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Science Faction

Posted by michael on from the arthur-c-clarke dept.

tqft sent in this article about science fiction devices and concepts making it to the real world.

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  1. Shortest Slashdot article ever? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Quite possibly.

  2. The Collector: by efishta · · Score: 5, Funny

    Stop right there. I have here the only working phaser ever built. It was fired only once, to keep William Shatner from making another album.

  3. I have one of these... by jamonterrell · · Score: 5, Funny

    "Imagine a gun that uses fingerprint scanning to prevent you firing a shot,"

    And in breaking news scientists have now developed an amazing device to prevent the firing of a gun via a small lever located on the side of the gun. Prior to firing the gun will automatically scan the lever on it's side to determine if the gun should fire. They've dubbed this lever "safety."

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    I can count to 1023 on my hands. Ask me about #132.