Bill Christensen
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Talking Robot is Surprisingly Anthropomorphic
By Bill Christensen published
WT-6 uses a tongue, lips and vocal cords.

Rising Cyberviolence Mirrors Sci-Fi
By Bill Christensen published
Cyberviolence, a form of vigilante "justice" in which a large group of Internet users post attacks against an individual, are increasing in South Korea.

The Almost-Magical Floating Bed
By Bill Christensen published
A young Dutch architect has created furniture that sci-fi writers have had for years.

Battle Bot: Machine Designed to Extract Wounded Troops
By Bill Christensen published
A new robot is engineered to rescue wounded soldiers without further risk to human life.

Vision Gear Bypasses the Eye
By Bill Christensen published
A headband selectively stimulates receptors in forehead skin to provide visually impaired people a new view.

Bear Hug: New Robot to be Therapeutic Companion
By Bill Christensen published
Teddy bear with onboard PC is designed to interact with patients who need some tender loving care.

Modern M.A.S.H.: Soldiers Could Pack Their Own Freeze-Dried Blood
By Bill Christensen published
Soldiers in the field may carry an emergency blood supply based on their own blood, revolutionizing trauma care on the battlefield.

A New Wave: Scientists Write on Water
By Bill Christensen published
A new technology generates standing waves to form letters in a tank of water.

Totally Fake Recall: Buy Proof of Trips Not Taken
By Bill Christensen published
Persey Tours will sell you all the stuff you would expect to have after your exotic vacation: faked ticket stubs, hotel receipts and even photos to prove you were there.

Yesterday's News Now on DVD
By Bill Christensen published
CustomFlix, a division of Amazon, allows customers to choose from thousands of news clips and news shows dating back more than ten years.

Man Arrested for Doing 56 mph on In-line Skates
By Bill Christensen published
If he had wanted a safer ride at those speeds, he should have used a trusty MagnaPoon.

Live Insects Challenge Humans in Bizarre Computer Game
By Bill Christensen published
In Wim van Eck's project, humans square off against real crickets in a modified version of Pac-Man.

Design Competition Brings Sci-Fi Material to Life
By Bill Christensen published
A new trasformable material has been made into a beanie that turns into a helmet and a suit fit for a superhero. Now it's your turn.

Phone or iPod Run New Pocket-size Projector
By Bill Christensen published
Science fiction Grandmaster Jack Vance would be pleased.

Portable Device Reads Any Text Aloud
By Bill Christensen published
K-NFB is a portable device that scans any available text and reads it back to visually impaired people.

Brain Chip Made With Rat Neurons
By Bill Christensen published
A uniform neural net of brain cells—a brain chip—has been created by a team of scientists lead by Yael Hanein of Tel Aviv University in Israel.

Future Cell Phones Might Literally Reach Out and Touch
By Bill Christensen published
Designer envisions a phone that can detect and emit odors, as well as radiate colors, light and temperature from the caller's environment

It Has Come to This: Computer Orders Restaurant Workers Around
By Bill Christensen published
New computer program takes orders, analyzes the parking lot and the rest of the operation, then tells employees what to do.

Proposal to Implant Tracking Chips in Immigrants
By Bill Christensen published
Scott Silverman, Chairman of the Board of VeriChip Corporation, has proposed implanting the company's RFID tracking tags in immigrant and guest workers.

Asimov's First Law: Japan Sets Rules for Robots
By Bill Christensen published
Soft material and emergency shut-offs will be required so future robots don't hurt people. Isaac Asimov suggested as much in 1940.

New Glasses Require Piercing Bridge of Nose
By Bill Christensen published
Extreme solution? Perhaps no more so that getting your eyes lasered. And your glasses won't be slipping down your nose.

Real Doc Ock: New Robot Has Robotic Tentacles
By Bill Christensen published
The military has developed Octarms to explore the interior of pipes and pick up irregularly shaped objects
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