 |
Planoforming
A form of "faster than light" travel allows for interstellar travel. (Read the full article)
| "Um, that would be Cordwainer Smith, Dr Paul Linebarger." (Charlie Martin 12/12/2010 9:03:28 PM ) |
| "Sigh... this is one of the hazards of writing your site from scratch. You see, when I pick from the author list, it only shows the last name. Who knew I'd end up with 5 sf authors named 'Smith'? I got distracted after entering the item, and forgot to go back and check to see that I had the right Smith... Anyway, thanks much for commenting." (Bill Christensen 12/12/2010 10:15:38 PM ) |
| "Oops, I just realize how redundant my description was of this. This is why I shouldn't stay up doing research. " (Gatomon41 12/13/2010 10:29:46 PM ) |
| "John Campbell wrote about a drive pushing a vehicle outside of space-time to effectively go FTL in his novel "The Mightiest Machine". That's the first hyperdrive I know of." (Adam 1/4/2012 12:30:55 AM ) |
Leave a comment:
Tediously, spammers have returned. So, send me your comments to bill at the site name (be sure to mention the page) and I'll post them. Thanks!
Current News Articles
JAXA Int Ball 2 Coming Right Along As Star Wars Remote
'Hocus-pocus religions and archaic weapons are no substitute for a good blaster at your side.'
Robot Bricklayer Or Passer-By Bricklayer?
'Oscar picked up a trowel. 'I'm the tool for the mortar,' the little trowel squeaked cheerfully.'
Robot Gas Station Attendant Pumps Gas For You
'... he waited for the robotrix attendant to finish fueling up his ship.'
Engineer Creates Crazy Motorized Track Hospital Bed
The Roujin Z system provides care to fully bedridden patients - and then some!
Tiny Flying Robot Weighs Just One Gram
'Aerostat meant anything that hung in the air. This was an easy trick to pull off nowadays.'
Some Ringworld Configurations Are Stable
'The Ringworld had no horizon. There was no line where the land curved away from the sky.'
TRANSFORM Dynamic Furniture Concept Becomes What You Need
'An adjustment panel outside the door would cause it to extrude various appurtenances in memory plastic...'
Harvard Metamaterials Change Structure Instantly
'Annealed in any shape for a time, and codified, the structure of that shape is retained down to the molecules.'
SnapBot Robots - You Choose Their Legs And They Choose Their Gaits
It's not really polite to tear the limbs off robots.
Dino From Magical Toys An AI Companion To Children
'...the imaginary companions discovered by needful children.'
Humanoid Robots Building Humanoid Robots
''Pardon me, Struthers,' he broke in suddenly... 'haven't you a section of the factory where only robot labor is employed?''
Darpa 'Defiant' Unmanned Autonomous Ship
'There was no wheel, and no steersman!'
