Course correcting the Science Fiction genre

June 25, 2012 By 40 Comments

Usually we post our own mad ravings in the rants category. But we think [Paolo Bacigalupi's] take on the meandering focus of the Science Fiction genre worthy of the deviation. He discusses the course correction that happened in the 1980′s and makes a case that it’s time for another nudge in the right direction.

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Hackaday Links: June 3, 2012

June 3, 2012 By 30 Comments

When pigs fly…. close enough.

There are too many jokes to be made about this one. It’s a quadcopter made out of a dead cat. [Bert Jansen], the artist behind this, calls him Orville. He died from natural causes, and what better way to remember a feline friend that liked chasing birds?

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