End of the Road
The final installment of our serialized graphic novel, the Highwayman. Continue reading End of the Road
Category Archives: sci-fi
How ‘Cherry 2000’ Predicted Our Loveless Future
The year 2017 as envisioned in 1987 is absurd, but also very, very real. Continue reading How ‘Cherry 2000’ Predicted Our Loveless Future
DUST AS
A nonhuman cyborg surveys the fundamentals of earth. Continue reading DUST AS
A Smarter Gun
A Smarter Gun is the never-before-seen look at who killed the smart gun and whether or not there is a place for user-authenticated firearm tech to scale in the future. It’s a story about human nature, public safety, the inertia of time-tested mechani Continue reading A Smarter Gun
Jean-Luc PYcARD is a Pocketable Python Development Platform
It’s a good thing that a ridiculous pun and a screenprint of Jean-Luc Picard on the bottom of the board is enough to qualify for the 2017 Hackaday Sci-Fi Contest, because [bobricius]’s Python-plus-Arduino card and environmental sensor potpourri is very cool.
The PCB design itself is great. It’s got a gigantic LED array, cutout for a wrist strap, and an onboard USB plug so you can program it just by sticking it in your computer; it shows up as a USB mass storage device when you plug it in. The files that show up on the “drive” are Micropython code …read more
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The Perfect Porn
What happens when AI learns how to make porn that everyone wants to watch? Continue reading The Perfect Porn
We Need to Tell Better Stories About Our AI Future
It’s not as simple as man versus machine. Continue reading We Need to Tell Better Stories About Our AI Future
Sci-Fi Contest: Both Wars and Trek Represented
Hackaday’s Sci-Fi Contest is in its third week. We’ve passed warp speed and were heading toward ludicrous speed. There is still almost a month to enter before March 6, when the deadline hits and everything goes to plaid. With 22 submissions all vying for 4 great prizes, there is still plenty of room for new challengers!
This contest is all about projects inspired by science fiction. There is a great mix of projects so far.
BB-8 Using Roll-On Deoderant
Star Wars is well represented with [Tech Flare’s] DIY Phone Controlled BB-8 Droid. [Tech Flare] is improving upon an existing BB-8 …read more
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The Trump-Schwarzenegger Feud Shows How ‘The Running Man’ Predicted 2017
The 30-year-old movie saw Schwarzenegger facing off against a reality show host…sound familiar? Continue reading The Trump-Schwarzenegger Feud Shows How ‘The Running Man’ Predicted 2017
Hackaday’s Sci-Fi Contest Hits Warp Speed
Hackers’ perspiration may go into soldering, coding, and building. For many of us, the inspiration for these projects comes from science fiction. The books, movies, TV shows, short stories, and comics we all grew up on, and continue to devour to this day. We’re paying homage to all these great Sci-Fi stories with our latest contest.
The Sci-Fi Contest isn’t about the most efficient way of building a 555 circuit or the tightest code. This one is about celebrating science fiction in the best way we know how — building awesome projects. This is Hackaday, so you’re going to have …read more
