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Intel Commissions Science Fiction
Because Intel has to design its technology 5 or 10 years in advance of consumer use, part of its job is essentially to predict the future. It needs to know what kinds of technology will be useful and marketable many … Continue reading
Neurological Disorders as Thriller Fodder
Last time neurologist Oliver Sacks stopped by Science Friday, we talked with him about visual disorders, including one he has called prosopagnosia. People with prosopagnosia, or face blindness, have difficulty recognizing faces — even those of close friends or family … Continue reading
The Future is Now: Vincent Fournier’s Space Project
Belgium-based photographer Vincent Fournier is drawn to the contrast between rough, primal landscapes and sleek high technology. His “Space Project” series focuses on national space programs, which often do high-tech research in extreme geographic locations. He’s traveled around the world … Continue reading
Infrared Theremin Turns Beams of Light Into Music
Fans of classic sci-fi movies (we’re safe in assuming there are at least a couple of you out there, right?) will know the theremin well. Among the earliest ventures into electronic music, the notoriously difficult to master instrument converts electrical … Continue reading
Machines of Loving Grace
On Science Friday this week, we’re talking with the author of Robopocalypse, a new science fiction thriller about, well, the robot apocalypse. Interspersed throughout the novel are short epigraphs drawn from literature and history, and one in particular caught my … Continue reading
The Robots Are Coming
Are you prepared for the robot apocalypse? This week on Science Friday, we’ll be talking with Daniel H. Wilson, a Ph.D. in robotics who has just released the science fiction thriller Robopocalypse. In the book, the technology we rely on … Continue reading
New Album Based on the Film Moon
Did you love Duncan Jones’ psychological sci-fi movie Moon as much as we did? (Listen to our SciFri interview with Jones about the film here.) Hip-hop producers Richard Rich and Max Tannone loved it too — so much so that … Continue reading
Art House Theaters: Bring Science on Screen
The Coolidge Corner Theatre and the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation have announced a series of grants to help art house theaters bring science films to their towns (disclosure: Sloan is also a funder of Science Friday Arts). From the press … Continue reading
Crustaceans Have Dreams, Too
Seattle’s Science Fiction + Fantasy Short Film Festival was last weekend, and it brought out some fantastic animated and live-action shorts. Here are two of the entries — one about a crustacean with dreams of going into space, and the … Continue reading
Interview With The Band: One Ring Zero
Eclectic New York band One Ring Zero has a history of producing interesting concept albums: their last, As Smart As We Are, featured lyrics from famed authors including SciFri favorite Margaret Atwood. ORZ’s new album, Planets, is based on our … Continue reading
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