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Solaris (comics) – Fictional character biography

DC One Million In the 853rd century Solaris is a secondary artificial sun, a sentient machine in the orbit of Uranus that helps to warm the outer parts of the solar system and relay communications and information. His caretaker is the future Starman. Solaris was created in the 20th Century section of the ”DC One [...]

Atlantis (Stargate) – Technology

The city holds many secrets and technology far in advance of that mastered by the human expedition. In regular use are the transporters to move people and objects around the city and the Puddle Jumpers docked in Atlantis. The city has not been fully explored due to its size, and search teams are finding new [...]

Sub-Saharan Africa – Economy

Energy and power 50% of Africa is rural, with no access to electricity. Africa generates 47 MW of electricity, less than 0.6% of global market share. Many countries are besieged by power shortages. Because of rising prices in commodities such as coal and oil, thermal sources of energy are proving to be too expensive for [...]

Arecibo message – Introduction

Arecibo message was broadcast into space a single time (not repeated) via frequency modulated radio waves at a ceremony to mark the remodeling of the Arecibo radio telescope on 16 November 1974. It was aimed at the globular star cluster M13 some 25,000 light years away because M13 was a large and close collection of [...]

Self-replicating machine – History of the concept

The general concept of artificial machines capable of producing copies of themselves dates back at least several hundred years. An early reference is an anecdote regarding the philosopher René Descartes, who suggested to Queen Christina of Sweden that the human body could be regarded as a machine; she responded by pointing to a clock and [...]

Pioneer Venus project – Pioneer Venus Multiprobe

*Launch Date: 8 August 1978 *Launch Vehicle: Atlas-Centaur *Mass: 290& kg (bus), 315& kg (large probe), 90& kg (each small probe) *Power System: Solar Array of 241 W (bus), Batteries (probes) The Pioneer Venus Multiprobe consisted of a bus which carried one large and three small atmospheric probes. None of these atmospheric probes had photographic [...]

Baldur’s Gate II: Throne of Bhaal – Characters

*Melissan: A mysterious woman who meets the main character early in the game and offers help and information. Melissan claims to help the innocent Bhaalspawn who are caught up in the war and solicits the main character’s help throughout the game. Her real motives remain mysterious throughout most of the game. Her true name is [...]

Smart grid – History

Today’s alternating current power grid evolved after 1896, based in part on Nikola Tesla’s design published in 1888 (see War of Currents). Many implementation decisions that are still in use today were made for the first time using the limited emerging technology available 120 years ago. Specific obsolete power grid assumptions and features (like centralized [...]

The Ophiuchi Hotline – Plot summary

Lilo is a rebel geneticist living on Luna. Violating the laws of the Eight Worlds, she has experimented with human DNA, using money she received from her legal work on such creations as the ”Bananameat” tree. As the story opens, she is facing execution. Her cell is quite luxurious, more like a hotel room. Her [...]

Ray Kurzweil – Predictions

”The Age of Intelligent Machines” Kurzweil’s first book, ”The Age of Intelligent Machines”, presented his ideas about the future. It was written from 1986 to 1989 and published in 1990. Building on Ithiel de Sola Pool’s “Technologies of Freedom” (1983), Kurzweil forecast the demise of the Soviet Union due to new technologies such as cellular [...]

Rom (comics) – Powers and abilities

Rom’s armor was composed of the Galadorian metal ‘Plandanium’. It is extremely durable, even going so far as to stand up to Wolverine’s Adamantium claws. It was shown to be damaged from time to time, demonstrating that Plandanium is not indestructible. The armor had self-repair capabilities, though it took several weeks to repair major damage. [...]

Watch – Parts

Movement A movement in watchmaking is the mechanism that measures the passage of time and displays the current time (and possibly other information including date, month and day). Movements may be entirely mechanical, entirely electronic (potentially with no moving parts), or a blend of the two. Most watches intended mainly for timekeeping today have electronic [...]

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