..New nanotechnique producing small things in large quantities..

from PhysOrg: New nanotechnique producing small things in large quantities Although relatively new to the market, liquid crystal display (LCD) televisions may soon be obsolete, thanks to a new technique created by University of Houston professors. Vincent Donnelly, Demetre Economou and Paul Ruchhoeft, all of the Cullen College of Engineering, have developed a technique that […]

The Bionic Woman – an exploration of the sf present?

I recently watched the pilot of the new remake/reboot of The Bionic Woman (thanks to the miracle of the internets.. coughpreaircoughtorrentcough. It’s from the same production team that have done the (mostly) brilliant remake of Battlestar Galactica. It’s very much in the vein of the girls-kicking-ass genre (think Alias and Dark Angel). But if the […]

on movies eating video games…

Warning: the following rant includes low-level language and minor spoilers for a tres cliched new release action film. k, so the other day I was watching the new film Next. Now, firstly I’m gonna say that this was clearly made by the SFX people, because any scene that wasn’t action was horrible, cliched horrible’ness – […]

William Gibson – we're living in a 1980's SF novel

I linked to Gibson’s interview on Trashotron earlier… This is my fave quote – where he talks about living in a SF world. He elaborates on this in his recent interview with the BoingBoing crew. All this of course is in support of his new novel, Spook Country. Which is due to arrive on my […]

on this Facebook thing…

k.. Finally got a moment to collect some thought’s on this Facebook thing. It’s very popular with the children, it would seem. To us ‘net veterans the thing seems simplistic, and almost old-hat. I mean, personally I’ve been mucking around on most of the SNS’s for years and years now – especially if you include […]

Get-together with Cory at Melbourne Writers’ Festival this Friday…

from Boing Boing Get-together with Cory at Melbourne Writers’ Festival this Friday I’m in Melbourne, Australia for the Melbourne Writers’ Festival and a number of people have written to see if I can get together for coffee or a meal. Unfortunately, my schedule’s too tight for much socializing. Lucky for me, Lachlan Musicman, Guy, and […]

..WALL-E Promo Postcards..

from Paleo-Future WALL-E Promo Postcards In what seems to be another example of postmodern paleo-futurist design (repurposing past visions and versions of the future) we have promotional postcards for the upcoming Disney/Pixar movie WALL-E. Apparently these were given out at Comic-Con 2007. (via The Disney Blog) You can view the teaser trailer for WALL-E here. […]

videophone didn't kill anything?

from Paleo-Future Vision (Clip 2, 1993) This clip from the 1993 concept video Vision demonstrates why the videophone has never caught on. There is nothing communicated between the characters that necessitates visuals. If the best application of videophone technology you can think of is proving that helicopters exist, there probably isn’t a pressing need for […]

..William Gibson: Sci-Fi Icon Becomes Prophet of the Present..

from College Crier: … T. Virgil Parker: Your early Sci-Fi commented obliquely on contemporary issues, but it gave you a very unique set of strategies that you’re using to explicate the present. William Gibson: Well, I don’t actually think they’re unique because I acquired them through the course of working in the genre of science-fiction, […]

..Prometheus the media revolution..

Awesome Utopian vision of the future evolution of the media space.. via — I especially dig the new new media financing space exploration. If only we could harness the power of crapola ‘reality’ TV for such ends.

The Committee to Nuke Elysium

we're gonna blow up your space thing later