Science Fiction in the NewsThe inventions of sf writers come to life in today's headlines at Technovelgy.com - where science meets fiction.Stimtab by Joe Haldeman- (Found June 19, 2008 ) A drug designed to keep the user awake and alert for long periods. From the 1974 story The Forever War (new Technovelgy item)http://www.technovelgy.com/ct/Content.asp?Bnum=1661 Photonomous by Cory Doctorow- (Found June 19, 2008 ) A program that strips out the digital noise signature from a picture file. From the 2008 story Little Brother (new Technovelgy item)http://www.technovelgy.com/ct/Content.asp?Bnum=1660 Acoustic Cloak Research Turns Practical- (Found June 19, 2008 ) Creating sonically invisible pillars in concert halls would probably confuse the dickens out of bats, but music lovers would like it. (Beyond Technovelgy)http://www.technovelgy.com/ct/Science-Fiction-News.asp?NewsNum=1701 Foldit - Design Proteins With Online Game- (Found June 19, 2008 ) Amazing game lets online gamers participate in evolution; can you design a better protein With video. (Beyond Technovelgy)http://www.technovelgy.com/ct/Science-Fiction-News.asp?NewsNum=1708 E.M.A. Robot Eternal Maiden Actualization Video- (Found June 19, 2008 ) This curvaceous fembot goes on sale soon; take a look at the video. (SF in the News)http://www.technovelgy.com/ct/Science-Fiction-News.asp?NewsNum=1712 Is He Legend- (Found June 19, 2008 ) Just imagine that you are a scientist, and somebody takes the basic elements of your research and turns it into a grisly horrific movie in which humanity is destroyed. (SF in the News)http://www.technovelgy.com/ct/Science-Fiction-News.asp?NewsNum=1711 Never-Stop Rail Transit System Proposed- (Found June 19, 2008 ) Take a look at this approach to a well-known problem; sf writers have their own ideas. (SF in the News)http://www.technovelgy.com/ct/Science-Fiction-News.asp?NewsNum=1714 Robot Teddy Bear Chats With Drunk Drivers- (Found June 19, 2008 ) If you think that getting into an argument with your car over drinking and driving is a bit surreal, you're right. But, bear knows best. (SF in the News)http://www.technovelgy.com/ct/Science-Fiction-News.asp?NewsNum=1710 Paralyzed Walk In Second Life- (Found June 19, 2008 ) Thanks to neurological research combined with computer-based virtual reality systems, the wheelchair-bound may walk again. (SF in the News)http://www.technovelgy.com/ct/Science-Fiction-News.asp?NewsNum=1709 Squishy ChemBots Desired By DARPA- (Found June 19, 2008 ) DARPA is on the look out for a new kind of soft meso-scale robot that can sneak under doors like an octopus. (SF in the News)http://www.technovelgy.com/ct/Science-Fiction-News.asp?NewsNum=1707 |