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About: Ira Livingston IV

Ira Livingston IV
I’m tired of living in the moment. Of thinking only of myself and the complete waste of time I spend trying to acquire every gadget available. Here, I’m going to ask tough questions. Like why we've turned away from making things better for the next generation.
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Top 5 Oscar-Winning Science-Fiction Films


Best Picture has never been awarded to a true sci-fi film (only a handful of films have been nominated). But when it comes to Best Visual Effects, sci-fi dominates the category.

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Space

Exoplanets: 100 Billion and Counting


So far, most exoplanets are gas giants, similar to Jupiter in size. Of course, bigger planets are easier to find than smaller ones. There may be Earth-size planets that are yet undetectable.

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Top 5 Sci-Fi Cartoon Series


We write about science-fiction — yet, rarely, the animated variety. Here’s a collection of cartoon TV shows that, when I was a child, turned me on to sci-fi that was (at times) plausible.

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Thoughts

Looper and Violence in our Culture


I wanted to do a review of Looper, but the violence was over the top. I think it’s more important to get a discussion going with regard to the future of violence in American pop culture.

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Tech

Red Bull Stratos: An Awesome 24-Mile Dive


This past Sunday, Felix Baugartner set out to make the highest parachute jump every recorded. He stepped into Earth’s atmosphere from a height of 24 miles up.

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Robot and Frank: Finally a Robot that isn’t Trying to Kill People


Robot and Frank is a wonderful film about a senior in the early stages of dementia who receives a caretaker robot. The story muses about memory — both electronic and human.

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Astronomy Apps: It’s Like a Planetarium in Your Pocket


Remember your first trip to a planetarium? Now you can hold one in your pocket with new astronomy apps for your smartphone. Here’s a look at two of the best.

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Tech

A Real Bionic Woman: For a Lot Less than $6 Million


Claire Lomas — paralyzed from the waist down in 2007 —- recently completed the London Marathon in 16 days with the help of a bionic device called the ReWalk suit.

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Top 5

Top 5 Inspirational Films based on Real Space Travel


This list returns to films — based on real science — about our history that inspire us to move forward into the future. I hope you’ll agree these films are timeless and inspirational.

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Reviews

John Carter: Read the Book Instead


As my friends and I used to joke, Martian women wear no clothes. Thus Edgar Rice Burroughs’ Chronicles of Mars series became the stuff of pre-adolescent boys dreams.

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Thoughts

No snow: that’s a good thing, right?


Could this be Global Warming? Or, as some would say, just a natural trend — the cyclical way the world copes with weather. Either way, it scares me.

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