- io9
- Things you can do to help create artificial intelligences! You'd be surprised what simple things there are that can help in that field. Stuff you might already do regularly.
- Post-apocalyptic scenes made out of food! I had a link similar to this from Listverse a long while back. This is in the same vein and amazing.
- Anyone wanting some advice on map-making should start looking at vector maps of things on other planets and moons in our solar system. Seriously, go to this vector map of a methane sea on Titan and see how cool extraterrestrial maps are!
- Six earth cities that will give us ideas on how to colonize Mars. This is pretty cool actually. Rather interesting when you look at it from a realistic perspective.
- The Navy announces a five-year plan to build laser blasters. We've gotta keep up with those Chinese guys somehow right? Yeah. Good idea, but I wonder who is paying for it.
- Got a bum kidney? Well apparently there is a new way to get rid of them: give birth to it. Yeah, I don't quite understand it either, but give it a look. New medical practices are revolutionizing how we do things these days.
- Nano-wire shirt that generates electricity while you move, but burns out if you sweat on it. Good idea, needs rethinking.
- A new biomedical gel that can fix your severed spine. Works on mice, should work on us. Paralysis might not be a problem of the future!
- Listverse
- Top 10 Ways to Fly Under the Radar. Yup, for all you ex-cons out there, or anyone writing about ex-cons.
- 10 Great Inventions That Should Be Invented! Interstellar travel here we come!
- Universe Today
- Quantum communications might be viable in the near future if we get on top of it like this article suggests.
- Astrium, from good old Europe, is ramping up plans to mass produce space planes. Yup, good stuff indeed.
- Cassini picks up hints of organic chemicals shooting off from Saturn's Enceladus! Cool stuff indeed!
- 13.73 Billion Years. That's the current measurement of how old the Universe is. Find out about it here.
- Hawaiin hippy files lawsuit against the Large Hadron Collider. Go away and stop fooling with complex science that you don't understand!
- New research suggests that galaxies with quasars in the middle are not so good for planet formation. Yup, not good at all.
- I found this online somewhere (if I got it from you, please let me know). This is a look at the differences of opinion between the U.S. and England. It's amazing how different we are. They are, by and large, far more progressive than we are.
- This image of these concept designs of future robotic police forces are amazing. Check out the gallery too. Simply stunning image.
- Michio Kaku on things we'll probably never see. Sadly, he's likely right.
- Ten sci-fi movie survival tips. Screaming is good, though.
- Scifi reading list with the subject "not quite human". Lots of goodies in there. (Courtesy of SF Signal, I think)
- New Scientist
- Scientists have found the answer to the origins of two mysterious meteorites found in Antarctica. Find out here!
- Find ISS in this picture and you win nothing, because I have nothing to give. This is amazing though: a picture of the International Space Station over the Sun!
- Chrononautic Log has a video of a bizarre insect-like robot. Check it out.
- L. E. Modesitt, Jr. talks about SF's ability to predict the future. Good stuff as usual.
- One of the coolest things that has ever been desired by Kung Fu fans since Bruce Lee died is now about to happen: Jackie Chan and Jet Li are getting together to make a movie! Yes, look at the trailer now!
- MentalFloss has 5 reasons why we'll miss Arthur C. Clarke. *sniff* (By the way, some of these aren't related to literature, just so you know)
- Mike Brotherton has a hard SF writer's bookshelf. Good stuff, check it out if you are even marginally interested in writing SF.
- Dave Walton's page of writing advice. There is a whole lot of stuff here. Seriously. A LOT. Like two books worth.
- Space.com has this cool article about alien sociology. So, are the aliens going to come and kill us? Hmm?
- Cyber-cops are getting organized. Watch out hackers!
- CERN, the most complicated thing humans have built thus far! The Thinking Blog profiles it.
- Want to know how bad the economy really is? Look at these poor folks. Yeah, Mr. Bush, this is what you've done to this country. Congrats.
Saturday, April 05, 2008
SF/F Links: March/April Roundup
A little delayed, but finally I have some links for you all. There are loads more, so I think I'm going to have to go with a weekly schedule so it doesn't pile up like it is doing now. In any case, here are the links:
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Ok, firstly, no one is removing kidneys from my vagina.Babies are one thing--they don't make holes in bits that didn't have holes before--organs are a whole other thing.
ReplyDeleteSecondly, good grief the US is backwards.
I love that survival tip list. :D
If you're going to keep linking to those damn articles on life from space, will you PLEASE ACCEPT I'M RIGHT ABOUT IT? (The link takes you to the not-quite-human list, btw)
Actually, scratch that. The latter half of the links are ones you already put up. :p
OMG - I agree with the kidney's comment & totally amazing that it is happening. I totally thought further with the kidney to the pancreas (from being diabetic) to the liver, etc. Uda *LOL*
ReplyDeleteGreat links as usual! OH and I love SF Signal too ... I checked it today and they harped on No. 5 from Short Circuit. There may be a remake in our future. The funny part is that I have a friend with kids of 8 and 7 whom watched the movie and the kids love it :) It makes me think how my father ingrained 50's music into my montage. I am not sure if that is good or bad.
Happy Day!
SF Signal is really awesome. I love their site a lot. I heard about that Short Circuit remake. My question is: why? I mean, what's the point? Yeah, it was a decent movie for its time, but it's not like the greatest film ever or anything. We all remember it because it was probably one of the first movies with a huge robot as the main character that wasn't murdering people.
ReplyDeleteNot to mention: Charlton Heston died.
I didn't like him personally, but Planet of the Apes = the awesome.
Yeah!
Oh and nothing wrong with 50s music AT all. And just a note, you don't need the ' in the 50s. I'm not being mean, but I used to do the same thing until I realized that you don't need it because you're not referring to what belongs to the 50s, but to a period of time. You don't say "those are the 50's things" unless someone's name is 50. You see what I mean? It's really a weird rule and I didn't get that for a long time. I think Lindsey forced that one into me by accident. Just being helpful :D, not anal :P.
Have a good one :D
Nothing about my forcing good punctuation is accidental. I did it entirely on purpose, and will continue to do so.
ReplyDelete*HeHe* Glad for the punctuation side note. TY :)
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