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by Ridley Scott

This classic film set the tone for many imitators; it's signature presentation of a ruined Los Angeles, special effects, performances and story make this a great movie. Directed by Ridley Scott, screenwriters Hampton Fancher and David Peoples made Philip K. Dick's Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep come alive. Manufactured human beings called "replicants" escape from off-world colonies and come to Earth. Rick Deckard, a semi-retired blade runner, is called to retire them (hunt them down, and kill them).

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A-170 Video Lightsign Airship Brings Blade Runner Blimp To Sky Near You
   The world of Bladerunner draws closer - the low-flying video ad blimps are ready 13 years ahead of schedule.

X-Hawk Fancraft Like Blade Runner Flying Car?
   Interesting working prototype of a flying car-style VTOL aircraft.

Tadpoles Grow Extra Eye On Command
   Tadpoles grow a third eye wherever scientists command; spare human eyes (or eye parts) may not be too far away.

Adobe Light-Field Lens Video - Blade Runner Cluster
   The Adobe superlens cluster seems pretty close to what Deckard used in Blade Runner to find amazing details in a photograph.

Ion-Etched Human Hair Shows Branding Possibilities
   Interesting idea, I'm sure I've seen something like this before.

LA Towers Dystopian Blade Runner Facade
   Can't wait to live in the Los Angeles of 2019? This real estate developer wants to speed things up.

Atomic Pen Uses Atoms For Pixels
   Technique allows researchers to write with atoms; talk about a very tiny point size.

Stanford Writes Nano Letters 35 Bits Per Electron
   Can you read the fine print? Imagine a dot matrix printer using drops just 0.3 nanometers in size.

Your Blade Runner Technology Is Ready, Rick Deckard
   Take a look at seven! classic science fiction tech items, and their real-life counterparts, in this, your Blade Runner future.

ag4's Bayer 'Media Facade' Like Blade Runner
   Striking video of an entire building facade turned into an advertising space. Although not yet running ads describing your new life in an off-world colony, it's very science-fictional.

Gigapixel Display Like Blade Runner Photo Analysis
   When Harrison Ford did this, he had it attached to a cheap TV. The real-life version of today is somewhat larger.

Biocompatible Retinal Implants
   Are organic implants better than silicon and metal electrodes?

Computational Photography: Image Of The Future
   This remarkable idea will change the way you see photography.

Grow An Eyeball In A Dish?
   Maybe cells know more than we think.

Lytro Living Pictures Camera Revolution
   Astonishing consumer light-field camera will be available later this year in a point and shoot model.

3D Printing Microparticles
   'Finest quality. Superior workmanship...' - Ridley Scott, 1982.

Lab-Grown Human Eyeball Tech Advances
   'The eyes were vatgrown sea-green Nikon transplants.' - William Gibson, 1984.

Google Perfects 'Blade Runner-style' Photo Details
   'Pull back... stop... enhance 57-19...' - Blade Runner, 1982.

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