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

http://www.livescience.com/40727-time-travel-concepts-in-science-fiction.html

*  Will the U.N. Ban “Killer Robots”?
http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_world_/2013/11/20/will_the_u_n_ban_killer_robots.html

* 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

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00F56XZ24?ie=UTF8&creativeASIN=B00F56XZ24&linkCode=xm2&tag=galacnetca-20

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?

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Time Traveling Robots in Space #67 - Beer and Comic Books

On Time Traveling Robots in Space #67...What was found after 46 years.  Would you rather have a human looking robot or one that looks like a machine?  Neil deGrasse Tyson's Gravity gripes.  Plus, our picks and the question of the week.

* Lost Doctor Who Episodes Have Been Recovered, Now Available on iTunes

http://www.bbcamerica.com/anglophenia/2013/10/lost-doctor-who-episodes-from-the-60s-now-available-on-itunes/

* People Are Just As Superficial About Robots’ Looks As They Are About Humans’
http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/smartnews/2013/10/people-are-just-as-superficial-about-robots-looks-as-they-are-about-humans/

* What Gravity Got Wrong

http://www.darkhorizons.com/news/29012/neil-degrasse-tyson-gravity-facts-are-wrong

* Our Audible.com pick; Gravity by Tess Gerritsen
http://www.audible.com/pd/Mysteries-Thrillers/Gravity-Audiobook/B007JX0ZTC/ref=sr_1_1?qid=1381365334&sr=1-1

* Our entertainment pick;

Ex Machina - Term Limitshttp://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B008LC8NY4?ie=UTF8&creativeASIN=B008LC8NY4&linkCode=xm2&tag=galacnetca-20

Keloid (3 minute trailer for unmade film)

http://theverge.com/2013/10/4/4803870/visual-effects-studio-stuns-with-three-minute-clip-of-sci-fi-mech-film

Star Citizen

https://robertsspaceindustries.com/about-the-game‎

* And the question of the week...

If you could have your very own spaceship, what would it look like and what would you name it?

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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.

*  Time travel IS possible, but only if you want to go to the future and not come back
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2420239/Professor-Brian-Cox-time-travel-IS-possible--want-to-future.html

*  Campaign To Stop “Killer Robots”
http://www.shreveporttimes.com/article/20130910/NEWS01/309100009/Nobel-laureate-brings-crusade-against-killer-robots-Shreveport

* 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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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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