Skiing That Soft Lunar Powder
Skiing on the moon? Heinlein thought you could do it, and so do the Apollo astronauts. (re: Robert Heinlein)

XPod Activity And Emotion Aware Mobile Music Player
A sensitive iPod? These researchers have a player that knows what you want before you do. (re: Arthur C. Clarke)

Lucent DVR Sleep Detector
Robert Heinlein anticipated Lucent technologies by forty-five years on this one. (re: Robert Heinlein)

Sony Reader Electronic Paper Book
Sony tries again with the Sony Reader - much improved DRM over its lockdown predecessor the LIBRIe. (re: Arthur C. Clarke)

Dynalifter Prototype Ready For Flight
Amateur aircraft builders create the prototype for giant heavy lifter airships. (re: Jerry Pournelle)

Self-Steering Buses In Cambridge
Self-steering cars and buses are coming! (re: Isaac Asimov)

National Archives And Dune's House Records
Who's thought about records spanning milennia? Frank Herbert, that's who. (re: Frank Herbert)

USB Memory 'Swiss'
Karen Traviss thinks about the USB Memory Swiss Army knife a year in advance of the press release. (re: Karen Traviss)

Cormorant Submarine/Sea Launched MPUAV
The Cormorant submarine and sea launched vehicle concept may remind you of science fiction glories past. (re: Gerry Anderson)

Palm Vein Authentication First, Then Book
No more worries about lost library cards; just flash your palm at the reader. (re: William Gibson)

Air Warrior Microclimatic Cooling Garments Tested By Army
The Army is testing personal cooling vests for soldiers in Iraq; Philip K. Dick suggested them in the sixties. (re: Philip K. Dick)

USB Bible Tougher Than Filament OC Bible
More durable than the filament paper book; good for space travellers. (re: Frank Herbert)

Robotic Space Spiders To Crawl Sub-Orbital Web
Very cool upcoming space launch, in which minisatellites hold out a web while small space spider robots crawl in microgravity. (re: Charles Sheffield)

Crickets Now Have 'Holodeck'
Crickets get theirs first, thanks to helpful humans. (re: Gene Roddenberry)

Implanted Biothermal RFID Chips May Warn Of Avian Flu
Digital Angel, which makes VeriChips for humans, suggests using its thermal biosensing chips to check chickens for avian flu. (re: William Gibson)

Robotic Sentry Gun From USMechatronics
Two brothers build an autonomous robotic sentry gun as a summer project. (re: Michael Crichton)