The History of Science Fiction [Unfreakingbelieveable Infographic]

The History of Science Fiction [Unfreakingbelieveable Infographic]: "
I know, I know… unfreakingbelievable isn’t a word, is it? It doesn’t even matter because you’ll forget all about that when you see this mind-blowing insanely well put together infographic on the history of science fiction. You could literally spend 30 minutes staring at this thing and still not capture all the information. You could probably learn more from this infographic than from twenty years of watching science fiction movies.

I still can’t decide what I’m more impressed with, the way this information is illustrated or the facts themselves. The extra crazy part is, I don’t know who made this so I can’t give credit to any one specific person. I know it is on Scimaps, but that’s all I’ve got. It looks like it was created in 2009 by someone with the word “Shelly” in the name, but there simply isn’t enough to go on.

Whether you are into Lord of the Rings, Aliens, Star Trek, or any of those obscure movies you thought you were the only one that liked, you will enjoy this. Sit back, relax, and get ready to be schooooooled! “Science fiction deal with improbable possibilities, fantasy with plausible impossibilities.” ~Miriam Allen de Ford

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Via: [Nuclear Toast]

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Technology: Use Your 3D Printer To Print Edible Food!

Technology: Use Your 3D Printer To Print Edible Food!: "

I know what you are thinking, and yes, this is nuts. However, it’s nuts and it’s true, so if you are into new technologies, you will love this! We often talk about how technology is moving at the speed of light, and this is a perfect example of that. This is something that wouldn’t have even been conceivable a few years ago, but a team in the Cornell University’s Computational Synthesis Lab (CCSL) is very close to having it all figured out. The technology is definitely available now to make this possible.

Using a 3D food printer, you will soon be able to print hot steaming food right at your dinner table. Instead of using regular ink cartridges, you will use food ink cartridges. For example, there would be a chocolate cartridge, a flour cartridge, and even a raw foods cartridge if you wanted to print some really healthy food one evening. You would even be able to customize your food’s taste and texture depending on what you prefer. If you like your steak cooked medium-rare, you will be able to adjust the setting to make it perfect. Whether you like your green beans crunchy or soft, or your eggs runny or scrambled, you will be able to simply adjust a setting before cooking… err… printing. You will even be able to print the perfect piece of sushi.

As crazy as this may sound, imagine for a moment the positive impact it would have on our environment. According to BBC, “You can imagine a 3D printer making homemade apple pie without the need for farming the apples, fertilizing, transporting, refrigerating, packaging, fabricating, cooking, serving and the need for all of the materials in these processes like cars, trucks, pans, coolers, etc…” Imagine being able to email that recipe right to someone’s printer for them to hit print and eat for dinner. The idea of “treating someone to dinner” just got a whole lot different. This is not just a design concept conceived by a creative designer, no, this is here, and it’s developing as we speak. You can read all the technology details here.

[via BBC]

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The Future Of Touchscreen Technology Is More Than Awesome!

The Future Of Touchscreen Technology Is More Than Awesome!: "

Sometimes living in Sweden can be quite an inspiration if I may be so bold and patriotic to say that. I bet there are a lot of people out there that keep wondering what might come after this huge boom of touchscreens that we see on pretty much every device released on the market these days. Well, if you have a bit of imagination and dare to dream a little, you might come up with something like this.

From the interface brain champions over at the Swedish geek headquarters of The Astonishing Tribe comes a stunning and truly inspiring new technology that I am sure plenty of people will find really appealing. It’s an entirely new way of using your devices with plenty of new features.

Using the legendary nano-technology, we will soon be able to create devices that are way more advanced than our brains can comprehend. The hand gestures are exchanged for some rather awesome pulling and pushing maneuvers. You will literally be able to increase the screen size of your device by dragging the gadget just like modeling clay. At least if we are heading for something in the vicinity of what these badboys have managed to brainstorm. It’s simply amazing! Not to mention state of the art beautiful!

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