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"Does it open a new horizon for my thinking? Does it lead me to think new kinds of thoughts, that I would not otherwise perhaps have thought at all? These qualities are what [make] science fiction ...unique."
- Frederik Pohl
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| A device that scans for nearby medical implants, and allows the operator to take control. |
| Jiminy had not been certain the barker would work as intended. With a slapjob barker you never did know. It was supposed to identify anyone, Meld or Natural, who was burdened with a fib, pump, adjunct, pacemaker, flexstent, or just about any other variety of artificial heart or heart accessory - and at the push of a button, stop it. |
| Technovelgy from The Human Blend,
by Alan Dean Foster. Published by Del Rey in 2010 Additional resources -
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I can't really call this one a prediction, since there have been well-publicized concerns about the ability of hackers to get into medical implants (see the 2008 story Kill Switch For Pacemakers (And Countermeasures)).
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