Nuclear-Powered Aircraft Like Thunderbirds' Fireflash?
Nuclear-powered aircraft could make a comeback after being given the axe in the 1950's. (re: Earl L. Bell)

Palm Pistol Defensive Firearm
Interesting little device is a pretty close analog to an Isaac Asimov device from the 1950's. (re: Isaac Asimov)

Flapping Display From Samsung Breezy OLED
Okay, marketing guys, I really want to show off just how thin this OLED display is, how flexible the substrate. EC Tubb nailed this one in 1958. (re: E.C. Tubb)

Labyrinth Aquarium Has Swimming Tubes
A Habitrail for your fishy friends, it's all the rage among the Gowachin. (re: Frank Herbert)

Toyota Robot Maid Learns From Mistakes
Great-looking robot maid from Toyota and Tokyo University researchers goes slow, but learns to avoid mistakes and memorizes good strategies. (re: Robert Heinlein)

Artificial Heart Beats Like Yours
Remarkable new mechanical heart may give you even more choices. (re: Philip K. Dick)

Australia Building Real 'Eureka' Tech City
The University of Queensland, in Australia has been watching Eureka, the TV series about a town full of geniuses - or so it appears - because they want to build one for real. (re: Various)

Jambot Music Improvisation Robot
This device takes the unusual step of improvising music to accompany human musicians. (re: Herbert Goldstone)

Deep Bleeder Acoustic Coagulation Device
DARPA is trying to bring this device into being to help save the lives of wounded soldiers; it quickly coagulates blood to prevent bleed-out. (re: Gene Roddenberry)

Fishbowl Spaceship From Armadillo Aerospace
I'm sure it would be a spectacular ride, but I think I'd want a good crash couch and the Puppeteer guarantee before I went up in one. (re: Larry Niven)

Multi-Robot Pursuit System: We'll Be Back!
I'm sure that everything will go fine with this project, which could have useful applications in search and rescue, fire fighting and for all I know, the food service industry. (re: Isaac Asimov)

Online Death Leads To Offline Arrest
Bizarre case of broken hearts and avatar erasure. (re: Various)

Atomic Pen Uses Atoms For Pixels
Technique allows researchers to write with atoms; talk about a very tiny point size. (re: Ridley Scott)

Terminator Seeds Deployed To Iraq
Order 81 provides the authority to require Iraqi farmers to use genetically altered seeds that do not produce naturally viable offspring. (re: Jack Vance)

GOCE Sat Delay Puts Off Gravimetric Weapons
A disappointing delay for the GOCE satellite. (re: Gene Roddenberry)

You Can't Hide From DARPA
DARPA wants to be able to fully visualize the interior of a ten-story building - right into the basement - without having to obtain the architect's drawings. (re: Various)