Plan for cloaking device unveiled

[Baj]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/5016068.stm

[Alexis]

i wonder if sci fi writers will one day be viewed as the Nostradomus's of our time, or just inspiration for scientists.

[Davey Boy 2.0]

i heard the guy that shot up Congress was wearing a cloaking cloak

[thatpatguy]

hey Alexis, you should read Waterspider by Philip K. Dick

[Alexis]

i actually had to look that up to make sure it was real and that you weren't being a philip k dick.

why do you recommend i read it?

[zero]

Yeah I read a similar piece in the Globe about the metamaterials - sounds more theoretical then practical at this point. It's interesting how science fiction leads the technology curve consistently. It's as if actual scientists derive their work from fantastical notions.

[thatpatguy]

i actually had to look that up to make sure it was real and that you weren't being a philip k dick.

why do you recommend i read it?

It's a story about people in the future who view 20th century sci-fi writers as great psychics, and their publications not as fiction but as predictions. Cool story.

[Alexis]

neato