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)

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

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)

Taipei 101 Tower Causing Earthquakes?
Has the world's tallest skyscraper caused quakes in a normally stable zone? (re: William Alden)

d3o-based RibCap: Flexible-Rigid Beanie-Helmet For Snowsports
It's a helmet! No, it's a soft beanie cap! You're both right, kids - its the Ribcap with d3o. (re: Gerrold/Niven)

AMouse: Bradbury's Robot Mice Get Real Whiskers
At last, Ray Bradbury's robotic cleaning mice are coming closer - this bot has real mouse whiskers. (re: Ray Bradbury)

ANPR Cams - Britain's Roadside Big Brother
The UK's ANPR cameras will log the movement of every vehicle on the roads. (re: Robert Heinlein)

T-Rot Thinking Robot Tends Bar, Chats
Finally, a real live bartending robot, who will mix and hand you your drink and listen to your troubles. (re: Harry Harrison)

Amazon Mechanical Turk - Humans Help Slow Computers
It turns out that there are still a few things that humans are good for, as far as computers are concerned. (re: Amitav Ghosh)

AI Software 'Robot' Lawyers Next Year
Software lawyers from Brin novel are just around the corner. (re: David Brin)

Implant For Nausea Relief
Newly patented system for relieving nausea already suggested by Lois McMaster Bujold. (re: Lois McMaster Bujold)

Earth Skunk Cabbage And Martian Desert Cabbage
Heinlein also wrote about cabbages that could regulate their internal temperature. (re: Robert Heinlein)

Military Sets PHASR On Stun
Send security down to the transporter - and don't forget the PHASR rifles. (re: Gene Roddenberry)

IMPASS Robot Has Snow Crash 'Smart Wheels'
Neal Stephenson's smart wheels from Snow Crash are ready to move off the drawing board. (re: Neal Stephenson)