Entries Tagged as 'sci-fi'

Wednesday, January 24th, 2018

An Animated Guide to Humanity’s First Interstellar Mission

This animation from the Atlantic reveals how Russian venture capitalist Yuri Milner wants to use a solar sail to explore the cosmos and go into interstellar space. Human spaceflight to our nearest star system, Alpha Centauri, won’t be happening for many, many years but that doesn’t mean we can’t send robots there.

Tuesday, December 19th, 2017

The Imperial Forces Invade and Attack Los Angeles

It’s unknown what L.A. did to piss off the Galactic Empire, but they did something, because they’re on the receiving end of AT-ATs, TIE Fighters, Star Destroyers, even the Death Star is glimpsed in the skies waiting to unleash it’s powerful laser. No sign of the Rebel Alliance coming to LA’s rescue though. And certainly [...]

Monday, December 4th, 2017

The Story Behind the Worst Video Game of All Time

When it comes to video games, there is one game in particular that is renowned for being one of the worst video games ever made—and the biggest flop of all time. That game is ‘E.T, The Extraterrestrial’ for Atari 2600 and the game’s designer, Howard Scott Warshaw, far from being ashamed that the game has [...]

Sunday, November 12th, 2017

Inside Japan’s Tricked-Out DIY Disco Truck Culture

Driving down a highway in Japan can be an intriguing experience, especially if you came across the tricked-out vehicles from their DIY truck culture. The subculture is called dekotora and it’s where long-haul drivers add custom graphics, lights and swag to their vehicles on an insane level. And it’s not cheap, some dekotora customizations cost [...]

Wednesday, November 1st, 2017

Why General AI Won’t Want You To Fix its Code

Machine learning and artificial intelligence are subjects that will be of huge importance over the next 20 or 30 years, as intelligent computer systems and automation takes over more and more aspects of our lives. In this video from Computerphile AI geek Rob Miles looks at why AI won’t want you meddling with it and [...]

Tuesday, October 10th, 2017

A Robot and a Master Swordsman Have a Battle of Blades

The Yaskawa Bushido Project sees iaijutsu master swordsman and Guinness World Record holder Isao Machii face off against a robotic arm in an epic contest of technique and endurance. Motion capture is used to teach the machine Machii’s cutting techniques and then a series of swordsmanship tests are undertaken. You can see the results in [...]

Sunday, September 24th, 2017

Matrix Fan Film ‘Trickster’ is Just as Good as the Sequels

It probably won’t be long before we hear the dreaded ‘reboot’ word get thrown around in regards The Wachowskis’ Matrix movie—still they kind of ruined it already themselves with the two sequels. Speaking of which this fan film by Felix Joleanes is a great ode to the movie while also being just as entertaining as [...]

Sunday, September 3rd, 2017

‘Stranger Things’ as an 80s RPG Video Game

The second season of Stranger Thing begins streaming on 27 October 2017, which isn’t too far off considering it’s been teased since around February this year. To celebrate it’s upcoming premiere Netflix have reimagined the first season’s events as though they were part of an 1980s style supernatural horror RPG video game.

Friday, August 11th, 2017

Introducing UniVRsity: The Virtual Reality College Experience

There’s no doubt that college can be a great time in a person’s life, but it can also be expensive and you have to move somewhere else and things don’t always work out exactly as planned when you get there. You know, you think you’re going to be partying every night but you end up [...]

Tuesday, July 18th, 2017

Watch the Second Official Trailer for Blade Runner 2049

The latest trailer for Denis Villeneuve’s Blade Runner 2049 has been released and it furthers what we saw in the first and the teaser. It also shows that it’s following on quite closely from Ridley Scott’s original movie. We see Ryan Gosling’s LAPD Officer K searching for Rick Deckard (Harrison Ford), with Ford saying the [...]

Wednesday, July 5th, 2017

Why The Government Shouldn’t Break WhatsApp

There is currently a debate around whether apps like WhatsApp and iMessage should provide an encryption backdoor to the UK government, allowing them access to secure messages if they need it, so they can target criminals, peadophiles, and terrorists. It hasn’t happened just yet but it’s seems like a fairly resonable idea.