Scifi Eye: Cities that shape us
Novelist Jon Wallace imagines the darker side of so-called smart homes The glass towers of dystopia?The most compelling scifi rarely has much positive to offer when it comes to imagining how we might...
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In the first of a new series, novelist Jon Wallace considers the science fiction implications of engineering stories that have caught his eye. This month: the dystopian world of ‘smart’ dressings For...
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Novelist Jon Wallace considers the science fiction implications of engineering stories that have caught his eye. This month: how robotic limbs are propelling us into the future This month, The Engineer...
View ArticleThe shock of the not-so new
Stuart NathanFeatures Editor As a computer beats a human master of the game Go in a tournament, should we be worried about the rise of Artificial Intelligence? Not if we remember what science fiction...
View ArticleScifi eye: picturing a future of human invisibility
Novelist Jon Wallace considers the science fiction implications of engineering stories that have caught his eye. This month: picturing a future of human invisibility Last month The Engineer featured...
View ArticleIs resistance futile? Taming the nanotech swarm
SciFi Eye Novelist Jon Wallace considers the science fiction implications of engineering stories that have caught his eye. This month: will nanobots build better people, or demolish the race entirely?...
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Novelist Jon Wallace considers the science fiction implications of engineering stories that have caught his eye. This month, the dark future of solar power Our star suffers from a rather reduced role...
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