The Cutest (not) Animals
I was shocked when looking back over this blog to discover that I don’t have an entry on Tardigrades. They are absolutely one of my favorite ‘animals’, and they deserve more publicity. I may even have done a piece on …
Category: Science Fiction Becomes Reality
Typing Telepathically
The concept of brain-computer-interfaces has been floating around for a while now and has become more prevalent in the media, but the idea can still seem a bit ‘sci-fi’. Today in When Science Fiction Becomes Reality, I’ll be exploring a …
Why Can’t We Freeze Ourselves? – The Limits for Interstellar Travel
The concept of ‘stasis’ has been a staple of science fiction for a long time. How else could you get your characters from point A to point B—light years apart—unless you invoke faster than light travel. Or what about the …
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Aliens on Venus
Well, it’s not the planet we expected, but it might be the planet we get. Recent research has come out suggesting that our near neighbor Venus might be hiding a little more than we ever expected, i.e. alien life! Now …
The Invincible Mould
If you thought Superman was tough, wait till you hear about this mould! In this week’s When Science Fiction Becomes Reality, I’m looking at an amazing mould which has been collected from Sverdrup Pass, Canada. This mould has been trapped under …
The Smallest Movie in the World
This week in When Science Fiction Becomes Reality I want to talk about a very exciting, but also fun, project which IBM recently completed. They have made a movie by moving single atoms around to create a stop-motion animation: “A Boy and …
Bacterial Lightbulbs
This week in When Science Fiction Becomes Reality I want to show you something very cool: light-bulbs made of bio-luminescent bacteria. What is it? Basically the idea is to have a light ‘bulb’ composed entirely of glowing bacteria. This system …
Grow Your Own Nose
This week in ‘When Science Fiction Becomes Reality‘ I’m looking at a field of research which is constantly developing and creating new miracles: bioengineering. Specifically, the bioengineering of replacement body parts. At the current point in time it’s tragic how …
Echolocation
This week in When Science Fiction Becomes Reality I want to highlight a very cool piece of technology which is just starting to come into its own… echolocation. This incredible science uses echoes and sounds to measure the dimensions of a room …
Printing a Bionic Ear
Who would have thought becoming a cyborg was so close to reality? We all know that 3D printing is cool but this week in When Science Fiction Becomes Reality, I want to show you something epic. This particular research team …