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Dictionary of Input Device Terms in Science Fiction
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Name |
Author (Publication Date) |
Dental Switchboard - tongue switching A control device tied in with teeth and nerve endings. |
Alfred Bester (1956) |
Direct Interface - cut NaturallySpeaking out of the loop A form of computer interface that inputs text into a computer by thinking. |
John Varley (1992) |
Emblok - MP3 player for memories A device that imparts memories into the regrown brain, just like uploading content into a computer's random access memory. |
John Barnes (1998) |
GPS Sunglasses - you are here Sunglasses that contain both global positioning system components and cell phone services. |
William Gibson (1999) |
Handwriter - tattoo as output device A text input device implanted in your skin. |
John Varley (1992) |
Motion Capture Suit - lifetime motion capture A tight fitting garment that uses sensors at various positions to record movement in space; can be used as the basis for computer graphic creations. |
William Gibson (1999) |
Psypyx - will your memories wind up on Kazaa? A way of gathering and recording mental impressions. |
John Barnes (1998) |
Subvocal Input Device - under your breath Attached sensors read nerve signals to determine what the user will say next. |
David Brin (1990) |
Related Science Fiction in the News
MIT Headset Lets You Communicate Without Speaking 'The subvocal read nerve signals, letting her enter words by just beginning to will them...' - David Brin, 1990. (re: David Brin, 10/26/2018 ) |
Tongue Mouse Created By Valve Engineer 'He pressed hard with his tongue against his right upper first molar.'- Alfred Bester, 1956. (re: Alfred Bester, 12/8/2013 ) |
Skinput Uses Your Skin As An Input Device Nifty input technology takes advantage of your biggest organ to provide you with easy input. (re: John Varley, 3/2/2010 ) |
AcceleGlove Open-Source Data Glove This device was developed at great expense by your government, and now you can have one at a very reasonable price; developers use Java to program it. (re: Steven Spielberg, 6/30/2009 ) |
Roomba Detects Emotions Like HAL-9000 Just wait until this device is used to control more powerful technology. Let sleeping Krell lie, I say. (re: Arthur C. Clarke, 3/19/2009 ) |
CirculaFloor 'Stair Stepper' Smart Tile Video Like walking across a stream on stepping stones, the CirculaFloor is a poor man's holodeck. And now, you can walk uphill. With video. (re: Gene Roddenberry, 2/26/2009 ) |
Gangs Take PINs From Card Readers Organized gangs are defrauding entire villages in Britain; common theft aided by sophisticated technology. (re: John Cameron, 9/8/2008 ) |
DAVID Freeware Laser Range Scanning Excellent software package solves problems that only science fiction authors attempted a generation ago. (re: Jack Vance, 1/25/2007 ) |
CirculaFloor - Smart Tile Holodeck? The CirculaFloor is a computer interface; it consists of a set of movable floor tiles. As the user walks in a chosen direction, the floor tile maintains the position. (re: Gene Roddenberry, 8/24/2004 ) |
Phone Dial Web Browser David Lu's Phone Dial Web Browser is a web browser that uses a rotary phone dial as an interface. (Just dial 64.78.51.83 for Technovelgy.com.) (re: William Gibson, 4/23/2004 ) |
Nokia Lifeblog Multimedia Diary It's all important - it's your life, isn't it? Why not keep a permanent record of every last detail. Nokia knows you want to do it. Just watch out for overuse of that annotation feature. (re: William Gibson, 3/18/2004 ) |
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