Archive for the ‘Science & Tech’ category
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Science Feature: Android Dolls
“By 2050, Amsterdam’s red-light district will be all about android prostitutes.” This was how Caitlin Moran, a columnist on The Times of London, summed up recent research from two New Zealand academics. Ms Moran suggested that this outcome: ‘would be both ethical and... -
Graphicly Abandons Digital Comic Book Apps To Focus On Publishing Tools
Startup Graphicly has abandoned its digital comic shop mobile apps on both the iPhone and Android platforms in order to focus more on its successful and burgeoning publishing platform. In 2010, Graphicly (then known as Graphic.ly) offered a digital comic shop app with select... -
Science Feature: The Infinite Improbability Drive
“Suddenly, a Vogon Constructor Fleet appears in the sky and destroys the Earth. Ford Prefect saves himself and Arthur Dent by hitching a ride on a Vogon spaceship only for the two of them to be discovered and thrown out of the airlock. By some infinitely improbably coincidence,... -
Exclusive Interview With Dmitry Itskov, Founder Of Global Future 2045
Dmitry Itskov is the founder of Global Future 2045, which recently held its first conference. The Russian entrepreneur gathered scientists from around the world to discuss many topics that will help achieve one goal: life extension. I recently discussed the GF2045 congress briefly,... -
Interstellar Command: The Ansible
In the Ender’s Game universe (shortly to be made into a film), the human race has barely survived two wars with an alien hive-mind called the Formics, dubbed the “buggers” due to their insect-like appearance. Faster-than-light warships have been dispatched to the... -
Should We Want To Be Immortal?
When I was five, I almost died. I remember the event well. My grandmother had taken me with her and my great-grandmother to the store. On the way home, we had to cross railroad tracks. My grandmother drove, my great-grandmother was in the passenger seat, and I was between them... -
Did The Movie ‘The Core’ Get Anything Right?
Sometimes one has to find out if a film is as bad as almost everyone says it is. This was the case with me and ‘The Core.’ I had to discover if the movie is really that bad. And it is. The acting is overwrought, the dialogue is hollow and trite, and the premise is ludicrous.... -
An Examination Of Han Solo’s 12 Parsec Kessel Run Claim
If you have seen ‘Star Wars,’ then you know the scene. Obi-Wan and Luke go to Mos Eisley, the “hive of scum and villainy” on Tatooine, to find a pilot to take them to Alderaan. To convince them to hire him, Han Solo claims his ship, the Millennium Falcon, “made... -
The ‘Star Wars: The Old Republic’ Computer Gaming Gear Could Be Yours!
Amazon has unveiled images for the ‘Star Wars: The Old Republic’ keyboard that has been specifically designed for the SWTOR MMO that was released last December. The keyboard by Razer has an LCD track panel, fully programmable keys, gold backlit illumination on all keys, and... -
Could A ‘Minority Report’ Advertising Interface Become A Reality?
According to TechCrunch recently, SoftKinetic has developed a new way for advertisers to deliver their messages. The new technology would personalize advertisements, targeting individuals in public spaces. People would approach a display equipped with SoftKinetic’s 3D camera... -
Foldit: More Than Just A Game
When I was fourteen, I became obsessed with ‘The Legend of Zelda’. Although my father played Atari games occasionally, he did not understand my hours spent with ‘Zelda’ when I constantly replayed areas, took notes, and perfected my homemade maps on pages and pages... -
How Probable Is A Zombie Virus Outbreak?
I like zombies. Fictional zombies. Romero’s ‘Night of the Living Dead’ is a classic, and I am fan of ‘The Walking Dead’ and of killing zombies in video games. The rise in popularity of zombie fiction has seen a variety of sources of survival tips including books (‘The... -
Science Feature: Lost In Hilbert Space
In an SF story I was once writing I needed to get the hero out of his closed prison cell. In the old physics, he could simply have blown a hole in the wall with some explosives – but of course, the guards never let him have any. In physics terms, the scientist is trapped... -
Science Feature: Friends and Lovers
You may have first learned your Myers-Briggs personality-type indicator (MBTI) through work. Perhaps you went for a job and they gave you a battery of psychometric tests; or maybe there was a team-building or personal development program and the instructor told you about the... -
Science Feature: The NeoCat
In the early hours I was awakened by paws, patting their silent way across my duvet. Claws slid across my cheek, encouraging my sleep-glued eyes to open. I awoke to behold the neocat as it sat, ghostly-green, on the pillow. ‘Caught-a-vole, caught-a-vole, caught-a-vole!’ it...
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