Asteroid Mining

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asteroid_mining#Purpose,
http://science.howstuffworks.com/asteroid-mining.htm

http://www.space.com/19462-asteroid-mining-deep-space-industries-birth.html

http://www.forbes.com/sites/kitconews/2013/01/25/asteroid-mining-becoming-more-of-a-reality

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/9844423/As-asteroid-heads-for-Earth-near-miss-space-mining-companies-prepare-to-boldly-dig.html

Visions of Past, Present and Future Tech

http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2013/01/the-decades-that-invented-the-future-part-10-1991-2000

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paris_in_the_Twentieth_Century written in 1863
http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Literature/ParisInTheTwentiethCentury?from=Main.ParisInTheTwentiethCentury

The concept of a flat screen video-phone goes back at least to the 1920s.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metropolis_(1927_film) ,
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j92E9J8uafc ,
http://www.kinolorber.com/metropolis ,
http://www.uow.edu.au/~morgan/Metroja.htm

http://www.scribd.com/doc/99717073/Original-programme-for-the-British-premiere-of-Fritz-Lang%E2%80%99s-Metropolis-in-1927 
1927: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=griiRL8Yvu0#t=13
1968: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vWwo6JpMceg ,
http://io9.com/these-videophone-concepts-are-cooler-than-your-iphones-493279975 ,
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PgL72EWIlVo

The concept of something like the Microsoft_Surface goes back to at least the 1930s.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Things_to_Come 1936 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7DNsbtdRVtY

http://www.technovelgy.com/ct/content.asp?Bnum=1286 ,
http://archive.org/details/ClaCinOnl_ThingsToCome ,
http://www.criterion.com/films/posts/2812-things-to-come-whither-mankind ,
http://www.technologytell.com/hometech/83244/double-play-blu-ray-review-pt-2-things-to-come-on-blu-ray-still-a-long-way-to-go

{"Of course, the most important of all the silent feature-length SF films—not that there are all that many—is Fritz Lang's 1927 masterpiece "Metropolis," which gives us robots, underground cities, and the mad scientist Rottwang. (At this writing, film buffs are eager to see the uncut version of the film recently discovered in Argentina and not shown publicly in 80 years.)"}
http://www.irosf.com/q/zine/article/10445

http://io9.com/crazy-ideas-that-made-the-leap-from-scifi-to-reality-788157048

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tablet_computer#Fictional_and_prototype_tablets

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2001:_A_Space_Odyssey_(film)#Influence_on_technology_and_law,
The Microsoft_Tablet_PC happened to be up & running by the year 2001.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_tablet_computers#History

1973, some 5 years after the release of 2001: ASO, IBM opened its Chicago HQ in the form of a 700' tall monolith supercomputer.

In a way, IBM has already been experimenting with Monolith computing technology. However, unlike the teleportation that's depicted in the movies, such technology is still in its infancy.
http://researcher.watson.ibm.com/researcher/view_project.php?id=2862

1996-1997 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deep_Blue_(chess_computer)
1968 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MzIQUDQO-ag,
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deep_Blue_versus_Garry_Kasparov

In the 2001:_A_Space_Odyssey book, HAL was started up in 1997.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HAL_9000#The_future_of_computing,
http://www-03.ibm.com/ibm/history/ibm100/us/en/icons/deepblue
9-11-1995
"Kasparov and Viswanathan Anand in a publicity photo on top of the World Trade Center in New York."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garry_Kasparov#Break_with_and_ejection_from_FIDE

http://www.kasparovagent.com/photo_gallery.php

1995	Seventh world title match against Vishy Anand on 108th Floor of the World Trade Center where then Mayor Rudi Guliani makes first move in the match.
1996-97	Kasparov and IBM's Deep Blue each win one match. Kasparov in Philadelphia in 1996 and IBM in New York in 1997 - IBM refuses a rematch and dismantles the program in 1998.

http://www.kasparovagent.com/garry_kasparov_milestones.php

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Versions_of_Blade_Runner,
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0QcyX9JWMMo

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Wars_Episode_IV:_A_New_Hope 1977
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ij1vGWs73k

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Wars_Episode_V:_The_Empire_Strikes_Back 1980
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HQncep_VQn4

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Wars_Episode_VI:_Return_of_the_Jedi 1983
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3WIQigWP-U4

STAR WARS The Legacy Revealed
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lUZyYxTA-jk
The Villains
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s04lYV0AeJk

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Development_of_Star_Wars_Episode_VII 2015

http://electronics.howstuffworks.com/10-star-trek-technologies.htm
People first got to see Star+Trek on TV in 1966 and the first STAR+WARS movie in 1977. Obviously, both have continued in popularity through the decades.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WKZsbBDKZNE
Its interesting that J._J._Abrams would eventually become involved in both universes.

