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Google didn’t choose Wave’s name for the reason you might assume—as a play on the idea of surfing the web. Its engineers were paying homage to writer and director Joss Whedon’s brief but well-loved science fiction TV series, Firefly (2002-2003), and its follow-up film, Serenity (2005). In the Firefly/Serenity universe, characters send textual communications by “wave.

When the group finally does stop for parts, Badger emails them asking for a cargo drop-off. Zoe wants to ask the crew how they should negotiate payment.

For example, Kaylee types an email message, addresses it to Zoe, and sends it.

Every time someone goes down with a head injury in the NFL, the TV cameraman will always, without fail, find a shot of a woman in the stands with her hands cupped over her mouth, in apparent shock over seeing someone injured at a football game. It’s football, lady. Guys get hit. That’s the point. Stop acting like you just saw Kennedy get shot.

What may blow your mind though is that a group of scientists have a working model of a new system that [translates your handwriting] without the pen. That’s right, you scribble your thoughts into thin air, and a computer transcribes it into editable text.