Welcome back to another Open Book Blog Hop!

We’ve talked about our favourite words. What sci-fi invention would you like to make real?

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Wow! This one is tough. I’m not sure if I would truly want to have invented a sci-fi creation, as my love of so many of them is the fact that when I see them for the first time, I get to marvel at how incredible and out of this world they are.

The first time seeing lightsabers, TIE fighters and the Millennium Falcon was something incredible. I was pretty young when I first saw Star Wars. My granddad showed me it. And I’ve loved the series ever since. I know a lot of people hate on the newer Disney era Star Wars but frankly, I love that I get new films and series.

At 38 years old, I still get a little too excited when I see the Falcon on screen, or a new and fantastic creation in the latest sci-fi film. Human creativity is something to marvel at, especially when it comes to coming up with fantastical inventions in the world of sci-fi.

From a slightly different angle, there is one thing I created (I won’t claim to have invented) for As the Crow Flies that I was pretty proud of. It’s not sci-fi in the truest sense, but steampunk does tick some of the same markers. I won’t give away too much, but a character requires a prosthetic arm. Rather than something solid and unmoving, I wanted to create a fully articulated prosthesis that would be steam-powered. I did a lot of research into what could potentially power it, and came up with a form of hydrogen peroxide that dissolves into steam and oxygen on contact with a catalyst. This led me to create fuel cells and come up with all of the intricacies of how it would work. It was something I was very proud of.