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Just a few days ago I wrote an article on the g-speak, a computer that responds to hand motions. It seemed like a bit of science fiction come alive.

Well, here’s some more. (No that top picture isn’t real…yet). Now that we have laser weapons we’re presumably well on our way to having phasers set to stun, warp drives, and alien bartenders.

Once lasers become prevalent, what will futuristic warriors use in their world conquering adventures? Heinlein’s combat suits aren’t quite there yet and robot armies always seem to be out for revenge. Singularity and the bridge between AI and sentience is going to be an on-going drama for sure, but surely there’s room for humanity (and thus war) for at least a few more centuries. There may, perhaps, be a non-or-semi-sentient-robot-warrior niche to be filled soon. Presumably missiles would still be the most logical form of combat in actual space, but oddly enough you don’t tend to see them as often in space combat novels. And what about terraforming? Last time I saw that was Star Trek…