Exploding Star Smashes Into Its Non-Exploding Star Friend
“The universe is crazier than science fiction authors have dared to imagine.” Continue reading Exploding Star Smashes Into Its Non-Exploding Star Friend
Category Archives: science fiction
The Neural Net That Recreated ‘Blade Runner’ Has the Movie Stuck in Its Memory
The AI that made ‘Blade Runner: Auto-encoded’ transposed the aesthetic of the movie onto other sci-fi classics. Continue reading The Neural Net That Recreated ‘Blade Runner’ Has the Movie Stuck in Its Memory
‘The Emoji Movie’ Is An Incredibly Successful Piece of Entertainment
Blatant cash grabs: GOOD or BAD? Continue reading ‘The Emoji Movie’ Is An Incredibly Successful Piece of Entertainment
Read a Mindbending Excerpt from Ann Leckie’s New Novel ‘Provenance’
A transaction with a mysterious entity leads to trouble in the award-winning sci-fi author’s upcoming novel. Continue reading Read a Mindbending Excerpt from Ann Leckie’s New Novel ‘Provenance’
Is Net Neutrality Cyberpunk?
Reddit’s r/cyberpunk debates if it should take a stand against the corporate throttling of cyberspace. Continue reading Is Net Neutrality Cyberpunk?
Neill Blomkamp’s Latest Short Film ‘Zygote’ Is Pure Biological Horror
The latest release from Oats Studios stars Dakota Fanning and takes place in a gritty, dangerous futuristic mining outpost. Continue reading Neill Blomkamp’s Latest Short Film ‘Zygote’ Is Pure Biological Horror
DUST AS
A nonhuman cyborg surveys the fundamentals of earth. Continue reading DUST AS
Heavenly Lights
How the Highwayman was born. Continue reading Heavenly Lights
The Perfect Porn
What happens when AI learns how to make porn that everyone wants to watch? Continue reading The Perfect Porn
That’s No Moon! That’s a Virtual Assistant
[Wisecracker] likes how the Amazon Echo Dot works, but he doesn’t like how they sound or how they resemble hockey pucks. A little 3D printing, though, and he transformed the Dot into a credible Death Star. That doesn’t sound very friendly, we guess, so he calls it Alex-Star.
What makes it work is the Death Star’s “superlaser” — the weapon operated by a console that looks suspiciously like some studio video equipment — happens to be about the size and shape of a two-inch speaker. [Wisecracker] added a slot to let the sound out of the second speaker. You can …read more
