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Science Fiction Dictionary: Ideas, Terms and Technology
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4121 Inventions Available)
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| Device Name | Book/Story | Author | Date |
| Ubik Spray Can One of many definitions of Ubik. Take only as directed. |
Ubik | Dick | 1969 |
| Ugly T-Shirt Uses disruptive patterning to make the wearer invisible to computerized surveillance techniques. |
Zero History | Gibson | 2010 |
| UHF Shower And ultra high frequency shower, which do used energy instead of water to wash off. |
Eye of Cat | Zelazny | 1982 |
| Ullran Enunciator Special prosthesis needed to aid humans in speaking an alien language. |
Uller Uprising | Piper | 1952 |
| Ultimate Football League (UFL) A football league without restrictions on human modification. |
The Sun Also Explodes | Nakashima-Brown | 2008 |
| Ultra-Communicator A communication system that transfers voice commands from one person to selected others. |
Galactic Patrol | Smith | 1937 |
| Ultraflash A device that sterilizes the skin by a pulse of light. |
The Andromeda Strain | Crichton | 1969 |
| Ultra-Light Allows the user to see into rock or other solid matter. |
Rock Diver | Harrison | 1951 |
| Ultra-Light Vision System A viewing technology able to see through and even within most objects. |
Spacehounds of IPC | Smith | 1931 |
| Ultramicrominiature Waldo A device for transforming ordinary human hand movements into extremely small-scale surgical motions. |
Time Enough For Love | Heinlein | 1973 |
| Ultra-microrobot A nanomachine; a machine whose parts are no bigger than atoms. |
A Menace in Miniature | Gallun | 1937 |
| Ultraminiature Spy-Circuit Tiny bits of 'smart dust' used as surveillance devices. |
The Unknown | Anvil | 1972 |
| Ultraphone Ear-Disc Wireless receivers that fit directly over the ears; they also offered noise reduction. |
Armageddon: 2419 A.D. | Nowlan | 1928 |
| Ultraset (Ultrawave Set) A device that used ultrawave faster-than-light (FTL) communication. |
Habit | del Rey | 1939 |
| Ultra-Telescope Ray A transporter Ray that works over interplanetary distances. |
The Moon Weed | Vincent | 1931 |
| Ultra-Terrene Originating from some world other than Earth. |
An Adventure in Futurity | Smith | 1931 |
| Ultra-Vibrator Transports objects into another dimension through intense vibration. |
Into Another Dimension | Duclos | 1939 |
| Ultrawave A means of faster-than-light (FTL) communication. |
Triplanetary | Smith | 1934 |
| Ultrawave Relay or Hyperwave Relay Instantaneous, faster-than-light communication system. |
Foundation | Asimov | 1951 |
| Ultron Very handy material is invisible and non-reflective. |
Armageddon: 2419 A.D. | Nowlan | 1928 |
| Ultron Wire Invisible metal makes the thinnest, strongest wire. |
Armageddon: 2419 A.D. | Nowlan | 1928 |
| Ultrophone A means of communication that transmits and receives simultaneously. |
Armageddon: 2419 A.D. | Nowlan | 1928 |
| Unattended Factory A factory that works entirely automatically, without human guidance. |
The Hidden Colony | von Hanstein | 1935 |
| Undercover Detective Robot Specialized robot masquerades as different robot types to spy on criminals. |
The Velvet Glove | Harrison | 1956 |
| Underground MagLev Train Magnetic levitation train that travels through a tunnel; a vacuum reduces drag. |
Dream Park | Niven (w/S. Barnes) | 1981 |
| Underpeople An animal modified to be human in shape and intellect. |
The Ballad of Lost C'Mell | Smith | 1950 |
| Undersea City A great city under the sea, covered by a crystal dome. |
The Crystal City Under the Sea | Laurie | 1895 |
| Undersea Mining Conducting mining operations on the sea floor. |
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea | Verne | 1875 |
| Undersea Restaurant A restaurant located in its entirety under the sea. |
The Star King | Vance | 1964 |
| Underwater Robot An autonomous mechanical for use underwater. |
The Velvet Glove | Harrison | 1956 |
| Unicephalon 40-D A problem-solving supercomputer. |
Stand-By | Dick | 1963 |
| Unichapel (Robotic Confession Booth) Automated religious confessional with monotone, programmed responses. |
THX 1138 | Lucas | 1970 |
| Uniflesh A type of artificial skin and underlying flesh. |
The Dosadi Experiment | Herbert | 1977 |
| Unit Analyst Robot A robotic psychoanalyst. |
The Chromium Fence | Dick | 1955 |
| Universal Card A device that mimics every credit card and identification card you possess. |
Hyperion | Simmons | 1989 |
| Universal Checkbook Fully electronic banking system, which allows easy withdrawal of funds from any bank. |
The Door Into Summer | Heinlein | 1956 |
| Universal Dictionary A machine that provided references to anything known. |
The Star Beast | Heinlein | 1954 |
| Universal Sterilization Law All young people were sterilized, and replacement people were generated artificially. |
A Biological Experiment | Keller | 1928 |
| Universal Technical Consultative Service Interstellar travel plans calculated, reserved and confirmed. |
The Star King | Vance | 1964 |
| Unobtainium A humorous reference to a substance both rare and unlikely. |
Startide Rising | Brin | 1983 |
| Up-and-Down Orientation Designed and constructed as if gravity were a factor. |
Waldo | Heinlein | 1942 |
| UPUD Universal Positionator Up-Downlink. |
First to Fight | Sherman (w/Cragg) | 1997 |
| Uranatomic An atomic pile that generates electricity. |
Backlash | Williamson | 1941 |
| U-Stor-It A storage unit converted for use as an apartment. |
Snow Crash | Stephenson | 1992 |
| Usuform Robot A robot designed strictly along functional lines. |
Q.U.R. | Boucher | 1943 |
| Usuform Robot Bartender A robotic bartender that is designed along purely functional lines. |
Q.U.R. | Boucher | 1943 |
| Uterine Replicator A device that simulates the functions of the human uterus. |
Shards of Honor | Bujold | 1986 |
| Utopian End-Times The annihilation of technological culture. |
The Dog Said Bow-Wow | Swanwick | 2001 |
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