What? Everybody knows Jules Verne totally called the Cellular Revolution back in 1874—wrote a book about it called 'The Camera-Phone" and everything. There's even a write up about it here, in The Onion.
Jules Verne Book Comes With QR Codes For 21st Century Footnotes
A special-edition of Jules Verne's Around The World In 80 Days has been published with QR codes included at various points of the book. Pointing an iPhone (loaded with Ubimark's app), the codes take you to relevant sites for context.
Our Very Own Martian Landscape Here On Earth
This is the Mars Desert Research Station in the Utah desert. Photographer Vincent Fournier went there to make beautiful photographs that capture the loneliness and desolation of humans on Mars. Someday!
First Picture of Jules Verne Spacecraft Re-Entry Destruction
Robotic Wheelchair Uses Lasers to Dock Like a Spaceship
A robotic wheelchair that loads itself into its owner's car using the same principles as a spaceship does when docking, has been developed by a team from Pennsylvania. An on-board computer uses LIDAR, or light detecting and ranging, to position the chair when it is loaded into a vehicle—exactly the same technique…
Space Truck Executes "Text-Book" Automated Docking at International…
At 10.45 EST this morning, the Jules Verne
