Yesterday's Tomorrows

Inspired by Eirik's recommendation, I've added this book to my shopping cart at Amazon... MORE...

Star Trek Ethics

One of the reasons why I much prefer the Star Trek ''universe'' to e.g. Star Wars, is that Star Trek somehow captures a future I want to be part of; a future that feels more "realistic" than many or most Sci-Fi series... MORE...

Electronic evolution

New Scientist reports: ''A self-organising electronic circuit has stunned engineers by turning itself into a radio receiver.'' Recently researchers produced a robot that ''learned to fly''... MORE...

Topic for future Sci-Fi books: Grey Goo

Although not nearly as well-explored as how we would answer "the phone" if we make contact with an extra-terrestial civilization, there's some interesting material for sci-fi writers in the theory of "Grey goo": self-replicating nanomachines that increase in numbers until they take over the world... MORE...