Category Archives: Speculation

Contests and Games, Solar Sci-Fi, Speculation

Project TOOL – A cinematic role playing game in development

Project TOOL is a new role playing game in development by the group Tool Games.

Our goal is to provide a a cinematic and immersive experience that doesn’t compromise on gameplay. Project Tool is inspired by many works of science fiction, and aims to push the genre forward in a faithful but new way. We actively consult with scientists, astronauts, NASA and even some world recognized museums to make a universe that is futuristic, but plausible. When you look at classic Star Trek, you see how much modern technology is inspired by it, with cell phones and more recently, Google Glass being great examples. So in that sense, we want to show people what technology might look like in the future via our game. Ultimately, we want Project Tool to be smart sci-fi, that has awesome gameplay and a fully engrossing storyline.

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Check out the trailer for the game:

And this video focuses on the graphics used in the game:

They are crowd-sourcing the funding for the game with the goal of releasing it at the end of December, 2015.

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Science and Technology, Speculation

John G. Cramer on Space Drives

Professor John G Cramer, a theoretical physicist at the Univ. of Washington, has had a column for many years in the magazine Analog Science Fiction & Fact in which he writes about topics at the leading edge of science and beyond. His latest column is about two concepts for propellantless propulsion systems and some intriguing experimental results: Is It Space Drive Time – Alternate View/Analog.

Here are some resources :

Here is a video of the talk – Exotic Paths to the Stars – by John G. Cramer at the Starship Century Symposium in June 2013 (see post here):

Gary Hudson, of the Space Studies Institute, gave a talk at NASA’s Innovative Advanced Concepts (NIAC) Symposium (see post here) in which he discussed (starting at aound 1:17:30 into the video) of SSI’s support for Woodward’s research.

Robert Winglee,  David Wettergreen, & Gary Hudson
Watch live streaming video from niac2014 at livestream.com
Science and Technology, Space Systems, Speculation

Videos from Icarus Interstellar Starship Congress

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The  Icarus Interstellar  Starship Congress event in Dallas is over but you can watch the many interesting talks via Youtube. The videos span many talks over many hours but you can use the Schedule to find the general location of a particular talk and then skip ahead to that spot on the time bar.

[ Update: Harold “Sonny” White works on advanced propulsion at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas and he has gotten a lot of attention on his research into warp drive concepts: Meet the NASA scientist devising a starship warp drive – New Scientist.

He was a keynote speaker on Day 3 of the  Starship Congress:  Dr Harold “Sonny” White: “Warp Field Physics: An Update” – Icarus Interstellar. His presentation can be seen on the Day 3 video.]

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Day 4:

Update Aug.30.13: The program schedule now has links directly from each talk to the position on the video where it starts: Schedule | Icarus Interstellar