Science Fiction | Futurecasting
Genetic modification, space stations, wind power, artificial wombs, video phones, wireless internet, and cyborgs were all foreseen by “futurologists” from the 1920s and 1930s.
A mind-bending science-fiction thriller, where the line between fate and free-will blurs.
Why we should worry about the use of facial recognition technology in public spaces.
No one seems to know what the film is about, but the hints are terrifying.
While prosthetics and implants for medical purposes have been around for years, a whole new range of elective body augmentations are becoming possible.
Hollywood Rumors | Science Fiction
That’s right. The film that invented bullet time and changed the way we think about virtual reality is coming back.
A short film that should thrill fans of John Carpenter’s The Thing.
The Demogorgon, Nancy and Steve join the Dead by Daylight roster.
As a Mesa facility host driven to survive by your own self-awareness, you’ll encounter iconic scenes and settings from the series, solve puzzles and interact with other hosts.
What if the movie Alien was film under the sea instead of in space? Now we get to find out.
Robots | Artificial Intelligence
We need robotics to improve our ability to monitor and maintain energy infrastructure assets which in the future will be achieved through persistent autonomy.
The TV series may have reached its conclusion, but with two books to finish as well as a host of spinoff projects, the writer of the novel series that spawned it is busier than ever.
A grim trip back into the world of Alien: Covenant.
Author John Lanchester’s dystopian thriller shows what happens when the parent generation doesn’t react to the climate crisis.
Throughout history, we find remarkably similar constellations defined by disparate cultures, as well as strikingly similar narratives describing the relationships between them.
Robots | Artificial Intelligence
And this is just version one. Imagine when they give the robot artificial fur.
The Financial Times | Neuralink
This cognitive scientist believes that there may come a moment when the brain is so diminished it is destroyed.
Transportation | Futurecasting
Aviation emissions have risen by 70% since 2005 and as demand increases in rich and poorer countries, they’re forecast to increase by between 300% and 700% by 2050.
As the country seeks to establish itself as a space power, audiences are developing an appetite for the extraterrestrial on the big screen.
This is what happens when you fall for your Siri, Alexa, or Cortana powered by virtual imagery.
The Hollywood Reporter | Reviews
The alien invasion film was highly anticipated after the $700 million success of The Wandering Earth earlier this year, but it has been brought low by withering reviews and audience complaints.
Science Fiction | Futurecasting
We can hope that none of these visions come true, but in the meantime, let’s bask in the glory of Mike Winkelmann’s imagination.
A mysterious encounter between a man who claims to be from the future and the man that he claims is his former self.
The New York Times | Science Fiction
“The author of Dhalgren and dozens of other books “gives readers fiction that reflects and explores the social truths of our world.”
The Irish Times | Science Fiction
“Now science fiction, far from being this little persecuted genre that it was in the 1950s, has conquered the world.” -GRRM
Silicon Valley needs to transform our closets the way it transformed our desktops.
The Guardian | Science Fiction
The director’s underwater folly might have flopped on release in 1989 but in the years since, various new cuts have granted it many more lives.
Futurecasting | Science Fiction
It would seem that humanity is becoming more and more concerned with portents of human extinction.
There has been a significant advance in planning the construction of the Deep Space Gateway – a space station in orbit around the moon.
EU project creates robotic hands that can sense and fix damage without human intervention.
Rather than cast players in the role of astronaut, “Observation” inserts players into the circuits of the onboard AI.
Bill Hader’s masterful impressions meet deep fake tech.
Witness the beginning of the end of Hollywood as you’ve known it.
The Matrix | VR
The film that revolutionized science fiction and gave us our best look at the future of VR is back in theaters.
Rapid advances in digital technologies will ensure that misinformation arrives in unexpected formats and with varying levels of sophistication.
If human-animal hybrids become more like us than non-human animals, it could then be argued that it’s unethical to produce a hybrid simply for the purposes of extracting its organs.
The high-altitude balloons promise a cheap monitoring platform that could follow multiple cars and boats for extended periods.
