For some people, quiet repose is not sufficient. Let them die as they lived--influencing!
The Digital Tombstones
Author: unmakeme
Jurisfiction
If current U.S. law doesn't cover machine-generated works, what options are there for changing the law?
Quantum Pacification
What to do when the quantums get up in your brainspace.
A Series on Immortality – Part 2
Another immortality patent, this time with a detour to mind control delusions.
A Series on Immortality – Part 1
I could start by talking about Man's eternal quest for life, seeking to defy the reaper's scythe by any means necessary. I could cite Gilgamesh and Sisyphus and their antiquarian struggles. I could even talk about grim statistical inevitability of the actuarial life tables, by which human lifetimes are quantified and divvied up.
Return of the Robot Authors
An update on who owns the copyright when a machine makes the art. Spoiler: Nobody!
The Radio Hats
Radio hats, a race to the patent office, and one unbelievably cool sixteen year-old.
The Roosterplane
Even after powered flight was achieved, some people never gave up the idea that airplanes should look like birds.
The Holy Water Sprinkler
I'm pretty sure this is not canon.
The Zero-Point Power Pump Patent
Zero-point energy power generators are scams. Here's an explanation of how it's supposed to work, and an example of a questionable character in the field.
Patenting the odd, the impossible, and the unnerving 