Mirror, Mirror...

http://gigaom.com/2013/01/25/this-mirror-with-sensors-points-to-a-new-connected-future-here-is-why
Eventually with so much big-data floating around in cyberspace, a digital universe could be created.
What if nature has the equivalent of a cosmic-Internet? Then eventually some very advanced computer modeling programs will reveal several peculiar things about coincidence & synchronicity.

Whether its a digital mirror or some data-glasses, the perception of data can become dramatically enhanced.
Such are the archetypes & abilities of machines-humans-and-gods. Eventually, a digital-brain could give a human brain quite a run for the money, but it won't be anything more than artificial intelligence or simulated life with cyborg-tissue.

Whether the universe has a creator or it doesn't, nature seems to be part of something like a cosmic running program of space and time. Various computer-models-and-computer-simulations are starting to reveal  some peculiar things about the nature of reality & consciousness. Some people are more intuitive or psychic than others, but eventually there will be a digital-sixth-sense. Otherwise known as, Augmented Reality.

Star Wars: Episode 7

http://www.wired.com/underwire/2013/01/j-j-abrams-star-wars-2

Long, long ago over 2 decades before he would play the roll of Ben_Kenobi, Alec Guinness tried to warn James_Dean of impending danger. It was like AG had tapped into the Force and sensed doom for JD.

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/alec-guinness-warned-james-dean-his-car-one-week-before-deadly-crash-1019948

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=STAR+WARS

Deep Space Industries

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deep_Space_Industries, http://deepspaceindustries.com

http://www.sen.com/news/deep-space-industries-plan-to-mine-asteroids.html

http://www.space.com/19368-asteroid-mining-deep-space-industries.html

http://www.gizmag.com/deep-space-industries/25915 

BIG DATA

http://blogs.sap.com/innovation/big-data, http://www.zdnet.com/topic-big-data
Its just too tempting to not have a database of practically everything possible.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_data#Examples,
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_data#Critique

Although there are many benefits, there are also some uncomfortable implications with gradually trying to record everything possible.
http://www-01.ibm.com/software/data/bigdata, http://www.sas.com/big-data,
http://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/big-data/big-data-analytics-turning-big-data-into-intelligence.html, http://www.emc.com/microsites/bigdata/index.htm, http://www.systap.com/bigdata.htm,
http://www.mckinsey.com/insights/mgi/research/technology_and_innovation/big_data_the_next_frontier_for_innovation

All kinds of massively detailed computer models depicting various scenarios in architecture, astronomy, medicine, engineering would be astounding.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/big-data,
http://www.informatica.com/ca/vision/harnessing-big-data,
http://www.oracle.com/us/technologies/big-data/index.html

http://bigdata.csail.mit.edu, http://www.bigdatatechcon.com/boston2013/keynotes.aspx,
http://www.weforum.org/reports/big-data-big-impact-new-possibilities-international-development

Exploitation, Suffering and Other Human Costs Are Built Into Some Products

http://www.china.org.cn/business/2011-02/16/content_21930485.htm
Horrific & abusive working conditions should not be accepted, anywhere.
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/11/technology/foxconn-said-to-use-forced-student-labor-to-make-iphones.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0, 

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/26/business/ieconomy-apples-ipad-and-the-human-costs-for-workers-in-china.html?pagewanted=all

http://www.democracynow.org/2012/10/10/as_millions_buy_iphone_5_chinese,
http://technology.inquirer.net/18300/strike-at-china-apple-manufacturer-rights-group

http://www.change.org/petitions/dear-apple-no-factory-workers-should-die-making-our-ipads?utm_source=share_petition&utm_medium=url_share&utm_campaign=url_share_before_sign

From The Jungle (1906) to The Digital Jungle of abusive manufacturing.
http://news.cnet.com/8301-13579_3-57516096-37/no-more-islave-an-activist-fights-for-iphone-workers

http://readthinkwriteteach.com/2012/06/08/brazil-workers-exploited-as-modern-day-amazon-slaves,
http://www.ibtimes.com/why-us-minimum-wage-less-half-what-australia-pays-their-workers-722579

The Java Dilemma

http://www.forbes.com/sites/andygreenberg/2012/08/31/oracles-java-security-woes-mount-as-researchers-spot-a-bug-in-its-critical-bug-fix,
http://www.informationweek.com/security/application-security/java-vulnerability-affects-1-billion-plu/240007985
Its quite popular, but like anything there can be problems.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/01/11/us-java-security-idUSBRE90A0S320130111
https://blog.mozilla.org/security/2013/01/11/protecting-users-against-java-vulnerability
Problems have been developing for a while.
http://www.zdnet.com/how-to-disable-java-in-your-browser-on-windows-mac-7000009732,
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Java_(software_platform) ,
http://www.zdnet.com/homeland-security-warns-to-disable-java-amid-zero-day-flaw-7000009713,
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Java_(programming_language)#History,
http://www.cigital.com/javasecurity/compstrat.html

http://www.pcworld.com/article/2025178/oracle-releases-java-fix-but-security-concerns-remain.html,
http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/technology/oracle-patches-java-but-concerns-remain/2013/01/14/170df924-5e8a-11e2-9940-6fc488f3fecd_story.html

