Future Friday

What would superpower would you pick if you could have any ability imaginable? Flight? Super strength? How about invisibility? Well according a report published in the New Journal of Physics, “Researchers at the University of Texas in Austin have developed a thin material called a ‘mantle cloak.’ If an object is wrapped in it, it …

They’ve existed in our collective geek dreams since the dawn of science fiction. Handheld weapons, much like pistols, Tasers or Super Soakers that have the ability to quash our foes in a barrage of highly focused light beams, leaving behind only a singed carcass and smoke. It’s been said that Archimedes used mirrors to concentrate …

People have been dreaming about it since Princess Leia pleaded for Obi-Wan Kenobi’s help, “You’re my only hope.” The hologram is a part of science-fiction history that may be a lot closer to reality than you’d think! Dr. Roel Vertegaal of Queen’s University’s School of Computing in Kingston, Ontario, is on the cutting edge of …