Google Engineers Not Sure What Google RankBrain AI Is Doing
'What lay down there? ...And how far had it spread? Miles?' - Philip K. Dick, 1960. (re: Philip K. Dick)

Military Implants To Boost Memory
'He... pried a bright magenta splinter from his socket with a dirty thumbnail.' - William Gibson, 1985. (re: William Gibson)

Bionic Fingertips Would Have Improved Anakin's Experience
Regaining the sense of touch with artificial fingertips. (re: George Lucas)

Eagle-360 Spherical Wheel Concept
"AAAAaaargh!" - Will Smith, I, Robot (2004) (re: Various)

Smart Clothing From Finland
'A dress can change its color and texture in a few seconds...' - JG Ballard, 1970. (re: JG Ballard)

Lab-Grown Human Eyeball Tech Advances
'The eyes were vatgrown sea-green Nikon transplants.' - William Gibson, 1984. (re: Ridley Scott)

AlphaGo AI Defeats Go champion Lee Sedol
An amazing achievement for artificial intelligence researchers. (re: Ambrose Bierce)

Archinaut 3D Printing Autonomous Space Manufacturing System
Crawling across the structures of future space craft. (re: Charles Sheffield)

Volcanoes Terraformed Mars?
'When yon volcanoes belch gas...' - Niven and Pournelle. (re: Niven and Pournelle)

Ready For Your Halting State Driverless Drone Future?
'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. (re: Charles Stross)

Snow Crash And Domino's DXP Pizza Delivery Vehicle
'The electromechanical hatch on the flank of his car is already opening to reveal his empty pizza slots...' - Neil Stephenson, 1992. (re: Neal Stephenson)

R2D2's Friend TUG: Hospital Robot By Aethon
**whistle whee woo whistle** - George Lucas, 1983. (re: George Lucas)

Crowdfunded Russian Beacon Satellite Is An Orbital Mirror
'I don't have to tell you about the seven two-mile-diameter orbital mirrors...' - Theodore Sturgeon, 1941. (re: Theodore Sturgeon)

Teleportation: How Might The Brain Handle It
'Any man was capable of jaunting provided he developed two faculties, visualization and concentration.' - Alfred Bester, 1956. (re: Alfred Bester)

Cheap Electronic Skin For Robots!
'Chemelectric afferent nerve-analogues...' - Roger Zelazny, 1966. (re: Roger Zelazny)

ANYmal Quadruped Robot Trots On
'Fast-plodding, articulated legs...' - Anthony Boucher, 1951. (re: Anthony Boucher)