Time Traveling Robots in Space #45 - Ranting About RoboCop

Warp drive; coming closer to reality, the new RoboCop suit revealed and Kepler finds Gallifrey.


* There's new hope for actually achieving warp speed.
http://www.space.com/17628-warp-drive-possible-interstellar-spaceflight.html

* The new RoboCop suit is revealed and Paul does not like it one bit!
http://sciencefiction.com/2012/09/16/new-robocop-suit-revealed

* NASA's finds it's first solar system with two worlds orbiting two suns.
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/08/29/kepler_47_two_sun_system/

* A robot that displays body language that's supposed to make people suspicious.
http://www.slate.com/blogs/future_tense/2012/09/14/nexi_alphadog_robots_sniff_martian_air_for_methane_and_carry_marines_equipment_.html

* This week's Audible.com pick  Robert Heinlein's Space Cadet

 * And, our personal picks; the video game Borderlands 2, the film Robot and Frank and the Star Trek: The Next Generation/Doctor Who comic series Assimilation 2

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Time Traveling Robots in Space #44 - There Is No Such Thing As Pop

Continuum gets to continue, 12 friendly robots and why fiction is better than truth when it comes to space travel.


* A second season for Continuum and Syfy gets the U.S. contract.
http://www.deadline.com/2012/08/syfy-to-acquire-canadian-sci-fi-drama-continuum/
http://io9.com/5937971/continuum-renewed-for-second-season-now-when-will-the-us-get-it

* The Movie Fone website posts a list of famously friendly robots.
http://news.moviefone.com/2012/08/17/most-friendly-movie-robots_n_1797503.html

* The laws of science that are broken to make good space tales.
http://io9.com/5936924/10-myths-about-space-travel-that-make-science-fiction-better

* A 4 armed mohawked robot plays the Ramones "Blitzkrieg Bop."
http://youtu.be/X1jsU1lBZMc

* This week's Audible.com pick  Jack Finney's From Time To Time

 * And, our personal picks; the trailer for the movie Robot and Frank, Robbie,a short film by Neil Harvey  and The Nerdist tribute to Time Travel from BBC America.

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