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Teslas Have Minds, Says Elon Musk
'The machine scans the patterns of the mind; ...Impress these same waves on a robot computer.' - Frederik Pohl, 1955. (re: Frederik Pohl)

Quadruple-Star System Now Forming
'... ravished with joy, I gazed at the giant suns, Arcturus and Betelguese, and the red Antares, and at systems of double and triple and quadruple suns...' - Stanton Coblentz, 1934. (re: Stanton Coblentz)

Are You Ready To Zoom With Dr. ChatGPT?
'Skarwold pushed a switch and Katz’s autodoc sprayed sedative into his lungs.' - Larry Niven, 1965. (re: )

Away Rude Mechanicals! I Want Self-Sensing Variable-Stiffness Artificial Muscles.
'... it is remarkable that the long leverages of their machines are in most cases actuated by a sort of sham musculature.' - HG Wells, 1898. (re: HG Wells)

Machete-Wielding Philodendron Isn't Going To Take It Anymore
'The tree ended its wild larruping, stood like a dreaming giant liable to wake into frenzy at any moment.' - Eric Frank Russell, 1943. (re: Eric Frank Russell)

HOVER Scorpion Speeder Bike!
'I see them! Wait, Leia!' - George Lucas, 1983. (re: George Lucas)

Nuclear Rockets To Fly In Space!
'... the only type of engine which could possibly transport a heavy machine from our earth to some planet, would have to be the atomic-energy engine.' - (re: Robert Heinlein)

Privatized Moon Mining Appeals To Entrepreneurs
'The engineer had judged correctly for the ground on which the space ship had landed consisted of ice...' - Max Valier, 1931. (re: Max Valier)

Do Aliens Have A 'Non-Interference' Prime Directive?
'... it was against the law for our people to visit Earth.' - George Parsons Lathrup, 1897. (re: George Parsons Lathrup (w/T. Edison))

3D Printing In Mid-Air
'It makes drawings in the air...' - Murray Leinster, 1945. (re: Murray Leinster)

Underwater Robot Moves Like A Jellyfish
'It was a chemotactic artificial jellyfish...' - Rudy Rucker and Bruce Sterling, 1994. (re: Rucker and Sterling)

Earth A Rogue Planet? A Wandering World?
'The larger of the two wandering worlds would strike and annihilate the earth.' (re: Balmer and Wylie)

Collie Dog Suit Fulfills His Dream - Of Walking In Public As A Dog
'The Lon Chaney of the interstellar set.' - Roger Zelazny, 1976. (re: Roger Zelazny)

Solar Panel Cleaning Robots
'... polishing their way the whole length of Rama's six artificial suns.' - Arthur C. Clarke, 1972. (re: Arthur C. Clarke)

Who Needs Asimov's 'Proteus' When You Can Have Pangolins?
'The Proteus was still falling, still shrinking...' - Isaac Asimov, 1966. (re: Isaac Asimov)

Jonathan Swift in 1726 Predicted AI-Generated Crap Overwhelming Amazon In 2023
'...the most ignorant person... might write books... without the least assistance from genius or study.' - Jonathan Swift, 1726. (re: Jonathan Swift)

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