Build An Easy Replica Of HAL 9000

Adafruit’s PropMaker Feather is a microcontroller board designed specifically for building props with electronic features. Thus, what better way to show it off than by building a nifty replic…

Daisy Consciousness - The Philosophical Salon

The daisy opens its petals at dawn to greet the sun. There is an unspoken bond connecting flower and star. Opening its petals at sunrise and closing them at sunset, ... Read More

Googles KI äußert Gefühle - wird Science Fiction zur Realität? | DW | 16.06.2022

Ein Google-Ingenieur behauptet, die von ihm mitentwickelte KI habe Gefühle. Blödsinn, sagen Experten. Aber der Gedanke fasziniert. Roboter, die zu Menschen werden, sind in Filmen von jeher ein beliebtes Thema.

HAL 9000 Becomes A Helpful Voice Assistant

There have been many robots and AIs in science fiction over the years, from Astro Boy to Cortana, or even Virgil for fans of the long-forgotten Crash Zone. However, all these pale into insignifican…

2022 Sci-Fi Contest: Your Home Assistant, HAL 9000

Anyone who has seen 2001: A Space Odyssey will easily remember HAL 9000, the sentient computer that turned against its human companions aboard Spacecraft Discovery One. [Ben Brooks] decided to recr…

No LEDs Required For This Servo-Controlled Larson Scanner

All things considered, it’s pretty easy to get one LED is a strip to light up sequentially, and have it bounce back and forth. Turning that simple animation into a real Larson scanner, with s…