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LLM 'Cognitive Core' Now Evolving
'Their only check on the growth and development of Vulcan 3 lay in two clues: the amount of rock thrown up to the surface... and the amount of the raw materials and tools and parts which the computer requested.' - Philip K. Dick, 1960. (6/19/2025) |
Has Elon Musk Given Up On Mars?
'There ain't no such thing as a free lunch.' (6/17/2025) |
Bacteria Turns Plastic Into Pain Relief? That Gives Me An Idea.
'I guess there's nobody round this table who doesn't have a Crosswell [tapeworm] working for him in the small intestine.' (6/15/2025) |
When Your Child's Best Friend Is An AI
'Figments of his mind in one sense, of course, for he had shaped them...' - Clifford Simak, 1963. (6/13/2025) |
China's Drone Mothership Can Carry 100 Drones
'So the parent drone carries a spotter that it launches...' (6/11/2025) |
Drones Recharge In Mid-Air Like Jets Refuel!
'...nurse drones that would cruise around dumping large amounts of power into randomly selected pods.' - Neal Stephenson, 1995. (6/9/2025) |
Australian Authors Reject AI Training Of Llama
'It's done with a flip of the third joint of the tentacle on the down beat.' - Anthony Boucher, 1943. (6/7/2025) |
Is China Mining Helium-3 On The Moon's Farside?
'...for months Grantline bores had dug into the cliff.' - (6/5/2025) |
Maybe It's Too Soon To Require Autonomous Mode
'I hope all those other cars are on automatic,' he said anxiously. - Arthur C. Clarke, 1976. (6/3/2025) |
Is Agentic AI The Wrong Kind Of Smartness?
'It’s smart enough to go wrong in very complicated ways, but not smart enough to help us find out what’s wrong.' - Isaac Asimov, 1975. (6/1/2025) |
Heat Waver - The First Ever Combo Solar Collector And Wind Turbine
'...like a spray of tulips mounted fanwise.' - Simpson Stokes, 1937. (5/29/2025) |
Tesla 'Fleet Response Agents' Bolster FSD Autonomy
'You hate the whole idea that some bored drone pusher in a remote driving centre has got your life... in his hands.' - Charles Stross, 2007. (5/27/2025) |
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Milliways
The restaurant at the end of the universe.
(From Restaurant at the End of the Universe [1980] by Douglas Adams) |
Noodle Bar
A little street restaurant.
(From Blade Runner [1982] by Ridley Scott) |
Steel Crocodile
A boat specialized for swamps on Venus.
(From Logic of Empire [1941] by Robert Heinlein) |
Breesk
A unique dish best served with violet sauce.
(From Expedition to Earth [1953] by Robert Zacks) |
Science Fiction Restaurant
Established by aliens, its waiters and food are out of this world!
(From Expedition to Earth [1953] by Robert Zacks) |
Trajectory Ship
A spaceship that takes the minimum energy route to another planet, with the passengers weightless.
(From Logic of Empire [1941] by Robert Heinlein) |
Microlight
Winged, unmanned aerial vehicle used for surveillance in the revolving space station.
(From Neuromancer [1984] by Joe Gibson) |
Martian Canal Ice
Open water ice on the fourth planet.
(From Red Planet [1949] by Robert Heinlein) |
Monowheel
A single-wheeled police car.
(From Firewater [1952] by William Tenn) |
Robocide
Deliberate destruction of robots.
(From Robots Are Nice? [1957] by Gordon R. Dickson) |
Robus
A robotic bus.
(From Terror in the Stars [1955] by John A. Sentry) |
Robobus
An autonomous vehicle for picking up some number of passengers.
(From Robots Are Nice? [1957] by Gordon R. Dickson) |
Prime Command
A universal order or principle carried out by every robotic device.
(From Robots Are Nice? [1957] by Gordon R. Dickson) |
Facial Recognition
A device that scans a person, compares to a database, and brings out more stored information.
(From Rogue Psi [1962] by James Schmitz) |
Ruum Spherical Robot
An autonomous spherical robot, possibly liquid metal, self-energizing, of alien design; a collector.
(From The Ruum [1953] by Arthur Porges) |
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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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