Showing posts with label Star Trek. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Star Trek. Show all posts

Sunday, November 24, 2013

Time Traveling Robots in Space #71 - Reeves Is A Creeper


On Time Traveling Robots in Space #71, We discuss what Star Trek, Doctor Who and Superman all got wrong.  Lethal autonomous weapons systems and what we should do about them.  What India has to prove.  Plus, our picks and the question of the week.




* Seven of the silliest time-travel concepts ever

* Poor countries want space programs more than the rich ones
http://arstechnica.com/science/2013/11/poor-countries-want-space-programs-more-than-rich-ones-do/

* Our Audible.com pick; An Astronaut's Guide to Life on Earth: What Going to Space Taught Me About Ingenuity, Determination, and Being Prepared for Anything - written and narrated by Chris Hadfield
http://www.audible.com/pd/Bios-Memoirs/An-Astronauts-Guide-to-Life-on-Earth-Audiobook/B00G9QR048/ref=a_search_c4_1_1_srTtl?qid=1384999351&sr=1-1

* Our entertainment pick;

Almost Human

58 Sci-fi Short Films
http://www.reddit.com/r/scifi/comments/1qu1vi/best_scifi_short_films/

Abe
http://vimeo.com/64114843

* And the question of the week...

If every country had autonomous killer robots now, who would use them first?

Friday, September 27, 2013

Time Traveling Robots in Space #65 - What Are Roly-Polies


On Time Traveling Robots in Space #65...Real science to celebrate Doctor Who's 50th.   What are fully autonomous weapons and who wants to ban them?  Hope about the final frontier returning to the small screen.  Plus, our picks and the question of the week.

* Why Roberto Orci says Star Trek WILL return to TV
http://www.blastr.com/2013-9-25/heres-why-roberto-orci-says-star-trek-will-return-tv

* Our Audible.com pick; Herbert's Wormhole by Peter Nelson
http://www.audible.com/pd/Kids/Herberts-Wormhole-Audiobook/B002V0KLV0/ref=sr_1_3?qid=1380155173&sr=1-3#publisher-summary

* Our entertainment pick;

Better Off Ted - season 1, episode 2 "Heroes"
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0025KVKBQ?ie=UTF8&creativeASIN=B0025KVKBQ&linkCode=xm2&tag=galacnetca-20

Revenge of the Time-Traveling Robots from Outer Space
https://vimeo.com/6460213

Plants vs Zombies 2http://www.popcap.com/agegate.php?dst=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.popcap.com%2Fplants-vs-zombies-2

* And the question of the week...

If you could build a killer robot, in what form would you want it to take? Human, dog, dinosaur, etc and why?

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Saturday, September 22, 2012

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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http://ia600801.us.archive.org/10/items/TimeTravelingRobotsInSpace45-RantingAboutRobocop/Episode45-RantingAboutRobocop.mp3


Wednesday, August 1, 2012

Time Traveling Robots in Space #41 - Stuff of Nightmares

Ruining time travel with romance, a Japanese super-robot, Skylons in space and we get our Trek buzz on.


* A time traveling cooking showing premiering on ABC this fall..
http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2012/07/20/abc-announces-time-machine-chefs/142201/

* Doug Liman bringing a time travel romantic comedy to the big screen.
http://www.firstshowing.net/2012/doug-liman-to-direct-time-travel-romantic-comedy-time-and-again/

* The Japanese super robot that shoots BB bullets via a Gatling Gun.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2180628/Dial-carefully-Meet-Kuratas-million-dollar-robot-weighs-tons-shoots-smile-controlled-iPhone.html#ixzz22JYCFpND

* A baby robot that will haunt your dreams.
http://www.mobilemag.com/2012/07/30/beyond-creepy-meet-baby-robot-affetto/

* Two Trek stars narrating a video about the Mars Curiosity rover landing.
http://www.marketwatch.com/story/william-shatner-and-wil-wheaton-narrate-new-nasa-mars-curiosity-rover-video-2012-07-30

*  A space plane who's name is reminiscent of Battlestar Galactica.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/48399749/ns/technology_and_science-space/#.UBcAErTY-wI

 * This week's Audible.com pick Blake's 7: The Radio Adventures

 * And, our personal picks; the TV show Robot Chicken, The X-Files season 3 episode War of the Coprophages and the Syfy movie The Philadelphia Experiment.

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http://ia601202.us.archive.org/19/items/TimeTravelingRobotsInSpace41-StuffOfNightmares/Episode41-StuffOfNightmares.mp3


Friday, June 8, 2012

Time Traveling Robots in Space #34 - End Of Life Detected


Hawke is in for Predestination, an end of life robot that creeps us out and we get personal with Venus and E3.


* X-Men: First Class sequel going time traveling.
http://daily.bhaskar.com/article/ENT-time-travel-in-x-men-first-class-sequel-3381339.html

* Ethan Hawke cast for time-travel thriller Predestination.
http://www.getthebigpicture.net/blog/2012/5/24/sony-grabs-ethan-hawke-time-travel-thriller-predestination.html

* Universal making movie based on line of Lego toys.
http://movies.broadwayworld.com/article/Lego-Hero-Factory-Robot-Movie-in-Development-at-Universal-20120524

* A robot that will guide you through death's door.
http://www.theverge.com/2012/6/7/3069974/last-moment-robot-dan-chen-video

* Release date announced for book about history of the Federation.
http://blastr.com/2012/06/watch-the-nostalgic-trail.php

* Space spiders!!!!!!
http://www.cnn.com/2012/06/07/tech/innovation/space-spider-egypt-student/?hpt=hp_t3

Plus, our picks… The film Robotropolis and the video game Borderlands  

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http://ia601201.us.archive.org/32/items/TimeTravelingRobotsInSpace34-EndOfLifeDetected/Episode34-EndOfLifeDetected.mp3

Friday, May 18, 2012

Time Traveling Robots In Space #33 - Orb Portal Thingy


The 10 greatest time travel films, Russian mind-transfer androids, and a real life Enterprise.



* iO9's picks for top time travel movies.
http://io9.com/5909939/10-best-time-travel-movies-of-all-timelines

* A new video game that teaches about time.
http://www.giantbomb.com/the-folks-behind-quantum-conundrum-would-like-to-teach-you-about-time/17-5985/

* Paralyzed people picking up objects with their minds.
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/17/science/bodies-inert-they-moved-a-robot-with-their-minds.html

* Russians building a mind-transfer android.
http://youtu.be/_5zDI25E4v8
http://www.engadget.com/2012/05/16/russian-android-robot-mind-transfer/

* An engineer's plan for a real life Starship Enterprise.
http://www.universetoday.com/95099/engineer-thinks-we-could-build-a-real-starship-enterprise-in-20-years/
http://www.buildtheenterprise.org/

* A film about attacking Nazi's from the dark side of the moon.
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/arts/space-for-a-kooky-sci-fi-nazi-comedy/story-e6frg8n6-1226356641337
http://www.ironsky.net/
http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/iron_sky/

* This weekend's Space-X rocket launch.

http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2012/05/spacex-and-eclipse/
Plus, our recommendations…  The BBC docudrama Space Race and The Avengers. 

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