science fiction
The bridge between imagination and technological advancement, where the dreamer’s vision predicts change, and foreshadows a futuristic reality. Science fiction has the ability to become “science reality”.
Eufy to Eufena. Runner-Up in Already Here Challenge. Top Story - September 2026.
A few years back, my daughter gifted me a robot vacuum. No. Not a Roomba, so delete that thought. She is the brand Eufy, and that is her name. I love Eufy. She is a delight to me, and I saw no need to change her birth name!
By Andrea Corwin 2 months ago in Futurism
“Hey, are you already there?”. Runner-Up in Already Here Challenge.
Once upon a time, millennials lived in an era where we agreed to a plan once . You’d throw an arm up into the gritty Manhattan air, hop into the back of a yellow cab, and say four words to the driver: take me to Bungalow 8. And somehow, something unimaginable would happen. You’d both arrive at 515 West 27th street at around eleven.
By tatiana vitas2 months ago in Futurism
The Scheduled Sky
Every morning in millions of kitchens worldwide, a quiet act of sorcery occurs. We fill a kettle, look toward a small plastic cylinder, and speak to it and the air around us: “Alexa, will it rain today?” Within a second, a synthetic, disembodied voice processes millions of data points from global satellites and what I assume are supercomputers to offer an hourly percentage of precipitation. We barely register this as technology. We just accept this ambient infrastructure.
By Alyson Smith 2 months ago in Futurism
Framing Connection. Runner-Up in Already Here Challenge. Top Story - August 2026.
A shutter man stopped dead, his eyes catching on us on uneven squared stones. Our fingers were clasped, wedged together, then loosened when he approached. A branch brushed the top of his hair; we looked away, shy, unsure, then turned back like a hinge oiled and swung. He was slightly hunched, shifting his posture as the leaves dipped toward him. A tremor crossed his face; the evening light had thinned. His eyes moved from ours to our hands, annoyed by the change he thought he had caused.
By Caitlin Charlton2 months ago in Futurism
The Unassuming Companion on My Finger
I bought the ring during a phase when I convinced myself optimizing my sleep would fix everything wrong in my life. It came in a small white box that felt more like packaging for a piece of jewelry than a medical device, and honestly, that was part of the appeal. I slid it on, half expecting some dramatic wave of self-awareness, and instead spent the first week mostly annoyed that it kept vibrating to tell me I'd sat still too long. Three years later, I still wear it every day, and somewhere along the way it quietly rewired how I think about my own body, which feels like a strange thing to admit about a piece of titanium the size of a wedding band.
By Nolan Reed2 months ago in Futurism
The Pocket-Sized Portal:
There are technologies that announce themselves with spectacle—robots, rockets, holograms, machines that look like the future. And then there are technologies that slip into our lives quietly, almost politely, until one day we realize they’ve rearranged the architecture of our days, our attention, and even our sense of self. The smartphone is one of those technologies. It’s the science fiction device we stopped noticing.
By Alexandria Hypatia2 months ago in Futurism
