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There is now a CONTENT FREEZE for Mercury while we switch to a new platform. It began on Friday, March 10 at 6pm and will end on Wednesday, March 15 at noon. No new content can be created during this time, but all material in the system as of the beginning of the freeze will be migrated to the new platform, including users and groups. Functionally the new site is identical to the old one. webteam@gatech.edu
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This Thursday, November 1, the Sci Fi Lab will present an original adaptation of Karel Capek's *RUR: Rossum's Universal Robots.* Written in 1920 and first produced a year later, *RUR* introduced the word "robot" to the English language. One of the first and most influential plays in this history of science fiction, *RUR* inspired later representations of artificial humans including the replicants in Ridley Scott's *Blade Runner* and the Cylons in the new *Battlestar Galactica.* Other references to Capek and his groundbreaking play appear in *Dollhouse,* *Star TRek:TOS,* *Batman: The Animated Series,* *The Outer Limits,* and *Futurama.* So tune in and experience a piece of science fiction history!
Originally created and supervised by LMC professor Lisa Yaszek, the Sci Fi Lab is a student-run, joint production of the School of Literature, Media and Communication, the Georgia Tech Library and WREK radio. Listeners in the Atlanta area can tune in live every Thursday night from 7-8 pm; listeners further afield can stream us at http://www.wrek.org.
