4+ day, 2+ hour ago   (1262+ words) By Jaycee Gudoy | Published 6 minutes ago Engineers read novels and watch television just like everyone else, and more than a few of them have admitted, on the record, that a specific book or show pushed them toward a specific invention....

4+ day, 11+ hour ago   (529+ words) Stephen Hawking got plenty right about the universe, and that even extended to his thoughts on pop culture. "The Simpsons is the best thing on American television," the late astrophysicist said on BBC's The Culture Show, reflecting on his appearance…...

5+ day, 8+ hour ago   (297+ words) Analytics Insight Humanoid Robots: Humanoid robots are rapidly moving from science-fiction movies into laboratories, factories and warehouses Advances in artificial intelligence, computer vision and robotics allow these machines to navigate environments and perform increasingly complex physical tasks Companies are developing…...

1+ week, 6+ hour ago   (401+ words) Civilization 7 developer Firaxis Games has revealed the game is getting its first paid expansion and it’ll see you heading into space. Dubbed Earthrise, it’s set to arrive in 2027, a good two years or so after the original game launched. The…...

1+ week, 1+ hour ago   (477+ words) Firaxis Games announced two major additions to Sid Meier's Civilization VII at PAX West on September 5, according to 2K's official newsroom, with both a free update and the game's first paid expansion scheduled for 2027. The free update, called Arc of…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (459+ words) LOS ANGELES — Jeff Bezos has told William Shatner, in the actor's own new memoir, that the cardboard "Star Trek" toys of a Houston childhood, the books on his nightstand and the night Neil Armstrong walked on the Moon were not…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (591+ words) In this exclusive excerpt, Shatner interviews Amazon founder Jeff Bezos about how the science fiction he loved as a kid — namely, “Star Trek” — ultimately inspired him to launch his Blue Origin aerospace company, which, in 2021, launched Shatner into space at…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago   (83+ words) Fairbanks Daily News-Miner Ash from Mount Spurr volcano’s Aug. 18, 1992, eruption covers the vehicle of Rod Boyce’s then-fiancée and now wife, Julie Stricker. The eruption blanketed Anchorage in about one-eighth inch of ash. "Let's look back at some of…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (1096+ words) Living technology asks a stranger question: what if infrastructure could grow, heal, reproduce, adapt, get sick, mutate, or form relationships with the people using it? That shift opens a different branch of science fiction technology. A machine has specifications. An…...

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