Science
Smule Ocarina First iPhone Instrument
This amazing application for the iPhone not only makes the first true iPhone musical instrument possible, it broadcasts your music around the world. (SF in the News)
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Laser Welding Skin Closure Like Star Trek
Laser welding now useful in the body; this article also includes a handy compendium of Star Trek medical instruments made-real. (SF in the News)
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Tivo, Facebook: Online Pizza Deliverators Proliferate
Why pause for even a moment from your electronic nirvana; now digital ordering leads to real world satisfaction - pizza-wise. (SF in the News)
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G-Speak Compared To Minority Report Gesture Interface
This software platform looks a lot like the one in the movie, and there is a good reason for that. (SF in the News)
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Artist Blogger Vlach Wants Webcam Eye
This one-eyed San Francisco artist wants to replace her blind prosthesis with a working web cam. (SF in the News)
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Pico Satellite Swarms
These small machines will orbit the Earth sometime next year for a test run. (SF in the News)
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Geoplasma Plasma Refuse Plant
Neat idea to use Sixties NASA tech to turn trash into electricity. Hope it works. (SF in the News)
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Rocket Balls - Pentagon's Kinetic Fireball Incendiaries
This looks a lot like a diagram of the mechanical theory of heat; I want to know what happens if the walls start to close in. (SF in the News)
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First Optical Image Of Planet Orbiting Sun-Like Star
Very exciting development from Hubble demonstrates exoplanets can be normal-sized and be in orbit around Sun-like stars. (SF in the News)
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TroopTube: YouTube For Military And Families
The U.S. military takes a cautious step into interactive social media for use by troops and families. (SF in the News)
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Jules Robot Now Matches Your Smile
This robotic head represents the latest efforts by Hanson robotics, who brought you the Philip K. Dick robotic head several years ago. (SF in the News)
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Crackers by Philip E. High
Bouncing, explosive mines. From the 1968 story The Time Mercenaries (new Technovelgy item)
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Laser 'Breathalyzer' To Diagnose Cancer, Diabetes
New technology may provide a non-invasive way to detect disease processes early. (SF in the News)
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Reason Hypervelocity Railgun by Neal Stephenson
Multichamber weapon accelerates tiny splinters of metal. From the 1992 story Snow Crash (new Technovelgy item)
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AM-280 Needle Rifle by David Gerrold
Device shoots a stream of steel needles. From the 1983 story A Matter For Men (new Technovelgy item)
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Rat Thing by Neal Stephenson
A guard cyborg created from a living animal. From the 1992 story Snow Crash (new Technovelgy item)
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Ultimate Football League (UFL) by Chris Nakashima-Brown
A football league without restrictions on human modification. From the 2008 story The Sun Also Explodes (new Technovelgy item)
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Karatand by John Brunner
A special glove made of impact-sensitive plastic. From the 1968 story Stand on Zanzibar (new Technovelgy item)
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Art-Derm by Philip K. Dick
Artificial skin sprayed directly on the body. From the 1960 story Dr. Futurity (new Technovelgy item)
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Blithe by Neal Stephenson
A plant engineered to produce a substance that brought out compliant behavior in those who consumed it. From the 2008 story Anathem (new Technovelgy item)
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