By now most of us have seen Michael Bay’s sequel to Transformers – and can agree that it’s the legion of cool looking robots that steal the show, right?
There’s a point in Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen when Shia LaBeouf and Megan Fox are hiding out in an adobe hut from a host of Decepticons, [...]
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Pulp Science: Real (Scary) Transformer Tech
Pulp Science: Jedi Mind Tricks Impress Chicks
Every single Star Wars fanboy has stared at an object across the room, concentrated really hard, and tried to use the Force to move it. After seeing Luke and Yoda play mind tricks in Dagobah, who wouldn’t want to Force Push?
Alas, if there was only a Jedi training device to help young Padawans cultivate our [...]
Pulp Science: Five Future Cityscapes
Maybe Robert Anton Wilson’s predictions regarding life longevity pills will come true in time for us to be around for another 100 years. If so, we’ll be seeing a dramatic change in the way our habitat changes in response to population, energy consumption, and climate change.
Here are five of the wildest contenders for future skylines…
Pulp Science: Super Soldier Suits
The trailer for the upcoming G.I. Joe film includes this piece of titilating action flick dialogue:
“Standing in front of you are Delta Six Accelerator Suits.”
“What’s it accelerate?”
“You.”
Cue the DARPA stiffy.
This got me wondering if there’s any super soldier suits being developed now that can increase human strength, speed, and endurance… Because I always wanted to be a frakkin’ G.I. [...]
Pulp Science: The Robot Apocalypse is Optional
Robots.
They’ve long been a sci-fi staple and are well on their way to being much more prominent in our everyday lives. As with other technologies, the way robots are portrayed in film and TV affects our real world view of them. These visions vary from story to story and culture to culture.
Americans generally have [...]
Pulp Science: It’s February 2009 — Where’s Our SDF-1?
My fellow Robotech geeks will know that February 7, 2009 was the date of the official launch ceremonies for the maiden voyage of the SDF-1 on Macross Island in the classic anime series. Which leads me to this question: WHERE THE HELL IS OUR FLYING ROBOTIC SPACE FORTRESS????!!!!!!
Isn’t it weird how far away 2009 seemed [...]
