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On Publishing Psychic Redemption
I took up writing fiction after retiring from Rockwell in 1996. I enjoy writing as self-expression and wanted to pursue it as a hobby in retirement. I wanted to draft a story about international strategic planning that combined multiple nations, disciplines, and an...

Benefits of Robotics: Advantages of Having Robots in Office
Photo by ThisisEngineering RAEng The benefits of robotics are often buried with people's apprehensions about using them to replace humans for work, along with the possibility that they might gain sentience and wipe humanity out, like in the movies. However, David W....

Designing Eve
Xenoborgs and xenomorphs have been featured in movies and video games for many years. They are generally presented as humanoid robots that utilize various design technologies. The xenoborg EVE in Angel of Mortality uses modern...

Julie’s Story
Julie's Story is a coming-of-age novel about fifteen-year-old Julie Gustafson, who runs away from her home in Homerville, Georgia. She does this to escape restrictions, so she can pursue a music career. The story, set in 1972, follows Julie's journey to find herself....

The Angel of Mortality
“Angel of Mortality” is a science fiction novel about a woman scientist, Dr. Raisa Ilyushkin, who creates a machine that uses nanotechnology, robotics and artificial intelligence to create xenoborgs. These xenoborgs,...

Science Fiction Robots
Science fiction robots are commonly humanoid machines with rigid bodies, specialized appendages and specific functions that have been pre-programmed. I realized that by combining nanotechnology, artificial intelligence, quantum computing, and advanced...

Artificial Intelligence, Nanotech and Robotics: A Step Forward
Photo by Pavel Danilyuk David W. Stewart's Angel of Mortality: Defender of Life is a sci-fi novel that imagines what it would be like when we push forward in evolution and take the next big step. Ever since Thomas Savery sold the first commercially available steam...

Time and Location
I wanted Angel of Mortality to occur within the realm of current high-tech advances, including nanotechnology, robotics, quantum computing, artificial intelligence, and other such cutting-edge understandings. Although...

Robots in Popular Culture: Science Fiction Shaping Views on AI
Photo by robin mikalsen on Unsplash Science fiction has significantly shaped popular culture's view of AI (Artificial Intelligence) and robots. Robots in popular culture not only entertain us with exciting stories but have also influenced how we perceive and...

Angel of Mortality
Raisa Ilyushkin Creating the Protagonist Every novel needs a hero. The main character meets the villain, triumphs over the challenges, and gets the prize.The heroine was the first thing that came to mind before writing...