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If you’re looking for something to get for the Radcliffs this holiday, feel free to pitch in and get these lovely Klingon bloodwine cups, on auction at Christie’s as part of the 40th anniversary of Star Trek. As the site states: “reputed to have been originally used in Cecil B. DeMille’s The Ten Commandments.” Indeed. [...]

Posted by Chris in Art, Film, Fun, Oddly Enough, Science fiction, Shopping on September 28th, 2006 | Comments Off

Sure, we always hear about our robot overlords, but who would have thought that the next wave would be… dun dun DUNnnnnnn… a chicken restaurant manager? Hyperactive Bob, the kitchen production management computer system from Hyperactive Technologies, is now being licensed to Zaxby’s, a fast-food restaurant chain with locations in the Southern states. … This [...]

Posted by Chris in Business, Food, Humor, Oddly Enough, Science fiction, Technology on September 8th, 2006 | 1 Comment »

So, you may or may not know that SciFi.com is hosting a set of ten Battlestar Galactica “webisodes” to lead up to the Season 3 premiere.  They’re being released every Tuesday and Thursday, and at 3-4 minutes apiece they’ll add up to (approximately) a full episode worth by the time they’re all released.  From the [...]

Posted by Chris in Fun, Science fiction, Television, Uncategorized on September 7th, 2006 | 6 Comments »

This is cool in a creepy “this could really advance science, but what about our impending robot masters?” sort of way. But hey, the “animat” — which is bascially a bunch of neurons on a circuit board that moves a virtual mouse — is still a far cry from Mr. Data.

Posted by Deb in Science, Science fiction, Technology on August 4th, 2006 | Comments Off

I know, I know, but this video, Solo: The Movie, is extremely entertaining. It’s a preview for the Star Wars trilogy if it took place in contemporary Los Angeles. With an all-human cast. It’s funny.

Posted by Deana in Film, Fun, Oddly Enough, Science fiction on July 7th, 2006 | 1 Comment »