Topics pertaining to science fiction and/or fantasy, in book, TV show, or movie formats.
In an exciting technology announcement, Professor Robert Linhardt of the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute says that his team has created a battery out of nothing but paper, carbon nanotubes, and an electrolyte fluid! Even if it were perfect, it wouldn’t be available for years yet. But this is just the kind of battery technology that we …
I’ve always felt a certain kinship to the character of Sherlock Holmes. Not for his ability to notice the most minute of details, or his reasoning skills, or his undeniable flair for disguise… admirable as those and many of his other traits may be, it’s his moods between cases that I’ve always identified with.
Our copy of the last Harry Potter book arrived early Saturday morning, and GoddessJ devoured it like a starving woman at an all-you-can-eat banquet. I got it late that evening, and read it at a much more leisurely pace, finishing it Monday evening. I find it hard to believe, but Rowling actually managed to live …
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We went to see this last week. It’s surprisingly good — and the theater was surprisingly packed for it, even as early as we got there. They even managed to work Soundwave into the story well, something I didn’t think would be possible. (I don’t think they ever mentioned his name, but he’s an integral …
As featured in British author Peter F. Hamilton’s A Quantum Murder and the movie Paycheck, the technology for wiping specific memories is on it’s way to reality. This could be a very good thing, in some cases.
Oh he’s got… hi-igh hopes, he’s got… hi-igh hopes…
“Big Bang was Big Bounce“ I don’t know if I buy it, but it’s an interesting theory.
Look, up in the sky! It’s a bird! It’s a plane! It’s… a giant farm skyscraper? I expect we’ll see these within the next couple decades. It just makes too much economic sense, not to mention environmental. And the higher fuel prices go, the more sense it will make.
I’m betting that these guys are going to go far. Anybody foolish enough to bet against me?
I just saw this on Groklaw (from commenter “PSaltyDS”) and had to grab it: Geek’s Corollary to Clarke’s Law “Any technology distinguishable from magic is insufficiently advanced.” Perfect. 🙂