In Real Life

In 1974, Arthur C. Clarke Predicted The Internet

Not just as a vague concept, either. The famed science fiction author absolutely nails it, from the bank statements to the hardware to the social changes to the possibilities for communication.


June 21, 2011
In Real Life

Non-Emergent Sex In Emergent Technology

In this excerpt from his book The Erotic Engine, Patchen Barss talks about one part of the future of pornography and sex on the internet: video games.


May 16, 2011
News

Army Wants Soldiers’ Heads To Control Robots

You thought laptop glare was murder on your eyes? Try sending a fleet of wheeled robots down into the horrors of battle using nothing but your icy stare.


February 10, 2011
News

Halo 5 Is A Microsoft Joke

A segment on British TV shows Microsoft’s vision for the home of the future. That vision of a Microsoft Home, as demonstrated by a Microsoft official for England’s Channel 4, included an image of a TV displaying an icon for Halo 5.


November 23, 2010
In Real Life

Is This A Portrait Of A Human 50 Million Years From Now?

We recently rounded up the most nightmare-inducing creations of speculative zoologist Dougal Dixon. Here’s another one of Dixon’s futuristic Homo sapiens. This being is more or less a psychic raspberry strudel.