Frank Herbert:
Science Fiction Technology and Ideas
Frank Herbert (1920-1986) was born in Tacoma, Washington. He worked in many fields before becoming a writer; TV cameraman, radio news commentator, oyster diver, judo instructor and newspaperman. His towering novel Dune won the Hugo and Nebula awards.
Invention/Technology Source Work (Publication Date)

Filament Paper Book - small for space travel
Very small book, made for space travelers in an era when the smallest added weight was costly.

Dune (1965)

Filmbook
A storage medium for information, both text and video.

Dune (1965)

Filt-Plug - lose no moisture
A nose plug worn to collect moisture from exhaled air.

Dune (1965)

Float-home - living houseboat
Living entity genetically designed for use as a houseboat.

Whipping Star (1969)

Ghola - night of the living Duncan
A living, functioning person who is regrown or recreated from the tissues of a dead person.

Dune Messiah (1969)

Glowglobe - the original track lighting
Floating spherical light bulb with organic energy source.

Dune (1965)

Go-Buggy
A ground-only vehicle.

The Godmakers (1972)

Golden Lights - track lighting without the track
Another unusual use of the suspensor field; lights are suspended in it.

Dune (1965)

Gom Jabbar
A needle with deadly poison, used to test for humans.

Dune (1965)

Graluz - breeding pond for frog people
A contained, concealed breeding pond for the frog-like Gowachin.

The Dosadi Experiment (1977)

Grapple Tracks - auto parking
A means of automating the process of parking and releasing passenger vehicles from a parking garage.

The Dosadi Experiment (1977)

Gravity Web - keep gravity to a minimum
Device for limiting the extent to which a person is subject to gravitational attraction.

Whipping Star (1969)

Heighliner
Enormous starship used by the Spacing Guild for interstellar travel.

Dune (1965)

Hive-Sign
Specialized sign language developed by an offshoot of humanity.

Hellstrom's Hive (1972)

House Records -10K years of information management
The vast archival information management system of the Bene Gesserit sisterhood, covering millennia.

Heretics of Dune (1984)

House Records Archivist - forget holographic memories
A specialist who correlated information within the House Records of the Bene Gesserit.

Heretics of Dune (1984)

Humming-Code
A personal communication.

Dune (1965)

Hunter-seeker - floats like a butterfly…
An assassination device that floats in mid-air; kills by entering the body and following nerve pathways to vital organs.

Dune (1965)

Hypno-Ligation
A means of psychological control over an individual.

Dune (1965)

Imperial Handicraft Globe
Perfectly crafted globe for planetary governors.

Dune (1965)

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