In the field of physics, holography is a photography process giving three-dimensional illusion. When you see an hologram, you have the impression to see a volume in suspension in the air. In science fiction, this term is generalised to all … Lire la suite... |
Dico S.F. – Levitation
For a creature (a human being or not), levitation is the ability to free itself from gravity by its will, without any artificial device. That could mean either stay suspended in the air, or move on more or less long … Lire la suite... |
Dico S.F. – Mutant
Technically, a mutant is an organism whose the gene pool had been modified, artificially or naturally. In science fiction, we can distinguish two types of mutants: The mutant whose genetic alteration have modifies physical appearance, either good (enhanced beauty) or… Lire la suite... |
Dico S.F. – Metamorph
A metamorph is a natural or artificial creature which has the faculty to change form as much as it wants. It can be done because of its muscle’s malleability (the “face-dancers” in Dune) or through the ability to re-organise … Lire la suite... |
Dico S.F. – Neutronium
In the field of physics, the word neutronium designates a degenerated state of matter existing only in neutron stars. With the extreme pressure and temperature conditions that prevail, atoms can’t no longer exist, electrons merging with protons. It only remains … Lire la suite... |
Dico S.F. – New laws of robotics
Introduced by Roger MacBride Allen in his Caliban trilogy, the New Laws of Robotics are derived from the original Isaac Asimov’s Three Laws and adapted to make robots less dependent from humans. There are four of them[1]I wrote … Lire la suite... |
Dico S.F. – Ansible
The word Ansible designate an hyper-luminous (even almost instantaneous) communication device. Originally imagined by Ursula K. Le Guin in 1966 in Rocannon’s World, the concept was largely used by Orson Scott Card in the Ender series[1]Ender’s Game… Lire la suite... |
Dico S.F. – Science Fantasy
Science Fantasy is a subgenus of science fiction and fantasy. The two genres combine to give stories taking place either in a medieval context with science fiction themes, or in a science fiction universe mixing up with fantasy themes. Matching … Lire la suite... |
Dico S.F. – Solar sail
A solar sail (or light sail, or photon sail) is a theoretical (but currently seriously under study) device which allows to propel a spacecraft by the pressure exert on the sail by the photons emitted by the sun, … Lire la suite... |
Dico S.F. – Space elevator
A space elevator is a device constituted par a rope whose one extremity is fixed on Earth et the other to a mass in orbit (for instance an asteroid in geosynchronous orbit). By sling effect, the rope is well-tensed et … Lire la suite... |
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