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Pivotal Blackfly Electric Aircraft Lifts And Hovers
'That explains how it was so easy for me to remain motionless in midair...' - RH Roman, 1929. (3/29/2025) |
CORLEO Robotic Horse Concept Looks Ready To Ride
Imagine digging your heels in to a steam horse! (3/27/2025) |
Who First Thought Of A Tin Foil Hat?
'We had discovered that metal was relatively impervious to the telepathic effect.' - Julian Huxley, 1927. (3/25/2025) |
Warp Drive Tech Back On The Menu
'Detailed plans for the construction of the Gundstetter-Halone warp drive were flowing.' - RM Williams, 1940. (3/23/2025) |
Huawei Pura X Folding Phattie Phone
Why can't we get more innovative phone configurations? (3/21/2025) |
Sleep Pods At Daxing International Airport
'Do not waste your priceless company on the unappreciative folds of a sleep pod...' - Chris Boyce, 1967. (3/19/2025) |
Robot Baristas Learn Their Trade Without Paying Royalties
'...so we've promised him a generous pension from the royalties.' - Anthony Boucher, 1943. (3/17/2025) |
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.' George Lucas, 1976. (3/15/2025) |
Robot Bricklayer Or Passer-By Bricklayer?
'Oscar picked up a trowel. 'I'm the tool for the mortar,' the little trowel squeaked cheerfully.' - Bruce Sterling, 1998. (3/13/2025) |
Robot Gas Station Attendant Pumps Gas For You
'... he waited for the robotrix attendant to finish fueling up his ship.' - Philip K. Dick, 1974. (3/11/2025) |
Engineer Creates Crazy Motorized Track Hospital Bed
The Roujin Z system provides care to fully bedridden patients - and then some! (3/9/2025) |
Tiny Flying Robot Weighs Just One Gram
'Aerostat meant anything that hung in the air. This was an easy trick to pull off nowadays.' - Neal Stephenson, 1995. (3/7/2025) |
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Nearside (Near Side)
The side of the moon closest to the earth.
(From The Moon Master [1930] by Charles W. Diffin) |
Pilot's Tank
For high gee boosting.
(From Sky Lift [1953] by Robert Heinlein) |
Flying Cone
A vehicle for 1-3 persons that hovers and has mechanical arms.
(From Fugitive of the Stars [1957] by Edmond Hamilton) |
Palm Key-Plate
A plate that accepts palms that have been verified.
(From The Stars are The Styx [1950] by Theodore Sturgeon) |
Robotrix
A robot, female in appearance.
(From Flow My Tears, The Policeman Said [1974] by Philip K. Dick) |
Television 'Phone
A video call.
(From The Sword and the Atopen [1930] by Taylor H. Greenfield) |
Air-Dock
A docking mechanism that seems to catch a descending space-ship in mid-air.
(From Revolt on Inferno [1931] by Victor Rousseau) |
Up-and-Down Orientation
Designed and constructed as if gravity were a factor.
(From Waldo [1942] by Robert Heinlein) |
Jetta Tube
Spray causes immediately a trance-like state where a person’s body becomes rigid.
(From Revolt on Inferno [1931] by Victor Rousseau) |
Ten Million Mile Searchlight
You need to see where you're going.
(From Revolt on Inferno [1931] by Victor Rousseau) |
Reflected Artificial Sun
Sending light to another planet via mirror.
(From Revolt on Inferno [1931] by Victor Rousseau) |
Artificial Sun
Use of a single large artifact to provide sunlight to a city or a world.
(From The Bride of Osirus [1927] by Otis Adelbert Kline) |
Multigyros
Allows known stable movement in four dimensions, thus making space travel possible.
(From Revolt on Inferno [1931] by Victor Rousseau) |
Prison Planet (Penal Settlement)
A prison so far from Earth.
(From Revolt on Inferno [1931] by Victor Rousseau) |
Chronanalyzer
Isolate specific movements for analysis.
(From Waldo [1942] by Robert Heinlein) |
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Ten Years Ago In Technovelgy
E. Coli Forced To Evolve: Old Bacterium Learns New Trick
The general method was remarkably similar to a technique used by award-winning sf author Theodore Sturgeon in his classic 1941 story Microcosmic God. (re: Theodore Sturgeon) |
Nanotechnology Grand Challenge Events Called For
We've all had fun watching the recent Grand Challenge race run by DARPA. Let's help DARPA set up the nanotechnology Grand Challenge for very small vehicles. (re: Technovelgy.com) |
da Vinci Surgical Robot: Dr.'s Helper
A 2004 University of Michigan study noted that patients who were operated on with robotic surgeon assistance recovered more quickly with fewer or less obtrusive scars using a surgical robot. Similar devices are used in telemedicine; read a wry encoun (re: Peter Watts) |
Contour Crafting: 3D House Printer
Perhaps you've used those programs that let you design your dream house, creating a Computer Aided Design (CAD) file. Not quite ready to take up the hammer and start building? What if you could just "print" your house? (re: Bruce Sterling) |
RobotCop III - Not Quite R. Daneel Olivaw
In his classic 1953 robot story Caves of Steel, Isaac Asimov teamed a human detective with a robotic one - R. Daneel Olivaw. Hong Kong has been testing robotic police officers for years, and has now introduced RobotCop III. (re: Isaac Asimov) |
Poweriser: Extreme Sports Gear from The Diamond Age
In The Diamond Age, author Neal Stephenson creates a vivid picture of a future Shanghai. The novel mixes "futuristic" devices based on nanotechnology with simpler mechanical devices that are almost Victorian in their simplicity...
Imagine my surpri (re: Neal Stephenson) |
DARPA's BigDog Robot And Bradbury's Mechanical Hound
In his chilling 1953 novel Fahrenheit 451, Ray Bradbury created the mechanical hound, a robot that accompanied the firemen and helped with their work... DARPA has made a multi-million dollar investment in the soldier of the future's best friend - Big (re: Ray Bradbury) |
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