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Amazon Sells More Ebooks Than Hardcovers
Published July 22, 2010, 2:38 pm in Science Fiction in the News Tags:
'I spent the afternoon in a bookstore. There were no books in it.' (SF in the News)


AQUA2 Underwater Robot With Flippers
Published July 22, 2010, 2:38 pm in Science Fiction in the News Tags:
Flipper-powered autonomous underwater vehicle. (SF in the News)


ChouChou Butterfly Robot
Published July 22, 2010, 2:38 pm in Science Fiction in the News Tags:
Highly realistic mechanical insect. (SF in the News)


Dattoo by Greg Bear
Published July 22, 2010, 2:38 pm in Science Fiction in the News Tags:
A data exchange device worn on the skin like a tattoo. From the 2009 story Mariposa (new Technovelgy item)


Zip Paper by Greg Bear
Published July 22, 2010, 2:38 pm in Science Fiction in the News Tags:
Very thin display like a single sheet of paper. From the 2009 story Mariposa (new Technovelgy item)


Pharmed Blood Is DARPA's Tru Blood
Published July 22, 2010, 2:38 pm in Science Fiction in the News Tags:
Artificially produced blood for transfusions is on its way. (SF in the News)


Ikaros Solar Sail Works!
Published July 22, 2010, 2:38 pm in Science Fiction in the News Tags:
The first push from sunlight has been felt by Japan's Ikaros spacecraft. (SF in the News)


Terahertz Remote Sensing Detectors
Published July 22, 2010, 2:38 pm in Science Fiction in the News Tags:
See through walls, containers and clothes from hundreds of feet away - and identify the unique signature of different substances. (SF in the News)


Computational Journalism The Homeostatic Newspaper
Published July 22, 2010, 2:38 pm in Science Fiction in the News Tags:
Philip K. Dick has already plumbed the depths of what computers can do for us in creating (and peddling) the news. (SF in the News)


Solar Impulse Completes Night Flight
Published July 22, 2010, 2:38 pm in Science Fiction in the News Tags:
Recharge by day, fly by night. Solar Impulse completes a 26-hour journey. (SF in the News)


FURO Waitress Robot
Published July 22, 2010, 2:38 pm in Science Fiction in the News Tags:
It's the latest tech from Dex's Diner in Star Wars! Well, almost. (SF in the News)


Canon Wonder Camera Concept
Published July 22, 2010, 2:38 pm in Science Fiction in the News Tags:
Why do big companies insist on intruding on the domain of sf writers? Philip K. Dick has this concept beat, hands down. (SF in the News)


NTT Real-Time Voice Transcriber
Published July 22, 2010, 2:38 pm in Science Fiction in the News Tags:
Note-taking in long boring meetings will be a thing of the past, thanks to NTT. (SF in the News)


Lung On A Chip - Electronics Plus Human Cells
Published July 22, 2010, 2:38 pm in Science Fiction in the News Tags:
This device combines living human cells with electronics; can Philip K. Dick's swibble-culture be far behind? (SF in the News)


Ultra-Light Vision System by E.E. 'Doc' Smith
Published July 22, 2010, 2:38 pm in Science Fiction in the News Tags:
A viewing technology able to see through and even within most objects. From the 1931 story Space Hounds of IPC (new Technovelgy item)