iRobot, for example, the robotics research group described how their team motto was a tossup between “making science fiction reality” and “practical science fiction” (they couldn’t yet decide which they liked better). Science fiction references and ideas also make frequent appearances on the military side, coming up in almost any meeting on new military technologies or how to use them. Even Admiral Michael Mullen, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (that is, the man in charge of the entire U…
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