Out There: April 2004 Archives

Toyota are planning a sci-fi tech fest for Expo-goers . The exhibit includes plans to depict a world free of traffic accidents using the single-seater, capsule-shaped "i-unit" vehicle, which will have built-in sensors to automatically dodge other vehicles. Ahh the dream of driver free cruising ala Gold Coast.

RevolutionSF reviews the Star Wars Party Book. It includes SW-themed foods, games and decorations. [Via SFSignal]

Hmmm, so I could get this for the kids then....

Brian Aldiss goes Weird. BBC Radio 4 to broadcast new science fiction show 'Weird Science'. [Via SFCrowsNest]

Sounds very cool. Here's an interview from Front Row to whet you're appetite.

The Oxford English dictionary commenced a project back in 2001 to solicit reader citations of the earliest uses of science words. ... An interesting graph on the site shows date of word origin by decade. [Via Slashdot]

So according to the graph it's all been downhil since the 40's.

There's a replica of the Delorean Time Machine in Back To The Future up for auction on eBay [Via Slashdot]. Not sure if the Flux Capacitor is in working order.

Wired News: Paying Homage to Science Fiction
... Paying Homage to Science Fiction. ... Analog Science Fiction and Fact editor Stanley Schmidt is on the board of advisers for the Science Fiction Museum. ... [Google Alert results for: science fiction]

Lots about the new museum in the blogosphere, Wired have done one of the best pieces about it.