Science Fiction in the News http://www.technovelgy.com/ The inventions of sf writers come to life in today's headlines at Technovelgy.com - where science meets fiction. en-us Copyright 2004-2015, Bill Christensen Hackers Can Take Control Of Cars From Anywhere In The World'The car faltered as the external command came to brake...' - Keith Laumer, 1965. (SF in the News)http://www.technovelgy.com/ct/Science-Fiction-News.asp?NewsNum=4581 Armed Drone Opens Fire'Each a television eye and a sonic stunner...' - Larry Niven, 1972. (SF in the News)http://www.technovelgy.com/ct/Science-Fiction-News.asp?NewsNum=4580 Robotic Exoskeleton Releases Man From Wheelchair'This man was standing on two corrugated-soled titanium footplates...'- Fritz Leiber, 1968. (SF in the News)http://www.technovelgy.com/ct/Science-Fiction-News.asp?NewsNum=4579 Oh, Just Let Robots Run AirportsI'd like a friendly robot to help me at airports. Especially the bag-carrying part. (SF in the News)http://www.technovelgy.com/ct/Science-Fiction-News.asp?NewsNum=4578 How Smart Should AI's Be Allowed To Get?'Every AI ever built has an electromagnetic shotgun wired to its forehead' - William Gibson, 1984. (SF in the News)http://www.technovelgy.com/ct/Science-Fiction-News.asp?NewsNum=4577 NASA Misses $5Trillion Funding Boost'This must be a golden planet—this little asteroid.' - Garrett P. Serviss, 1898. (SF in the News)http://www.technovelgy.com/ct/Science-Fiction-News.asp?NewsNum=4576 Kuwait Creates Mandatory DNA Database For CitizensAnd who has the largest DNA database on its citizens? USA. (SF in the News)http://www.technovelgy.com/ct/Science-Fiction-News.asp?NewsNum=4575 Please, Please Let There Be Regenerated Teeth'Toothbud transplants...' - William Gibson, 1984. (SF in the News)http://www.technovelgy.com/ct/Science-Fiction-News.asp?NewsNum=4574 Google AI 'Deep Dreams' Kubrick's 2001'I was only trying to do what I thought best....' - Arthur C. Clarke, 1968. (SF in the News)http://www.technovelgy.com/ct/Science-Fiction-News.asp?NewsNum=4573 The BLITAB: First Tactile Tablet for Blind PeopleAbsolutely amazing development - now blind people can read the web! (SF in the News)http://www.technovelgy.com/ct/Science-Fiction-News.asp?NewsNum=4572 Why, Oh Why, Must We Develop Robots That Run Faster Than I Do?'The legs are long, curled way up to deliver power, like a cheetah's.'- Neal Stephenson, 1992. (SF in the News)http://www.technovelgy.com/ct/Science-Fiction-News.asp?NewsNum=4571 Golf Robot Putts Out'The robot solemnly hit a ball against the wall, picked it up and teed it, hit it again, over and again...' - Frederik Pohl, 1954. (SF in the News)http://www.technovelgy.com/ct/Science-Fiction-News.asp?NewsNum=4570 Computer Finds Cancer Doctors MissThe computer will see you now. (SF in the News)http://www.technovelgy.com/ct/Science-Fiction-News.asp?NewsNum=4569 Would Robot Taxis Ease Carbon Emissions?'He emerged and flagged down a robot taxi...'- Philip K. Dick, 1955, (SF in the News)http://www.technovelgy.com/ct/Science-Fiction-News.asp?NewsNum=4568 Brainwaves As Biometric Identification'The doors of Mr. Lars, Incorporated, shut, tuned as they were to his own cephalic pattern.'- Philip K. Dick, 1965. (SF in the News)http://www.technovelgy.com/ct/Science-Fiction-News.asp?NewsNum=4567 What-If Machine Concocts Creative Premises'Books were just a commodity that had to be produced, like jam or bootlaces.' George Orwell, 1948. (SF in the News)http://www.technovelgy.com/ct/Science-Fiction-News.asp?NewsNum=4566 Underwater Balloon Gardens'He puffed heavily as he angled around the bulbous lifezones...'- Gregory Benford, 1989. (SF in the News)http://www.technovelgy.com/ct/Science-Fiction-News.asp?NewsNum=4565 Storing 1 Zettabyte In 10 Grams'It is theoretically possible to have a matrix in which each individual molecule has a meaning...'- Robert Heinlein, 1951. (SF in the News)http://www.technovelgy.com/ct/Science-Fiction-News.asp?NewsNum=4564 Laser-Powered Spacecraft To Explore The Solar System'Whoever launched it fired a laser cannon... for about forty-five years, so the intruder would have a beam to travel on...'- Niven/Pournelle, 1974. (SF in the News)http://www.technovelgy.com/ct/Science-Fiction-News.asp?NewsNum=4563 Skin Chair For That 'Sitting On A Fat Guy' Feeling'The semi-sentient artifact glided to a position behind McKie...' -Frank Herbert, 1964. (SF in the News)http://www.technovelgy.com/ct/Science-Fiction-News.asp?NewsNum=4562 Mentophone by Clifford SimakA device that facilitates long-distance telepathy. From the 1951 story First He Died (Time and Again) (new Technovelgy item)http://www.technovelgy.com/ct/Content.asp?Bnum=2649 Robotic by Clifford SimakA robot that plays chess at a level that no human can match. From the 1951 story First He Died (Time and Again) (new Technovelgy item)http://www.technovelgy.com/ct/Content.asp?Bnum=2648 Self-Adjusting Furniture by Clifford SimakAutomatic adjustment for a perfect fit. From the 1951 story First He Died (Time and Again) (new Technovelgy item)http://www.technovelgy.com/ct/Content.asp?Bnum=2647 Clearsac by Paolo BacigalupiA simple device that filters water perfectly for reuse. From the 2015 story The Water Knife (new Technovelgy item)http://www.technovelgy.com/ct/Content.asp?Bnum=2646 Solar Yacht Periscope by Arthur C. ClarkeA device used in the small cabin of a solar yacht. From the 1964 story Sunjammer (new Technovelgy item)http://www.technovelgy.com/ct/Content.asp?Bnum=2644 Solar Yacht by Arthur C. ClarkeA space craft whose motive power is light pressure on a solar sail. From the 1964 story Sunjammer (new Technovelgy item)http://www.technovelgy.com/ct/Content.asp?Bnum=2643 Sleep-Inducer by Arthur C. ClarkeA device that electronically imposes sleep on a human being. From the 1964 story Sunjammer (new Technovelgy item)http://www.technovelgy.com/ct/Content.asp?Bnum=2642 Face Recognition Sunglasses by Paolo BacigalupiSunglasses that connect with a remote database to perform face recognition. From the 2015 story The Water Knife (new Technovelgy item)http://www.technovelgy.com/ct/Content.asp?Bnum=2645