Aaron Swartz

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aaron_Swartz, http://www.aaronsw.com
Once again, a big power structure has driven a person to make a desperate decision.
http://demandprogress.org, https://www.facebook.com/demandprogress
An overwhelming force was about to pounce upon him.
http://gawker.com/5975889/the-death-of-aaron-swartz-and-the-new-hacker-crackdown?utm_source=gizmodo.com&utm_medium=recirculation&utm_campaign=recirculation
Although some thought that he crossed the line, doing time for 35 months would have been harsh enough, but the prospect of a 35 year prison sentence is so over the top.
http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2012/09/aaron-swartz-felony,
http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2013/01/aaron-swartz

There are some key people in the financial manipulation $Y$TEM that will never be sentenced to do any time or forced to repay the millions of people they have tricked & robbed throughout the years. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Financial_crisis_of_2007#Weak_and_fraudulent_underwriting_practices

http://tech.mit.edu/V132/N61/swartz.html,
http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-57563642-93/internet-activist-aaron-swartz-commits-suicide,
http://www.ibtimes.com/aaron-swartz-activist-programmer-reddit-architect-dead-suicide-26-1011134,
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/13/technology/aaron-swartz-internet-activist-dies-at-26.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0

Was it just another suicide?
http://www.infowars.com/obamas-kill-list-critic-found-dead-in-new-york-city,
http://www.globalresearch.ca/internet-freedom-aaron-swartzs-suspicious-death/5319000,
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2013/01/aaron-swartz-fix-draconian-computer-crime-law,
http://www.zdnet.com/can-legal-changes-prevent-another-aaron-swartz-tragedy-7000009791,
http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2013/jan/16/zoe-lofgren-proposes-aarons-law

Cyberpunk 2077 Teaser Trailer

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P99qJGrPNLs
Its sure nice to see that some games are getting a little closer to becoming photo-realistic. Give it another decade and it should be fantastic!

17 Billion Earth-Size Alien Planets Inhabit Milky Way

http://www.space.com/19157-billions-earth-size-alien-planets-aas221.html

http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/observations/2013/01/08/earth-like-planets-fill-the-galaxy,
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/billions-of-earthlike-planets-found-in-milky-way,
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2258842/NASA-space-telescope-shows-17-billion-Earth-like-planets-Milky-Way.html
The numbers keep changing, depending upon what one is looking for.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rare_Earth_hypothesis#The_right_location_in_the_right_kind_of_the_galaxy,
http://www.dailygalaxy.com/my_weblog/2011/06/the-two-billion-earthlike-planets-in-the-milky-way-how-many-will-prove-to-support-advanced-life.html,
http://www.space.com/19044-alien-earth-exoplanets-2013.html,
http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2012/03/ten-billion-earths

The Cosmic Internet

{"Over the next million years, a descendant of the Internet will maintain contact with inhabited planets throughout our galaxy and begin to spread out into the larger universe, linking up countless new or existing civilizations into the Universenet, a network of ultimate intelligence."}
http://www.dailygalaxy.com/my_weblog/2010/07/are-we-witnessing-the-birth-of-a-cosmic-internet.html

http://hologrambooks.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=35:the-cosmic-internet&catid=13:nonfiction

http://wisdom-magazine.com/Article.aspx/2283

http://oneradionetwork.com/spirituality/frank-demarco-author-of-the-cosmic-internet-explanations-from-the-other-side-october-24-2011

http://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.ca/2013/01/from-telegraph-to-internet.html

http://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.ca/2013/02/quantum-universe.html

From the Telegraph to the Internet

From the Telegraph to the Internet & eventually other worlds, moons & dimensions.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electric_telegraph#Transatlantic_era

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victorian_Internet

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telegraphy#Wireless_telegraphy,
http://io9.com/5972349/finally-we-have-achieved-arm+mounted-steampunk-typewriter-technology

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Standage#The_Victorian_Internet,
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telegraphy#Arrival_of_the_Internet

http://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.ca/2013/01/the-cosmic-internet.html

House and Homes

A home can practically take on any shape or size, from great heights to mysterious depths.

http://www.simondale.net, http://now.msn.com/hobbit-house-built-by-simon-dale

http://freshome.com/2012/12/27/10-bewitching-hobbit-houses-seemengly-inspired-by-tolkiens-fantasy-novels 

http://hobbithouseofmontana.com, http://www.wooden-wonders.com

http://www.geek.com/articles/geek-cetera/beautiful-real-life-hobbit-house-20121218/

http://www.forbes.com/sites/morganbrennan/2012/12/16/real-life-hobbit-houses-and-other-strange-homes-for-sale

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/sns-viral-odd-house-pg,0,2797808.photogallery

http://www.oddee.com/item_96556.aspx