South Koreans can grocery shop while waiting for the subway at a virtual supermarket opened by tesco homeplus, that lets users scan the QR codes of desired products, which are then delivered to their home within the day. Via olsen jay nelson 
If the world stopped spinning, a few scattered groups of hardy humans could survive. Via Sakis Koukouvis ![More videos of unexplained "apocalypse sounds" roaring out of nowhere<br/>[videos of sounds? awesome by itself!] | Everything goes sci-fi | Scoop.it](http://img.scoop.it/PkgylfOBbsGMvUoC2CimzDl72eJkfbmt4t8yenImKBVaiQDB_Rd1H6kmuBWtceBJ)
Earlier this year, dozens of reports were rolling in from all over the world about incredibly loud sounds like airplane engines coming out of the sky with no explanation.
"Walking Dead" star Norman Reedus on the show's third season: "People start losing their minds, love blossoms and a whole lot of gross zombie kills"...
"Our universe may exist inside a black hole. This may sound strange, but it could actually be the best explanation of how the universe began, and what we observe today."
Like shown in the picture, the top bottle being the black hole and the bottom our universe, filling from the above through a wormhole.
Fascinating theory. Via gdecugis 
Five Big Issues Raised by The Inner Light by Morgan Gendel... [...] As I tell in my “Inner Light” talk, Picard’s travels/travails in the episode followed a progression weirdly in synch with my own path as a freelance writer – a Redshirt if you will, on the bridge that was the TNG writers room. Picard had to hound the Ressikan administrator to take the planet’s warming seriously; I had to pitch “IL” five times. Picard had a setback midway through the story (his heart attack) and so did I (when I suggested he play a flute; laughter ensued). The Kataan legacy lives on through Picard, as does mine through “The Inner Light.” It’s not a coincidence. Consciously or not, I wrote Kamin as the prototypical outsider, bucking the status quo. My take: I think this has special resonance for many “Inner Light” fans, many of whom tell me they felt like outsiders in school or at work until they found others who spoke Klingon and flashed the LLAP sign. [...] Machine intelligence is improving rapidly, to the point that the scientist of the future may not even be human! In fact, in more and more fields, learning machines are already outperforming humans.
More on SINGULARITY: http://www.scoop.it/t/science-news?tag=singularity Via Paulo Furtado, Sakis Koukouvis 
From the man who brought you the future of transit via 'TRON' and 'Blade Runner'...
h+ Magazine is a new publication that covers technological, scientific, and cultural trends that are changing human beings in fundamental ways.
The short story, Mr. Spaceship by Philip K. Dick, is about Philip Kramen and Commander Gross, two characters that are trying to end a war. 
Emerging brain science could take us there. Today drone pilots operate thousands of miles away from the battlefield. They must manage vast amounts of data and video images during exceptionally intense workdays. 
George Clooney and Sandra Bullock's space drama won't be launching into U.S. theaters as soon as originally planned. The forthcoming IMAX 3-D sci-fi ...
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We're entering a very interesting stage of human history right now where we can start importing technology to enhance our natural senses or perception of the world, says neuroscientist David Eagleman. Via Sakis Koukouvis, olsen jay nelson 
Let’s be real. The majority of transhumanists, scientists, astronomers, computer specialists, etc. became interested in their fields of study through their interest in science-fiction. We know the story of how cellphones were designed with Star Trek’s communicators in mind, as were tablet computers, ebooks, and other new technologies. 
NEW YORK (AP) — Pulitzer Prize-winning author Jennifer Egan's latest New Yorker magazine story is being serialized on Twitter.
Liquid Robotics launches swarm of ocean-patrolling robots (Liquid Robotics launches swarm of ocean-patrolling robots http://t.co/xt1EKo3a...)... 
Blowback: Which New TV Shows Are You Most Excited About?Which in-development television shows do you find most tantalizing, and why? Whether...
Within the first five minutes of Battleship, we learn that contact has been made with Planet G, a rocky planet that actually exists in the c...
Will “the self” survive because it can provide people with a greater sense of happiness? Or is it - perhaps along with the constructs “Free Will” and “Determinism” - doomed to the dustbin of history? 
Dead Shadows is directed by first-time filmmaker David Cholewa, from a script by Vincent Julé, starring Fabian Wolfrom as the lead character Chris, plus John Fallon and Rurik Sallé. "Dead Shadows tells the terrifying story about a young man, Chris, whose parents were brutally killed 11 years ago - the same day that Hayley's Comet could be seen from earth." firstshowing.net 
What will the future of artificial intelligence actually look like? We're getting some clues already from projects like Hiroshi Ishiguro's Geminoid series with its incredibly realistic bodies, writes my friend Dennis Cass at io9.
Running the numbers, the figures are wrong, wrong, wrong.
Here’s a preliminary list. (1) Wet mass is quoted as 84,822 tons. Propellant load is 12,474 tons. Yet elsewhere, in pounds, it’s 187 million/55 million. Inexplicably the propellant mass has been halved. […] |
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