The Stross effect is when a science fiction or techno-thriller writer is writing a near-future piece and before the book is published (sometimes before it is finished and submitted to the publisher) real world events catch up with or even overtake the fiction. I recently posted about a paper I’d submitted to a journal. That submission is still under review. In the paper I talked about the recent case where a school pupil sitting the exntrance exams at various Japanese universities was using an iPhone on his lap to post queries about the questions to online Q&A sites. I also talked about the development of wireless Internet connectivity and very discrete cameras that will make it much easier for people to cheat in closed book exams. And before the paper has even been reviewed we have such a report.http://tinyurl.com/3fcmmu6.