Announcing Hypothetical Futures: A Science Patrol Wiki

The history we record here in the Science Patrol blog is newly written. Our motto is: if the universe asks a hypothetical question, we expect that it will be answered. We have dedicated our consciousness to the discovery and exploration of unknown possibilities, which we refer to as eventualities. Pretty much anything that ever happened started as an eventuality, as did every story ever told. Shockingly, for each explored world you can name, there are infinitely more eventualities that have never been discovered.

Our use of the Science Patrol moniker is somewhat vague, as something over 5 billion Science Patrol squads have existed since the original team led by Shin Hayata. These squads operated under such various names as the Ultra Garrison of the Terrestrial Defense Force, the Monster Attack Team, the Terrible Monster Attacking Crew, the ZAT (Zariba of All Territory), MAC, UGM, UMA, WINR, GUTS, EYES, the Terrestrial Peacable Consortium, and too many others to name. At any rate, the official name of our squad is the Eventuality Survey Team, and our mission, as stated above, is to scan all eventualities for novel or unusual phenomena and examine them in their native context, and where desirable, transport them to our labs for further (non-invasive) study. As Acting Conceptual Director, it is my pleasure to announce that beginning now, all our observations will be recorded in our new Wiki, Hypothetical Futures, at http://eventuality.wikidot.com. This will be the repository of all official EST documents, as well as our findings on the limitless fractal dimensions, pocket universes, timestreams, uncollapsed waveforms, anti-strange quarks, and other phenomena of the multiverse that we have quarantined for extensive study. This blog will continue to broadcast new discoveries and creations as they unfold. Solong, out.

The Future of Time

In the not too distant future, the day will come when the line between the human organism and his technology will be forever blurred, as we will interface with devices conveniently implanted on our own bodies. One small step in that direction can be seen here.The Timex TX54 is a product of Timex2154:The Future of Time; a competition held by Core77 and Timex, to continue in a tradition of 150 years of design innovation. Today, a fingernail-tomorrow, your MYND.


via TheDesignBlog

Sillof Strikes Back (action figures sold seperatley)

In the recent past, I have reported to you about crazed inventor Sillof, and how he has the coolest toys. Well now hes back, and he is doing the sequel to his original Starwars line; with his usual steampunk aplomb.
The Empire Strikes Back line of steampunk toys includes Snowtrooper, TIE Pilot, Lando, and the whole line of Bounty Hunters (we dont need their scum!). Lock S-foils into attack position and rendevous at Sillof's Workshop to see the entire set. You're our only hope.

The Body Selectric

The work of Brian Dettmer in the area of book autopsies has been featured before in these halls of science, and in similar spirit his work is being featured here again today. Although Brian is not a scientist, his work encourages a similar exploration into our collective past and the ways it can be reconfigured. His piece "The Cassette Tape Skeleton" is a powerful relic from our imagined past.

Touch the Monolith

Via Charles Stross: last month, a new group called the Order of Cosmic Engineers released a prospectus in which they lay out their plan to remake our universe in Singular terms, that is, optimistically, and with a mind to create a "magical universe." Reading as I am the first book in Iain Banks's Culture series, I can't help but feel this is how it all started. I consider their aims mostly in line with my own hopes for the human species, and I do think that such groups will be necessary to complete such lofty goals, but I am reluctant to see it birthed here in such an obviously self-righteous fashion. Their own claims to be an "UNreligion" notwithstanding, I cannot see how they will avoid the worst problems of other religious groups: insularity, echo chambers, excessive optimism, and pot-luck dinners. Still, I'm sure there are some very interesting people involved, and I'd love to pick their brains.

Also on my mind lately, the Nation of Gods and Earths, another group bent on the Universal Uplift of Man, some of whose ideals I agree with, but which I will not join.

Amazing Visions: Larry Carlson

Do Not adjust your monitors. They are working exactly as digital artist and savant Larry Carlson intended. We at Science Patrol hope that in the future, all video broadcasts will be based on his work as a model. Spanning many forms of digital media, including flash animation, video, digital stills, collage, and live video mixing; Carlson has been categorized alongside the great surrealists Dali and Magritte-only Carlson has a computer. The video below (God Man and Beast-2008) is merely meant to tantalize you-if you would like to see more, Duct Tape your face to your desk and set fazers to larrycarlson.com.