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Science News, May 28th, 2019

May 28, 2019 Daniel C. Handley 636 Views 0 Comments ARM, asteroid, astrobee, Falcon 9, Ford, Huawei, Mars, Martian, mutation, NASA, pmi industries, robot, robotics, SpaceX, StarLink

This week, a binary asteroid flyby, humans mutating on Mars, Astrobees, a Starlink launch, the arrest of a SpaceX contractor employee, ARM breaks with Huawei, and Ford’s robot.

Books Reviews SciFi4Kids

Review – INTERSTELLAR CINDERELLA by Deborah Underwood

August 23, 2017 Jen Wise 2371 Views 1 Comment book review, Chronicle Books LLC, Cinderella, Deborah Underwood, fairy tales, Interstellar Cinderella, Meg Hunt, robot, SciFi4Kids, Space, spaceship

Deborah Underwood’s lyrical rhymes bring a classic fairy tale past the modern age and straight into a gorgeous future. Along with illustrations by Meg Hunt, INTERSTELLAR CINDERELLA offers a fresh perspective on an old classic tale.

Comic Books & Graphic Novels Interviews

Artist Profile: Chris Grine

July 31, 2017 Dave Baker 2230 Views 0 Comments abraham, Art, balloons, book, cel, chicken, chickenhare, Chris Grine, comic, crispy, graphic, hare, interview, lincoln, manga, novel, photoshop, robot, shading, shifters, studio, style, time, web, webcomic, wicked, word

Chris Grine was kind enough to take some time out of his day and chat with me about his creative processes. Caution: contains information!

Science Technology

Making Computers Smarter By Making Them Stupider

July 7, 2017 Daniel C. Handley 2096 Views 0 Comments a.i., artificial intelligence, Clearly Guilty, computers, Linux, Mycroft, open source, Operating Systems, robot, robotics, technology

Advances in Artificial Intelligence have been moderate at best. But could reducing the “smartness” of a computer be the solution?

Comic Books & Graphic Novels Reviews

TIME SHIFTERS: A Fantastic All-Ages Graphic Novel With Heart

May 24, 2017 Dave Baker 1470 Views 0 Comments chickenhare, Chris Grine, comic, comic book review, Dinosaur, family, ghost, graphic novel, grief, interdimensional, loss, Mummy, Napoleon, pot roast, robot, scientist, shifters, skeleton, time shifters, vampire, vampire napoleon

Chris Grine’s new graphic novel, TIME SHIFTERS, is coming out. Read it with your kids, it’s got something for everyone!

Reviews Television & Film

Retro Review: How HEARTBEEPS Wastes a Perfectly Good Andy Kauffman

April 7, 2016 Kelly Luck 1638 Views 0 Comments Andy Kaufman, Bernadette Peters, Heartbeeps, movie, retro review, review, robot, robots

Dadaist comedian Andy Kaufman once starred in a movie so bizarre it might well have been one of his stunts. We tell you all about it.

toy robots (photo by flickr user yeowatzup)

Reviews

Retro Review: R.U.R.: How A Play Gave Birth To A Whole Genre

March 24, 2016 Kelly Luck 1376 Views 0 Comments Karel Čapek, Play, R.U.R., retro review, review, robot, robots, theatre, theatre

This week, we look at R.U.R., a 96-year-old play that basically invented the robot SF genre.

Image credit: TonyDyson.com

Technology Television & Film

Tony Dyson, R2-D2’s Original Builder, Dead at 68

March 4, 2016 Kelly Luck 819 Views 0 Comments In Memoriam, obituary, R2-D2, robot, Star Wars, Star Wars news, technology, Tony Dyson

Tony Dyson, the man responsible for the irascible droid R2-D2, has passed away. Kelly remembers his legacy.

Books Comic Books & Graphic Novels Reviews

THE STEAM MAN: a “HOT” Comic Book Review

October 25, 2015 Christopher Preyer 1152 Views 0 Comments aliens, comic books, Edisonade, graphic novels, H. G. Wells, Joe R. Lansdale, Kelly Fitzpatrick, Mark Alan Miller, martians, Piotr Kowalski, review, robot, Steampunk, The Steam Man, The War of the Worlds, visual arts, wild west

Yes. Oh yes. Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes. I didn’t even know I wanted it until I saw it. How

Podcast Television & Film

H2O #81: In Which We Discuss the Fall Season Further…

September 24, 2015 SciFi4Me Staff 1146 Views 0 Comments Arrow, dark matter, Fall TV, Fear the Walking Dead, Gotham, Hugo Awards, I, iZombie, Killjoys, Minority Report, Once Upon a Time, robot, Supergirl, Syfy, The Flash, The Vampire Diaries, The Walking Dead

More discussion of the Fall TV season. We’ve seen some of the new episodes, and we’re ready for more.

Technology

Could Robotics Be The Future Of Sports?

July 9, 2015 Daniel C. Handley 972 Views 0 Comments armor, BattleBots, DARPA, drone racing, FIRST robotics, mecha, robot, robots, sports

It was inevitable. Now we are at the beginning of a revolution. Robots are taking over sports! Don’t believe me?

Hells Yeah!

Gaming

Video Game News Flash! HAWKEN OPEN BETA IS OPEN!

December 13, 2012 Casey Shreve 1013 Views 1 Comment Adhesive Games LTD, bullets, future, guns, HAWKEN, mech, PC, robot, Video Games, war

Rating: Teen Platform: PC Dev: Adhesive Games LTD Alright, if you don’t know HAWKEN, where have you been in the

Opinion Technology

And A Droid For Every Garage

July 25, 2011 Daniel C. Handley 831 Views 1 Comment android, Asimo, C-3PO, Cylon, Data, driod, HAL 9000, Honda, Isaac Asimov, R2-D2, Repliee Q2, robot, The Terminator, WALL-E

Several years ago, I was watching a cartoon show called Cubix: Robots For Everyone. I watched it mainly because it

Books Reviews

Steampunk meets Sherlock

December 24, 2010 Jason P. Hunt 1172 Views 0 Comments disease, George Mann, immortality, London, mystery, Queen, robot, serial killer, Sir Maurice Newbury, Steampunk, Veronica Hobbes, zombies

So, this is a double review of books by George Mann. Mainly because I read the two books in reverse