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Engineering From Science Fiction

An anonymous reader writes "NASA's long planning horizon today details a history of science facts and their sci-fi roots. The study is based on a collaborative European Space Agency project, 'Innovative Technologies from Science Fiction for Space Applications.' More than 200 technical dossiers are described--from holodecks to terraforming comets--but one of the fundamental questions posed is: what is the best communication device to scale-up expert opinion itself? Other than some future, expert version of the internet itself, is that a a collaborative Matrix? Other such interesting collections are from: MIT Media Lab's ThinkCycle, Da Vinci Institute, and the unpretentious HalfBakery of ideas."

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  1. First post by Penguin2212 · · Score: -1, Offtopic

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  3. FP by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

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  4. Gay robots by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

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  6. Re:I'll poo to that by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

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  7. I thought WiFi was the Next Big Thing... by jkrise · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I mean, since even the UN seems to be asking everyone to leap-frog into this stuff, and we have surveillance enabled - it's a killer combn. right?

    Seriously though, I believe there's a huge gap between REALITY and SCIENTIFIC ADVANCEMENT. Which advancement can guaranty zero casualties during war? None.... let's get some dose of reality now.

    --
    If you keep throwing chairs, one day you'll break windows....
  8. I have many cool ideas. by Shapeless+Blob+(-1) · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    My friend Bob too. We used to sit in our house on the tree outside the kitchen, when mama thought we were sleeping, and think of many science fiction ideas. Please contact us. We thought of this possibility: that one day we would cooperate with NASA. We would have our own lab and we would be the first to reach an alien planet and contact the first alien organisms. Then we would rescue earth from the threat and we would be the first space pioneers of the universe. I still have my plans. They are in my desk. I dont know about bob tho. I think he died in Iraq. He stepped on a mine and his body was dismembered into 10000 pieces which were scattered in the desert.

  9. Taco pins by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    i guess his SO should read this: http://www.halfbakery.com/idea/Taco_20Pins#1058359 279 ;)

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  11. Re:I'll poo to that by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

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  12. Complain about trolls and then reply to them.. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Hypocrite. The idea of making 'Troll' a negative moderation is because people were pissed at having to scroll down through pages of arguments in reply to a post designed specifically to incite long arguments. If a troll is a spammer, then you sir, are worse, you are like someone who replies to spam and actually buys something. I do not however consider posts designed to be inciteful to be bad. I enjoy the long arguments. I have troll set up as a +1 moderation in my preferences. I can reply to trolls without being a hypocrite. You, merely show to the world that you've been duped into posting by a troll.