The future ain't what it used to be: scientists are running out of time to get Nexus-6 models and Voight-Kampff machines ready for 2019, when the events of Blade Runner will come to pass. But at least they're developing other technologies from our favorite films and TV shows! Nike recently announced Back To The Future shoes (although it's a bummer they don't tie themselves), and now some Swiss scientists are developing a real life Knight Rider car, with a Minority Report twist—the car can read its driver's mind and predict his or her next move! more ›

While we were stuck with a guy with no license photo who kept running red lights over the weekend, a pair of Swiss tourists managed to find a generous cab driver who made sure they could return to their homeland. Daniel Hasler and Valeria Zapata arrived at a Brooklyn B&B from JFK on Wednesday night when they realized they had left a bag containing $700 in cash, a $500 camera, an iPhone, an iPod, credit cards and Zapata's Swiss residency card in the cab. Luckily for them, driver Kashmir Singh had no desire to disguise himself as a woman and move to Switzerland. more ›

Oscar-winning director Roman Polanski will not be extradited to the U.S. to face sexual abuse charges. Today, the Swiss Justice Ministry announced, "The 76-year-old French-Polish film director Roman Polanski will not be extradited to the USA. The freedom-restricting measures against him have been revoked." The AP reports, "The Swiss mostly blamed U.S. authorities for failing to provide confidential testimony about Polanski's sentencing procedure in 1977-1978. The Justice Ministry also said that national interests were taken into consideration in the decision." more ›

Roman Polanski's lawyer told Swiss newspapers that the acclaimed and controversial filmmaker is not in great shape. Herve Temine visited the 76-year-old, who has been in Swiss custody since September 26, and said to one paper, "I found him to be tired and depressed," and told another, "Roman Polanski...seemed very dejected when I visited him. Polanski was in an unsettled state of mind." Earlier this week, the Swiss authorities denied his request for bail. more ›

Filmmaker Roman Polanski will have to cool his heels in a Swiss jail for a little while longer, because his request that he be released from prison was denied. Folco Galli, a spokesman for the Federal Office of Justice in Bern, said, "We are still persuaded that there is still a danger that he will escape, and that liberation on bail could not guarantee his presence through the extradition proceedings." more ›

After the French Foreign Minister denounced the Swiss arrest—by way of U.S. arrest warrant for the 1977 rape of a 13-year-old— of filmmaker Roman Polanski by saying, "In the same way that there is a generous America that we like, there is also a scary America that has just shown its face," now the French government has offered a more measured view. According to Arts Beat, a French government spokesman said, "Roman Polanski is neither above or below the law... We have a judicial proceeding underway that is a serious affair, the rape of a minor, for which the American and Swiss justice systems are carrying on their work." more ›

Film director Roman Polanski, who fled the U.S. in 1978 after being convicted of raping a 13-year-old, was arrested in Switzerland, where he was scheduled to receive an award at the Zurich Film Festival. The 76-year-old was taken into custody at his hotel. more ›