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Russian Billionaire Dmitry Itskov Plans on Becoming Immortal by 2045
Dubbed the 2045 Initiative, Itskov is selling his idea as the "next step" in human evolution, or "neo-humanity," as he refers to it.
Physicists Predict the Future: Fusion Power, Androids, and Lunar Colonies Incoming
Forget about jetpacks. And we're never going to see time travel, teleportation, spaceships with warp drives, or the inside of a worm hole. But cheer up, futurists—lifelike androids, nuclear fusion power, and lunar colonies are still in the cards...
The Second (Android) Coming of Philip K. Dick
There's a great science fiction story, "The Electric Ant"; in it, an injured man is taken to the hospital, where operating surgeons discover that, unbeknownst to him, he's an android. After hearing the news, the man realizes his reality is dictated by...
RoboSlop: The Future of Automated Eateries Is Now
New Zealand nerds postulating about the future of the sex robot industry. Robot prison guards beginning real-world trials in South Korea. A RoboCop remake currently in pre-production. The robo-apocalypse is coming, and I feel... hungry?
Artificial Memories: Scientists Are Making Blade Runner Real
If you’re reading Motherboard, I’m guessing you’ve seen _Blade Runner_. If not, go take care of that before you get laughed out of a room by a clique of condemnatory geeks. Anyway, _Blade Runner_ and the Phillip K. Dick novel that it’s "based on...