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The isolator helmet: How Hugo Gernsback’s bizarre 1925 invention was designed to block 95% of sound and induce total con...

FRCN @75: My odyssey with Radio Nigeria

An online source said, “Guglielmo Marconi is generally credited with inventing the first practical radio system in the mid-1890s, earning him the Nobel Prize in Physics and the tit...

Pixel Scroll 5/3/26 Han Kissed First

(1) DEAN DRIVER. “Where To Start Reading Robert A. Heinlein, The Dean Of Science Fiction” – a writer for Giant Freakin Robot begins by emphatically steering readers away from RAH’s...

Is Ben Mauro's 'Huxley' graphic novel universe the next big thing in sci-fi? (interview)

'It's exciting to see things come to life and see it grow and expand. It just makes me happy every day.'

Radio gaga: surfing the long wavelengths of the universe

Benjamin Giblin reviews Radio Universe: How to Explore Space Without Leaving Earth by Emma Chapman The post Radio gaga: surfing the long wavelengths of the universe appeared first...

Your Idea Starts Here / Goatman

Issue No. 117

Science Fiction as Prior Art?

Some inventors find their inventive spark through science fiction. Tasers, for example, were inspired by (and named after) the 1911 novel Tom Swift and His Electric Rifle. Likewise...

Absolute Wonder Woman, Power Fantasy and more are HUGO AWARDS Finalists

An Arduino gives this quirky old LED sign a new life as a smart display

Clem Mayer over at element14 Presents got his hands on a big old LED matrix display and when he turned it on, it worked perfectly. It even displayed the last programmed message, li...

The Future Is Fiction

Long before engineers build the future, someone has to imagine it; that work often starts in fiction.

Five Vintage SF Works About Traveling to the Moon

This is how we imagined humanity's first trip to the moon before Apollo 11... The post Five Vintage SF Works About Traveling to the Moon appeared first on Reactor.

What Was the First Book You Bought From Each SF Publisher?

Let's take a trip down the book-lined pathways of Memory Lane... The post What Was the First Book You Bought From Each SF Publisher? appeared first on Reactor.