2001 a space odyssey
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One Great Groot, And One Creepy One, In The Best Toys We’ve Seen This Week
Welcome back to Toy Aisle, our roundup of the most interesting toys we’ve seen this week. It’s a Guardians of the Galaxy blowout as we have life-sized Groots, creepy plush Groots and a fancy cassette player. But wait, there’s more — including a very swanky David Bowie figure and a very large Iron Man. Check…
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Watch Adam Savage Geek Out Over An Original HAL 9000 In Peter Jackson’s Amazing Prop Collection
Video: Before he started busting myths, Adam Savage worked in the special effects industry building props and models for films. His love of iconic film artefacts is reflected in some of the recent builds he’s shared online, but it’s also fun to just watch him geek out over Peter Jackson’s amazing film prop collection.
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12 ‘Futuristic’ Worlds Where Everybody Uses Obsolete Technology
Imagining the future is a huge challenge — few people saw smartphones and DNA-based medicine coming. But if you want proof that “futuristic” science fiction is always about the present, just look at the obsolete devices people think will still be around. Here are 12 future visions that include tech we’ve already abandoned.
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The 10 Dumbest Artificial Intelligences Ever Created
The Singularity is coming soon! Artificial intelligences will reinvent everything, and there will be unlimited rice pudding. Except, of course, that when we imagine artificial intelligences in fiction, they’re often not that smart. Case in point? These 10 ridiculously dumb artificial intelligences.