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Personality For Robots
Making each robot distinctive.
(From Reunion on Ganymede [1938] by Clifford Simak) |
Oblong
A smartphone.
(From Klara and the Sun [2021] by Kazuo Ishiguro) |
Fishcam
Seeing through the eyes of a robotic fish.
(From Slow Life [2002] by Michael Swanwick) |
Dingbat
An alien mechanical parasite.
(From Deadly Host [1945] by Raymond F. Jones) |
Prowlie
A police vehicle.
(From Stand on Zanzibar [1968] by John Brunner) |
End of Cars
Humanity finally sees sense and gets rid of personal cars.
(From Stand on Zanzibar [1968] by John Brunner) |
Replacement of Brain with Computer
Removal of the brain of an ordinary man, and installation of a calculating machine.
(From The Ableist Man in the World [1879] by Edward Page Mitchell) |
Stinger
A biological assassin.
(From The Hanging Stranger [1953] by Philip K. Dick) |
Robot Hands
Human-like appendages for the ends of upper limbs.
(From The Iron World [1937] by Otis Adelbert Kline) |
Solar Glass
See-through solar panels.
(From Efficiency [2022] by Paolo Bacigalupi) |
Large Utility Calibrated Yield (LUCY)
Storage of solar and wind power as potential energy.
(From Efficiency [2022] by Paolo Bacigalupi) |
Astrophage
Literally, "star-eating" organism.
(From Project Hail Mary [2021] by Andy Weir) |
Interstellar Storm
A vast body of both matter and anti-matter swirling through the stars.
(From The Storm [1943] by A.E. van Vogt) |
Space Meteorologist
A person who studies storms in space.
(From The Storm [1943] by A.E. van Vogt) |
Time Crystals
Permits indefinite movement forward in time.
(From Rocketeers at Bay [1952] by N.K. Heming) |
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Ten Years Ago In Technovelgy
E. Coli Forced To Evolve: Old Bacterium Learns New Trick
The general method was remarkably similar to a technique used by award-winning sf author Theodore Sturgeon in his classic 1941 story Microcosmic God. (re: Theodore Sturgeon) |
Nanotechnology Grand Challenge Events Called For
We've all had fun watching the recent Grand Challenge race run by DARPA. Let's help DARPA set up the nanotechnology Grand Challenge for very small vehicles. (re: Technovelgy.com) |
da Vinci Surgical Robot: Dr.'s Helper
A 2004 University of Michigan study noted that patients who were operated on with robotic surgeon assistance recovered more quickly with fewer or less obtrusive scars using a surgical robot. Similar devices are used in telemedicine; read a wry encoun (re: Peter Watts) |
Contour Crafting: 3D House Printer
Perhaps you've used those programs that let you design your dream house, creating a Computer Aided Design (CAD) file. Not quite ready to take up the hammer and start building? What if you could just "print" your house? (re: Bruce Sterling) |
RobotCop III - Not Quite R. Daneel Olivaw
In his classic 1953 robot story Caves of Steel, Isaac Asimov teamed a human detective with a robotic one - R. Daneel Olivaw. Hong Kong has been testing robotic police officers for years, and has now introduced RobotCop III. (re: Isaac Asimov) |
Poweriser: Extreme Sports Gear from The Diamond Age
In The Diamond Age, author Neal Stephenson creates a vivid picture of a future Shanghai. The novel mixes "futuristic" devices based on nanotechnology with simpler mechanical devices that are almost Victorian in their simplicity...
Imagine my surpri (re: Neal Stephenson) |
DARPA's BigDog Robot And Bradbury's Mechanical Hound
In his chilling 1953 novel Fahrenheit 451, Ray Bradbury created the mechanical hound, a robot that accompanied the firemen and helped with their work... DARPA has made a multi-million dollar investment in the soldier of the future's best friend - Big (re: Ray Bradbury) |
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