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  • #futuretransportation

    Your Future Automotive Awesomeness: Fiction vs. Reality

    The car's come a long way since Ford started mass production 100 years ago, but science fiction takes transportation even further. Here are six scenarios for the future of driving, and the real-life developments that could make them happen. More »
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    By Mary Ratliff
  • #coverart

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    A single book can inspire a wide range of covers, and sometimes those covers can be works of art themselves. We look at some classic science fiction novels and the various covers they've worn throughout the years. More »
    11/17/09
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    By Lauren Davis
  • #isaacasimov

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    The Isaac Asimov estate has authorized a new trilogy in his ever-expanding Robot/Foundation universe, this time focusing on the early life of the Good Doctor's most famous robopsychologist. And it looks like there are also more I, Robot movies coming. More »
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    By Alasdair Wilkins
  • #madscience

    Flesh Blob Robot Makes Its Crawly Debut

    iRobot, makers of the Roomba sweeper and Packbot military robots, has just prototyped this squashy bot that can squeeze through tiny holes. They call it Chembot, for chemical robot. Now they've released a video of Chembot moving. More »
    10/14/09
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    By Annalee Newitz
  • #triviagasm

    Science Fiction's Greatest Legal Minds - Revealed!

    If the countless works of science fiction can agree on one thing, it's that the future isn't perfect. And, on the rare occasion when disputes can't be solved with an epic starship battle, it's time to bring in the lawyers. More »
    07/12/09
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  • #foundfootage

    The Only Good Scene In "I, Robot"

    For those of us who loved Isaac Asimov's I, Robot, the Will Smith movie was a pile of confusing disappointment. But there is one scene in the movie that's worthy of the original book, and this is it. More »
    07/10/09
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    By Annalee Newitz
  • #triviagasm

    How Isaac Asimov's Non-Deadly Robots Got Lethal

    With his elegantly simple Three Laws of Robotics, Isaac Asimov sidestepped the murderous robot cliche that had so dominated science fiction. But even the Good Doctor wasn't completely immune to the lure of killer robots. More »
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  • #killerrobots

    The Scariest Killer Robots Look Like Dead People

    We're scared of robots that look almost, but not quite, human... because they remind us of walking corpses. And the deadliest killer robots are often the ones which exploit this zombie fear, before slaughtering us. More »
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  • #robotart

    Roombas Explore Their Creative Side

    Roombas may seem like happy little domestic appliances, wobbling around your apartment cleaning up after you. But they're secretly hatching desires to become the next great robo-artist. Just look at this time-elapse photo. More »
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    Akiva "I Am Legend" Goldsman Takes On U.S. Version Of Primeval

    More details about the planned movie version of Britain's Primeval have come out, and it's being described as Jurassic Park meets Lost. As imagined by Akiva Goldsman (I, Robot, Fringe, Batman And Robin). Yay? More »
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    By Alyssa Johnson
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