What is the difference between “Science Fiction in the News” stories and “Beyond Technovelgy” stories?
The Science Fiction in the News stories show how the unusual predictions of sf writers are coming true in today’s world. For example, in his 1999 novel Starfish, sf writer Peter Watts wrote about “cultured brains on a slab” that could fly a plane. In a widely reported 2004 story, a University of Florida scientist actually found that rat neurons cultured in a glass dish could organize themselves and succeed at using Flight Simulator (story here). The degree of correspondence may vary; in the rat neuron story, for instance, no one piloted an actual plane with cultured brain cells. However, you can’t deny that there is an amazing degree of correspondence between Peter Watts’ vision in his novel, and the actual story. The Beyond Technovelgy stories are selected science and technology stories that really challenge our view of the world – and were not imagined by any writer. As you can imagine, I look through a lot of science and technology websites; I found lots of articles that amazed me,
