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Category Archives: Science
Goodbye Space Shuttle
This might offend some of my readers, but I’m glad the shuttle program has finally ended. Not because of the past, but because of the future. Being born on the day Neil Armstrong first stepped on the moon, I’ve always … Continue reading
3D Printing Revisited
In a recent post I opined that 3D printers would soon be a common as microwaves and that most products we use would be downloaded digitally and created at home. A friend sent me a clip from NatGeo that shows … Continue reading
Posted in Blogs and the Web, Futurism, Gadgets and Gizmos, Science
Tagged 3D Printing, future technology, future trends
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Fossil Fuels in the Future
As a speculative fiction writer, I’m always on the look out for news stories that illuminate trends impacting the future. I’m not just talking about advances in technology, but also political and social choices with far-reaching ramifications. The reason? Often, … Continue reading
Cool Stuff for June
As a speculative fiction author and blogger, I try to skip over the typical stuff most spec fic sites cover like upcoming movies and TV, focusing instead on the more esoteric. But, I’ll make an exception on this one… PopSci … Continue reading
Posted in Blogs and the Web, Gadgets and Gizmos, Science, Speculative Fiction, TV and Movies
Tagged Bigfoot, contest, Gizmag, hovercraft, Humor, IO9, movies, photographic proof, PopSci, Sci-fi, Science, science fiction, scifi, technology
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3D Printing
3D printing has been in the news a lot lately and the implications are huge. How huge? Big Think speculates it may spark a revolution in home manufacturing. Here’s a quick primer: these aren’t printers that create 3D images, these are … Continue reading
Posted in Blogs and the Web, Futurism, Gadgets and Gizmos, News and Info, Opinion, Science
Tagged 3D Printing, digital revolution, future technology, future trends, Science
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Curiosity
NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory has recently released a computer animated video of its upcoming Curiosity Mars rover and it’s a great one. In what seems like a short 11 minutes, you can watch Curiosity’s launch, fiery decent through Mars’ atmosphere, its … Continue reading
Posted in Blogs and the Web, News and Info, Science
Tagged Curiosity, mars, NASA, rover, Science, video, YouTube
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Space Science Links
Recently there have been a lot of informative articles about current and proposed space missions. Here are some links to a few… Enjoy! EDC PopSci on what the ending shuttle program means for manned spaceflight. GizMag on the current status … Continue reading
e-Paper
Discovery News has a recent write-up on the upcoming release of e-paper. It’s not exactly paper, but it’s close… a Kindle-like screen on a flexible membrane that is thin – paper thin. Post writer Tracy Staedter dreams a bit about … Continue reading
Posted in Blogs and the Web, Futurism, Gadgets and Gizmos, News and Info, Science
Tagged e-paper, future technology, future trends
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Erasing Memories
Thanks to Big Think, I recently learned about an article at Neuroscience News reporting the results of recent experiments at UCLA in erasing longterm memories. Here’s the big idea… By inhibiting the activity of a specific protein, scientists were able to … Continue reading