2057: On the Verge of Singularity

Well, not only read, but write a fair amount. I enjoy the merging of science fiction and science fact. For instance, the modern day Smart Phone is a device directly inspired by a fictitious device written about by Gene Roddenberry, called the Tri-corder. There are countless examples of this, especially in Jules Vern's writings. This is happening more and more today with video games and future tech. For example, one of the most interesting weapons available for use in Halo: Reach, and Fallout: New Vegas is the Gauss Weapon. A gun that fires a projectile at 4 times the speed of sound, and uses a frictionless electromagnetic propulsion system. This weapon was once a contemplation of Science Fiction, until recently when the U.S. Government revealed the worlds first Gauss Weapon (which is the size of a 18 wheeler trailer). My next blog post will be the episode of "Future Weapons" in which this weapon was featured (available on netflix and youtube). These sorts of convergences fascinate me... it's the ever present philosophical question of "Life imitating art, or art imitating life?"