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5 classic sci-fi gadgets guaranteed to please your geekiest beloved

Tuesday, December 1, 2009 - 5:28am

Let's face it: if there's a sci-fi geek in your life that means a lot to you, then you know how this time of year can be a real headache when it comes to finding unique geeky gifts. Sure, there...

Tauntaun sleeping bags available for preorder

Kevin Hall

Wednesday, November 11, 2009 - 12:18pm

When ThinkGeek's Tauntaun sleeping bag debuted last year as an April Fool's joke, a million voices cried out demanding it be made. The company picked up on this disturbance and, now, you can finally preorder your very own alien kangaroo...

The 10 most badass sci-fi battlesuits ever

Kevin Hall

Tuesday, August 18, 2009 - 4:03am

Seen District 9 yet? If not, don't worry — I won't spoil anything for you — but if you have you know that hulking robotic suit featured in the trailer shows up and stuff gets nuts. So that got us...

Doctors demo Star Trek healing laser that's better than stitches

Kevin Hall

Tuesday, February 10, 2009 - 1:39pm

"It's science fiction made real," a doctor from Tel Aviv University told Reuters, as he demonstrated how a new laser the university has developed is better than stitching up a patient. The laser allows a wound to be welded shut...

5 tech predictions from 1968 that were dead-on (and 5 that were completely nuts)

Kevin Hall

Tuesday, November 18, 2008 - 3:51pm

40 years ago, science fiction writer James R. Berry predicted what the future would look like on November 18th, 2008 — today. His piece for a 1968 issue of Mechanix Illustrated, "40 Years in the Future," made some impressive...

Amazon serves up 13-pound Gears of War Lancer rifle replicas

Kevin Hall

Friday, October 24, 2008 - 1:42pm

The Lancer (modeled above by Epic Games' Gears of War 2 design lead Cliff "Don't Call Me Cliffy B" Bleszinski) is a Cog soldier's most trusted weapon when fighting off swarms of the brutal Locust troopers. Now it can...

Hellboy's 'Big Baby' shotgun: Don't wake this baby up

Kevin Hall

Friday, July 11, 2008 - 9:53am

With a big movie like Hellboy II: The Golden Army hitting theaters today, you're bound to get hit by toys and games and other related merchandise promoting the film — most of it a bunch of crap. Sideshow Collectibles...

CES 2008: Segway inventor and Xena rock DVICE's panel about sci-fi's influence on tech

Monday, January 7, 2008 - 1:39pm

Dean Kamen, Lucy Lawless, Walt Mossberg and Neal Stephenson speak at DVICE's panel, "Science Fiction's Influence on Technology", at CES 2008, moderated by SCI FI Channel Executive Vice President and General Manager Dave Howe. Topics include helicopters, jet packs, Robert Heinlein, and the threat of biotechnology.

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5 classic sci-fi gadgets guaranteed to please your geekiest beloved

Tauntaun sleeping bags available for preorder

The 10 most badass sci-fi battlesuits ever

Doctors demo Star Trek healing laser that's better than stitches

5 tech predictions from 1968 that were dead-on (and 5 that were completely nuts)

Amazon serves up 13-pound Gears of War Lancer rifle replicas

Hellboy's 'Big Baby' shotgun: Don't wake this baby up

CES 2008: Segway inventor and Xena rock DVICE's panel about sci-fi's influence on tech

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