cyberpunk

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/lawrence-paull-dead-oscar-nominated-production-designer-blade-runner-was-81-1254951 https://variety.com/2019/film/news/lawrence-paull-dead-dies-blade-runner-1203405487/ https://gizmodo.com/lawrence-g-paull-oscar-nominated-visionary-behind-bla-1839880954...

This is an idea that seems to be coming back into fashion. I have a bit of a suspicion that with the concept below, someone may have looked up the old hard engineering data from the production of Waterworld as part of their background research...

I’ve seen things you people wouldn't believe. Attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion. I watched C-beams glitter in the dark near the Tannhäuser Gate. All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in rain. Time to die.

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/16/technology/neuralink-elon-musk.html

Given the distinct trend that real world events have taken lately, I thought it was long since time for a dedicated cyberpunk thread. For both real world examples as well as the fictional (e.g. universes such as The Sprawl [Neuromancer], Shadowrun, Cyberpunk 2020, etc.). I'll start off things...

A trio of films mixing footage from the Golden Era of car chase films (late 60s - 70s), some later stuff and music. Of the three I like the last one which uses the Black Crowe's Go Faster as the backing track...

http://edition.cnn.com/2015/11/30/world/meast/saudi-arabia-worlds-tallest-building-jeddah-tower/index.html The question is, will there still be a Saudi Arabia by 2020?

The original headline is rather over egging things. http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2015/jun/23/hoverbike-us-military-star-wars

"Second 4-Star General Talks About Replacing Soldiers With Robots" Source: http://blogs.defensenews.com/intercepts/2014/01/second-4-star-general-talks-about-replacing-soldiers-with-robots/

http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/trending-now/japanese-scientists-levitate-objects-with-sound-194752414.html http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TkyLnWm1iCs

...A wig. http://www.theverge.com/2013/11/21/5129554/bizarre-sony-smartwig-patent-turns-wigs-into-wearable-computing-device

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LuMIrHlAf2Q#t=23s

I found a very interesting white paper prepared for the United States Army at the RAND Corporation web site discussing a United States Stability Police Force (SPF): A Stability Police Force for the United States: Justification and Options for Creating U.S. Capabilities by Terrence K. Kelly...

i'm writing an article for a post-apocalyptic roleplaying game setting, and one thing i haven't been able to easily find out is whether aircraft larger than a 737 could operate off of unpaved airstrips. i know that various militaries have operated things like C-17's off unpaved airstrips, but...

Video at this link - http://www.hizook.com/blog/2009/08/03/high-speed-robot-hand-demonstrates-dexterity-and-skillful-manipulation Think of the military applications for robotic technologies able to be this dexterous and this fast. Humans can think awfully fast but are limited by our physical...

you know it from TV in Star Trek, the Klingons and Romulan use Cloaking device or in Anime Full Metall Panic, have Invisible Helicopter. only Sci Fi ? NO ! in 2006 David Schurig and his colleagues at Duke University in Durham, imagined the first and most primitive Cloaking device . It...

Hi, The new ultra-light aircraft has very strange shapes,The Aeronix Airelle is twin engined in push-pull configuration powered by two 40 hp Hirth F23ES engines, and has a maximum speed 290 km/h,also The Aerotec DEKO-15 is a project of twin boom high wing two seat monoplane powered by two 80 hp...

This was a design from the movie "The 6th Day," designed by Rob Cobb. Normally, wouldn't quite fit in here, being sci-fi and all... but according to an interview with Cobb, the US Army expressed interest in the design. So, you never know... This is the master model, nearing completion. Molds...