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Explore the inventions, technology and ideas of science fiction writers at Technovelgy (that's tech-novel-gee!) - over 2,325 are available. Use the Timeline of Science Fiction Invention or the alphabetic Glossary of Science Fiction Technology to see them all, look for the category that interests you, or browse by favorite author / book. Browse more than 3,950 Science Fiction in the News articles.

Space Replay - Art Or Rover?
What is Space Replay? That would be telling. (3/10/2014)
CUPID Intercept Drone Like Niven's Copseye
'Copseyes floated overhead... each a sonic stunner... they were there to enforce the law...'- Larry Niven, 1972 (3/9/2014)
DIY Taser-Proof Clothing
'His suit-shield sucked in the energy and discharged it...'- Philip K. Dick, 1954. (3/7/2014)
Is Privacy Too Expensive?
'It was not a large office, but it was quite spy-proof and quite undetectably so.'- Isaac Asimov, 1951 (3/5/2014)
Navy Deploys LaWS First Ship-Borne Laser
When you hear that music, you know you're in for adventure - and predictions of possible technological futures! Jonny Quest is right again. (3/3/2014)
Myo Armband Controller Just 149 Bucks
'Actuators touch the tendons in your right wrist...'- Harry Harrison, 1960. (3/1/2014)
Can Gut Bacteria Make You Smarter?
'Vergil had trained the lymphocytes in the past six months to interact as much as possible with each other and with their environment...'- Greg Bear, 1984. (2/27/2014)
Shimuzu Luna Ring Solar Power Project
'This was really free power... Power carried across millions of miles on Addison's tight-beam principle.'- Clifford Simak, 1941. (2/24/2014)
AllSee Low Power Gesture Recognition
'It saved a lot of muscular expenditure, of course...'- Douglas Adams, 1979. (2/21/2014)
Must Breaking Up Be Hard To Do?
'Whoever was placed inside the apparatus instantaneously experienced all the charms, lures, wiles, winks and witchery of all the fairer sex in the Universe at once.'- Stanislaw Lem, 1965. (2/18/2014)
PillCam Colon Now Approved By FDA
'You're going to take a picture of my insides?'- The Jetsons, 1962. (2/15/2014)
RYNO To Heinlein - Your Tumblebug Is Ready!
'It is about the size and shape of a kitchen stool, gyro-stabilized on a single wheel...'- Robert Heinlein, 1940. (2/11/2014)
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Privacy Screen
A device that shields occupants from all possible forms of electronic intrusion and surveillance.
(From Neuromancer [1984] by William  Gibson)
Tapeworm Tranquilizer
Robotic suppository dispenses tranquilizer.
(From Revolution from Rosinante [1981] by Alexis Arnaldus  Gilliland)
Electric Wall
A wall of electric force.
(From The World With A Thousand Moons [1942] by Edmond  Hamilton)
Vestan Parasite
Semi-intelligent creatures that take control of the nervous system of other animals.
(From The World With A Thousand Moons [1942] by Edmond  Hamilton)
Weight-Shoes
Devices intended to make it easier to walk on celestial bodies with weaker gravity.
(From The World With A Thousand Moons [1942] by Edmond  Hamilton)
Telaudiogram
An interplanetary communication method.
(From The World With A Thousand Moons [1942] by Edmond  Hamilton)
Meteorscope
A device that probes ahead in space detecting swarms of deadly meteors.
(From The World With A Thousand Moons [1942] by Edmond  Hamilton)
Gravitation Paralysis
Dread illness of space travelers striking when changing from very weak to very strong gravities.
(From The World With A Thousand Moons [1942] by Edmond  Hamilton)
Lunar Web
The moon ensnared by cobwebs.
(From Hothouse [1962] by Brian  Aldiss)
Dumbler
Half-sentient spores of the whistle thistle.
(From Hothouse [1962] by Brian  Aldiss)
Plastic Constructor (3D Printer)
A 3D printer - for spaceships.
(From Things Pass By [1945] by Murray  Leinster)
Dermal-Mist Spray
Very refreshing for suburbanites.
(From Prominent Author [1954] by Philip K.  Dick)
Jiffi-scuttler
A device providing near instantaneous travel between two points.
(From Prominent Author [1954] by Philip K.  Dick)
Gourmet Space Cuisine
The finest in French cuisine, in outer space.
(From From the Earth to the Moon [1867] by Jules  Verne)
Two-Wheeled Car
A small passenger vehicle with two centerline wheels.
(From The Roads Must Roll [1940] by Robert  Heinlein)
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Musclebot: Microrobot with a Heart
The key breakthrough was the development of an automated way of anchoring muscle tissue to a solid surface like silicon. (re: Jack Vance)
Reversible LCD: Two-Sided Electronic Paper
The frame rate of the panel is 60 frames per second for each side of the panel, or 120 frames in total. (re: Neal Stephenson)
RobotCop III - Not Quite R. Daneel Olivaw
Hong Kong has been testing robotic police officers for years, and has now introduced RobotCop III. (re: Isaac Asimov)
Contour Crafting: 3D House Printer
Behrokh Khoshnevis (USC Engineering) has been perfecting his contour crafter.. (1964). (re: Murray Leinster)
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