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Roving Robotic Reporter
This story is a little old, but I just discovered it. Philip K. Dick was only off by a couple of years on this one. (re: Philip K. Dick)

First Zero-Gravity Surgical Robot Demonstration
The same system tested in NASA's NEEMO experiments will now be tested in zero-g on the Vomit Comet. (re: Various)

MIT Exoskeleton Shoulders The Weight For You
This nifty exoskeleton from MIT is much lighter and uses less power than other weight-supporting exoskeletons, like the BLEEX. (re: Fritz Leiber)

Twist In Saturn's Electric Ring
Unusual activity out around Saturn-way may have a more fictional explanation. (re: L. Niven and J. Pournelle)

Americans Give Up Friends For Net
Would you rather get news, information and companionship from the Internet, or from friends face to face? (re: E.M. Forster)

Raytheon Creates Pain Box From Dune
Raytheon has unwittingly created the pain box straight out of Frank Herbert's Dune novels. (re: Frank Herbert)

Rare 'Solar Trilobite' Seen By NASA
Another striking example of a nonorganic phenomenon that amazingly resembles life. (re: Arthur C. Clarke)

WD-2 Face Morphing Robot Could Be Anyone
Eerie face dancer robot has way too many degrees of freedom. (re: Various)

Meteorite Brings Illness To Peruvian Village
A strange incident in Peru this past weekend has readers thinking about The Andromeda Strain. (re: Michael Crichton)

Donkey Motorcycle And Giant Lizard Rocket Launcher
Can you think of any instances in which animals carried more advanced technology than you would expect? (re: Various)

E-Disk Altima 416GB Flash Drive World's Highest Capacity
Seems like you could fit a lot of movies into this - why can't I get this in an iPod? (re: Dan Simmons)

Doctor-Bots Play 'Operation'
Students are hard at work on autonomous surgical robots - Dr. Claw will see you now! (re: Larry Niven)

Vocal Terrorism Via Virtual Vocal Chords
British scientists spend the week worrying about future forms of terrorism. (re: Various)

Roboticist Has Real Son Zeno, Robot Son Zeno
The similarities to Super-Toys Last All Summer Long are almost too eerie. (re: Henry Slesar)

Diamond Light Source Illuminates Manuscripts
Scientists take only thirty years to turn James P. Hogan's fantasy into reality. Well done! (re: James P. Hogan)

Robots and Religion
Here's a chance to contribute to some interesting research on the topic of intelligent machines and religion. (re: Anthony Boucher)

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