Computer Games; Sci Fiction Military and Space Discussion by Lance Winslow
If you are a designer and programmer of computer games and you are considering the genre of a science-fiction military video game or computer game, which is put into a setting of planetary war with the use of space applications then you'll need to think a little ahead to the year 2100. ... You see if you want to make your computer science-fiction military space games realistic in every way and you want to thrill gamers then you need to be up on the current technology and study all the possible futures which will be here within a few decades or at least on the drawing board for the future.

Computer Game Programmer Insights by Lance Winslow
If you are computer gaming programmer then you are always looking for new ideas to help modify the game, increase action, interface and make the game more real-life. Often as we see the developers of computer games and genres they choose it seems as if they take quite a bit of potential future... It is essential for the integrity of the computer gaming industry to stay closer to science fiction and future technologies than slip too far into science-fiction fantasy if you want to hit the mainstream and sell more computer games.

A Hurricane of Personal Technologies in the Near Future by Lance Winslow
Personal technologies are very interesting and if you read the personal Tech Newsletters and magazines they are quite popular with the techie crowd and more and more the mainstream reader. There always seems to be something new and something to write about in personal Tech. ... Soon we will see the robotic android artificial intelligent robots that we were promised by science-fiction writers of the past. ... Many other nations besides the United States of America have also jumped on the bandwagon and are now producing very innovative and creative new technologies.

Google on Your Mind and Now on Your Cell Phone Too by Lance Winslow
Do you have Google on your mind? Many people do and Google has become the table of contents or index to many people's add-on memory; that is to say the launching point for thought is connected to the Internet. What is interesting is that you take your mind with you wherever you go, as your body... This may sound rather science fiction like, but really it is not and that is the way things are going. ... One of which will be surfed the Internet. ... Now your add-on memory is in the palm of your hand and I suppose it will only be less than a decade or two before all this will be able to plug...

Artificial Intelligence by Daniel Punch
Science fiction has built up the idea of artificial intelligence for years. Giving machines intelligence often spells the end of mankind as they then rise up against their creators and violently free themselves from oppression. There are cautionary tales such as in the film "Spider Man 2" in... The only AI Science Fiction that's ever actually interested me was 'Blade Runner' and its novel, 'Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?' written by Philip K. ... There are various areas of research being carried out into creating the humanoid machines of science fiction, but as yet most are still...

Cyber World by Coenraad De Beer
Computers are part of our everyday life, but is this a good thing? Is there maybe some threat computers poses that we are not aware of? Well you are never sure in the Cyber World. We are surrounded by a world of computers and many of us can't imagine our world without computers. ... A world ruled by computers is only science fiction to us, today, but that will certainly change in the future. ... Today computers can understand speech and speak back to an user, but the technology is still far from perfect.

Talking Computers by Kadence Buchanan
Just a few decades ago, the possibility of creating talking computers was considered strictly in the realm of science fiction. But today, talking desktop computers are so commonplace that they hardly elicit any response from modern and sophisticated consumers. ... The other part, the back-end, takes the symbolic linguistic representation and converts it into actual sound output. ... Meanwhile, the back end, which is often called the synthesizer, takes these transcriptions and turns them into actual sound output.

Computer Gaming Online Role-Playing by Scott Soloff
Computer gaming online role-playing is quite a fun spin on the old favorite of role-playing games that have been sold in comic shops for years. In a way, this is consistent with the expanding world of were our leisure activities are going as computers become more and more ingrained in our... Role-playing games started in the 1970's with Dungeons and Dragons and quickly grew to include virtually any type of game or scenario one could imagine including games that revolved around action-adventure, science fiction, espionage, horror, sports and a ton of other genres.

Robotic Arms and Robotics by Gordon Petten
The word robot comes from the Czech word "robota", meaning "forced labor." The stuff of science fiction robotics in the 21st century is different than your parents or your grandparents’ ideas of robotics. What used to be thought of as futuristic improbability is now becoming a reality. ... In practical usage, a robot is a mechanical device which performs automated tasks. ... According to The Robot Institute of America a robot is a “reprogrammable, multifunctional manipulator designed to move materials, parts, tools, or specialized devices through various programmed motions for the...

What Is A Flash Intro And Why Do I Need One by Maxine Winters
If you haven’t done so already, it’s time for you to “Flash-Forward” into the new millennium and add a flash intro to your website! But before we get too far ahead of ourselves, let’s go back to basics and start at the very beginning of the average website. ... Back in the 1950’s science fiction/horror movies took the world by storm, complete with their ridiculous over-acting and cheesy special effects. ... One of the main purposes of having your own website is to attract new customers to your company or business that might not know of you any other way.