] by Peter F. Hamilton) |
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