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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)

Queqiao 2 Communications Relay Satellite Will Support Lunar Missions
'The Venus Equilateral Relay Station was a modern miracle of engineering...' - George O. Smith, 1942. (re: George O. Smith)

Ancient Cuneiform Texts Translated By AI - Sort Of
"I believe they're trying to communicate with us..." - Schachner and Zagat, 1931. (re: Various)

'Warrior Suit' Combat Exoskeleton Project Still Alive
'Suited up, you look like a big steel gorilla.' (re: Robert Heinlein)

Mori3 Flat Modular Robot Unpacks, Comes Alive
An origami-like robot that can change shape, move around and interact with objects and people. (re: Various)

Self-Powered Piezoelectric Nanotattoos
'...she has had a subdermal pattern of micro-channels implanted.' - Paul Di Filippo, 1985. (re: Paul Di Filippo)

Varda Space Industries Orbital Factories
'... work summers in their orbital factory complex.' - Jerry Pournelle, 1976. (re: Jerry Pournelle)

Who Needs Dogs? Trained Bees Detect Explosives
'The directing neurological tissue that forms the basis of the swibble is alive...' - Philip K Dick, 1955. (re: Philip K. Dick)

Space Hotel Will Have Artificial Gravity By 2025
'The cylinder whirls constantly, with such speed that the centrifugal force against the sides equals the force of gravity on the earth.' - Jack Williamson, 1931. (re: Jack Williamson)

Seeing Two Seconds Into The Future
'...not a record of what you did just now but what will go on here in the next half hour.' - Philip K. Dick, 1964. (re: Philip K. Dick)

Calico Wearable Robot Like Robert Forward's Imp
'The imps go into the spacesuit with the humans...'- Robert Forward, 1985. (re: Robert Forward)

Dyson Zone Face Filter-Mask May Have A Point After all
'If this job's likely to involve me in frequent trips to LA I'm going to have to buy a filter-mask.' - John Brunner, 1972. (re: John Brunner)

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