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more about #cyberpunk Golem100: Hmmm, Didn't I first hear of this in "The Tommyknockers" by Stephen King. more » Bigdamnhero: Funded in part by the Society of One-Handed IMers... dedicated to abolishing sticky keyboards everywhere since 1998. more » lukeadams: I only want this if it can be run backwards so that I can beam movies into my dreams. more » theimmc: Inside the skull? *shudder* Next! more » The5thElephant: I finally get what I always wanted, a Lite-Brite board plugged directly into my head (see picture). more » Pyroninja42: OH SNAP. NOW MUTE AND BLIND PEOPLE CAN SPEAK. more » Kadian: With this device you wouldn't be able to lie. Think of those implications. more » yeptruthhurts: lets see, learn to type or crack open my skull and stick stuff into my brain? open me up! more » closeencounter: "We applied the cortical electrodes but were unable to get his typing speed up." more » Shai: "God damnit my anus is itchy. Wait, did I think that or text it?" more » YingYangCounter: *Rubs hands together* Excellent! This plus my Emotive Controller, Nintendo power glove, and 360 auto rotate chair and i am almost ready to be "Snow Cr... more » MagicalTrev: Talk about paying the high price for being an early adopter. You'd better hope the technology doesn't become obsolete within your lifetime, because re... more » RoboBagins: Eh, I'll wait till they come out with the bluetooth headset that does this. more » bornonbord: "Shih's system does require a craniotomy, which is not a surgery to be taken on a whim" Considering the stupid reasons people cut their bodies open f... more » aubreyf: They should make it so raising your eyebrows while you think of the letter makes it uppercase. And have it read your emotions and auto-append an emot... more » Jesse Scroggins: Those damn kids and their texting... Will it ever end?!? more » cletar: So, it's like Force typing? more » Dr Emilio Lizardo: wHat"s teh BGi deAl/ Im Useng 1 rite Nowwwwwwwww. more » SpammerOvTheGods: *click-click-click, etc.* "what was that?" "that was my SKULL!! I'm so wasted!" #@! more » Roklimber: Stephen Hawking might benefit from this, assuming that the surgery to implant the electrodes doesn't make him a person of normal intelligence. more » -
#madscience
A Device That Lets You Type With Your Mind
By placing electrode grids inside patients' skulls, researchers at the Mayo Clinic have created a way for people to type words using only their brainwaves. It's a major breakthrough for brain-computer interface research.
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#scifashion
Thigh-High Boots Are The New Cyberpunk Hotness
Now that Sasha Grey has portrayed Molly in a staged reading of William Gibson's Neuromancer, it's time for her to step up and portray a cyberpunk heroine on the big screen. Luckily, the fashion industry has her back. (Or legs.) More » -
#sashagrey
Six Hours Of William Gibson's Neuromancer... Starring Sasha Grey As Molly
The Neuromancer movie may never get off the ground, but a performance/video installation version is coming to New York next week. When Sasha Grey accepted her Fleshbot award via video last night, she mentioned she's co-starring in a Neuromancer performance. More » -
#alteredcarbon
V for Vendetta Director Sets His Sights on Cyberpunk Noir
V for Vendetta director, and frequent Wachowski Brothers collaborator, James McTeigue is taking a break from science fiction, filming vengeful ninjas and Edgar Allan Poe. But he's still got his sights on an adaptation of Richard K. Morgan's Altered Carbon. More » -
#jamescameron
Battle Angel Alita Could Be Next for the Avatar Treatment
With Avatar nearly in the can, James Cameron is looking toward the next subject for his 3D motion-capture lens. And he's considering the move from sexy blue aliens to sexy cyborgs with an animated adaptation of Battle Angel Alita. More » -
#genrepioneers
Science Fiction Books That Launched Their Own Genres
Science fiction is all about discovery and invention, but only a few books have actually created whole new genres. Here are 10 books that pioneered a new type of science-fictional story. Do you have what it takes to join them?
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#jgballard
Remembering J.G. Ballard's Science Fiction Legacy
Author J.G. Ballard died last Sunday after a long battle with prostate cancer. Although his novels and short stories seldom fit neatly into any one genre, his impact on science fiction was immeasurable.
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#conceptart
Tatsuyuki Tanaka’s Cyberpunk Fairytales
Akira animator Tatsuyuki Tanaka illustrates darkly beautiful scenes of children occupying dingy, dystopic futures, filled with bodily transformations, man-machine interfaces, and cybernetic monsters. Check out our gallery below. -
#quoteoftheday
Afro Futurist Lit Is Bleaker Than Cyberpunk
In the Afro-futurist fiction of Walter Mosley and Octavia Butler, the heroes are often at the mercy of the system, writes blogger Christopher Bradley. That isn't so much the case for Cyberpunk's outsider heroes, he points out. More » -
#eradicatingcamp
21 Ways To Eradicate Campiness From Science Fiction
Ever since the first cheesy monster or goofy robot leered out from the cover of a pulpy magazine, science fiction has struggled to shake off a certain tinge of campiness. No matter how hard creators may try to tell cool stories, that slightly ironic silliness is always lurking just outside the frame. And there will always be science fiction which takes those little hints of camp and amplifies them a million-fold. A little campiness may be fun to get stoned and giggle at, but it also stands in the way of telling amazing tales about the impact of technology on humans. Here's a rulebook for rooting out the campiness from science fiction. More » -
#antiheroes
Why Do Anti-Heroes Rule Science Fiction?
The first time I ever read the word "anti-hero," it was in an article about science fiction, and it's always seemed a very science fictional type of word — like anti-matter, or anti-gravity. Science fiction has its share of one-dimensional white hats, but the characters who capture our imagination are usually the morally blurred rascals, who have their own best interests at heart. You never quite know what an anti-hero will do next. Here's our guide to the roots of science fiction's greatest anti-heroes. More »
