By now, its easy to regard Amazons Prime Air delivery service as less than realistic in the near term. It doesnt look quite like science fiction, but unless Amazon addresses the incumbent hardware limits and regulatory hurdles, consumers in the states likely wont see drones delivering packages anytime soon. Netflix decided to have a little fun […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — Its not quite the bionics of science fiction, but European researchers have created a robotic hand that gave an amputee a sense of touch he hadnt felt in a decade.
Consider Phlebas by Iain M. Banks (1987) The late Iain M. Banks great contribution to science fiction was a series of books about the Culture, a sprawling, semi-utopian society where work and scarcity have been largely eliminated and advanced artificial intelligences pull strings behind the scenes. Larry Niven is one of the greats of engineering […]
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