Tag: science fiction

  • Artificial Womb Works for Lambs, Study Shows – The Atlantic

    Source: Artificial Womb Works for Lambs, Study Shows – The Atlantic An article in The Atlantic summarizes and explains a recent scientific paper from Nature about an investigtaion into, and a success with, the possibility of creating an artificial womb that may improve the chances of severely premature human babies to survive and thrive. The…

  • swoon!

    samueldelany: LeVar Burton, on twitter: “Met a literary hero last week. Samuel R. Delany. This man right here, wrote his way into the vanguard of speculative fiction. His writing literally comprises part of my spiritual DNA.” swoon!

  • thecreatorsproject: What Sci-Fi Gets Wrong, Design Fiction Could Get Righthttp://ift.tt/1RRIieF

  • In the contemporary science-fiction scene, [acclaimed author Samuel R.] Delany’s race and sexuality do not set him apart as starkly as they once did. I suggested to him that it was particularly disappointing to see the kind of division represented by the Sad Puppies movement within a culture where marginalized people have often found acceptance.…

  • How Star Trek artists imagined the iPad… 23 years ago

  • How Star Trek artists imagined the iPad… 23 years ago

  • Layar is seeking a creative and highly motivated senior interaction designer to join our design team. Are you the kick-ass interaction designer we are looking for? That dude or dudette that feels very comfortable working between the lines of design, product management and development on the bleeding edge of the emerging medium of augmented reality?…