There used to be a time when science fiction writing was safe. The Earth didn’t have any really cool technology. Times are changing. As writers, we need to think up new and exciting things. Our imaginations need to be bigger and better!
I recently read the attached article from Popular Science. Click on over if you want details, but in a nutshell, MIT has created a synthetic/organic muscle that will respond to light. They think they can create robots with this that will move fluidly.
Good thing? Bad thing? I’m all for progress. But there’s a “but” in here somewhere. What that “but” is will be up to the individual reader.
What I love when an article like this comes out, is the banter in the comments. Some people make good points, some are just crazy. Either way, it’s good entertainment.
If you like to write Sci-fi with robots, take a click on over and read the article. There is definitely a great novel brewing in there. – Just watch yourself, because there is fiction written about stuff like this that is forty years old or more.
I’ll pass on this, thanks… I like organic aliens, thank you very much.
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Jennifer M Eaton 