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Explore the inventions, technology and ideas of science fiction writers at Technovelgy (that's tech-novel-gee!) - over 3,200 are available. Use the Timeline of Science Fiction Invention or the Dictionary of Science Fiction Technology to see them all, look for the category that interests you, or browse by favorite author / book. Browse more than 5,800 Science Fiction in the News articles.

Grow Wood Without Trees
Pretty soon, you'll start seeing this term on very expensive items. (4/19/2021)
Biohybrid Robotics USArmy Adds Muscle Tissue To Robots
'Great rectangular slabs of muscle, slung into a rectangular frame.' - Jack Vance, 1967. (4/17/2021)
China Requires Social Credit Codes Of Live Stream Users
'Every man has his characteristic strakh...' - Jack Vance, 1976. (4/15/2021)
African Gray Parrot Given Vehicle To Drive
It's an old story, but it "checks out", as fans say. (4/13/2021)
NYPD Dog Robot Called Out As Sfnal
Reality now features props from science fiction television. (4/11/2021)
Autonomous Russian Greenhouse For ISS Wheat
'We saw the gardens, flooded with artificial sunlight, planted with everything imaginable, that supplied the necessary food.' - Harley S Aldinger, 1932. (4/9/2021)
NASA MOXIE Extracts Oxygen From Mars' Air
'Making oxygen is the trick...' - Greg Bear, 2014. (4/7/2021)
Implantable Covid-Detecting Microchip Developed By DARPA
'Employees... were implanted with advanced microprocessors...' - William Gibson, 1984. (4/5/2021)
SpaceX Requests Starlink For Starship
'... sweating, heat-blistered engineers at every interplanetary radiograph station on three planets.' - Harry Gore Bishop, 1907. (4/3/2021)
SF Writers Predicted John Deere Autonomous Tractors
'The huge plow... seemed to shake itself - and began to move back southward.' - Otfrid von Hanstein, 1935. (4/1/2021)
DARPA Funding AI Fighter Pilots
'Cultured brains on a slab.' - Peter Watts, 1999. (3/29/2021)
StoryFile To Help William Shatner Become Landru
"I am Landru. I am he! All that he was, I am." Gene Roddenberry, 1967. (3/27/2021)
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Astronaut
A person who travels in space.
(From The Death's Head Meteor [1930] by Neil R.  Jones)
Spherical Tires
Tires that are shaped like balls, rather than like squat cylinders.
(From The Death's Head Meteor [1930] by Neil R.  Jones)
Asteroid Space Flyer
Specialized one-man craft for exploring asteroids.
(From The Death's Head Meteor [1930] by Neil R.  Jones)
Iron Fingers
Special metal manipulators set on the hull of a space craft, and manipulated from the inside.
(From The Death's Head Meteor [1930] by Neil R.  Jones)
Anti-Glare Coated Glass
Special coated glass for space craft.
(From The Death's Head Meteor [1930] by Neil R.  Jones)
Solar Beam
Obtaining solar power by means of a direct connection with the sun.
(From The Long Way [1944] by George O.  Smith)
Hand-Jetting
Making use of hand-held rockets or other reaction devices to move through space.
(From A Question of Salvage [1939] by Malcolm  Jameson)
Extraecliptic Travel Lanes
Organized interplanetary travel using routes not confined to the ecliptic.
(From A Question of Salvage [1939] by Malcolm  Jameson)
Spacedog
Experienced hands on space ships.
(From A Question of Salvage [1939] by Malcolm  Jameson)
Etheric Typhoon
The idea that space itself can have disturbances.
(From A Question of Salvage [1939] by Malcolm  Jameson)
Telescribe
Creates a written record of distress signals and other reports.
(From A Question of Salvage [1939] by Malcolm  Jameson)
Time Tunnel
A gateway into the past.
(From Rule 18 [1938] by Clifford  Simak)
Banning Gun
Shoots a pencil heat ray.
(From Voyage 13 [1938] by Ray  Cummings)
Emergency Air-Suit
A light-duty space suit.
(From Voyage 13 [1938] by Ray  Cummings)
Vacuum-Cupped Sandals
Used for walking in weightless environments.
(From Voyage 13 [1938] by Ray  Cummings)
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FURO Waitress Robot
FURO uses its sensors to detect when a customer comes near; it can even demonstrate friendly emotions to keep customers coming back. (Re: George Lucas)
Amazing Solar Impulse Completes Night Flight
12,000 solar panels cover its 64 meter wingspan; one-quarter of the weight of the plane is accounted for by the lithium batteries that powered it at night. (re: John W. Campbell)
Computational Journalism The Homeostatic Newspaper
The use of computers in the otherwise human task of news writing and dissemination. (re: Philip K. Dick)
Terahertz Remote Sensing Detectors
These sensors could see through walls, containers and clothing from hundreds of feet away. (re: Doc Smith)
Ikaros Solar Sail Works!
Ikaros has generated the biggest acceleration through photon during interplanetary flight in history. (re: Jack Vance)
Pharmed Blood Is DARPA's Tru Blood
We are basically mimicking bone marrow in a lab environment. (re: Charlaine Harris)
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