The theme of HBO’s new series, TrueBlood, is based on a Japanese scientist’s invention of synthetic blood. The breakthrough allows vampires to “come out of the coffin” and progress from freakish villains to fellow citizens. (Just stop into a local TrueBlood bank for a snack, and humans are off the menu.)
Posts Tagged ‘Terminator’
Artificial Blood: Coming To A Hospital Near You?
Terminator: Better Pool Hustling Through Technology
In last night’s episode of Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles, Cameron accepts the invitation (and wager) of a couple of security guards to play a game of pool. Having gotten close enough to scan their security badges, Cameron then proceeds to smoke them at the game, thanks to a little known pool mode in her Point-Of-View display, which, thus far, has tended to show more in the way of helpful information about the caliber of weapon she is using or instructions like TERMINATE.
In the real world, enter Deep Green. (more…)
Terminator: DIY Tech Support
The new season of Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles kicked off into high gear last night, promising some great TV to come. The episode picked up seconds after the last season left off, when Cameron–a terminator reprogrammed and sent back from the future to protect John Connor, leader-of-the-human-race-in-waiting–became the victim of a car bomb.
A damaged Cameron finds herself in need of some significant hardware and software repairs: unfortunately, it’ll be years before any terminator technical support facilities are built. Cameron must fix herself. In the real world, it’s exactly this problem that researchers are actively struggling with–how to create computers that can realize they’re malfunctioning and restore themselves to working order.
SciNoFi Blog Roundup – Paging John Connor
More than 1 million robots are working in factories around the world. [Next Big Future]
Work continues apace on invisibility. [Futurismic]
Stretchy electronic fabric presages wearable computers and robotic clothes. [Pink Tentacle]
New hemispheric camera could lead to artificial eyes. [SciFi Scanner]
Liquid metal defies gravity. [io9]
I for one welcome our new robot overlords.
Simulating The Grandfather Paradox
Since I watched The Grandfather Paradox revolves around this question: “What would happen if someone went back in time and killed their own grandfather before the grandfather had a chance to have any children?” By killing their grandfather, the time-traveler erases themselves from existence. But if the time traveler is erased from existence, they couldn’t have travelled back in time to kill their grandfather, so therefore they should exist.
Does the time-traveler exist or not? This is the paradox.
