Philip K. Dick:
Science Fiction Technology and Ideas
Philip K. Dick was born in Chicago in 1928; he died of heart failure in 1982. He won the Hugo for The Man in the High Castle and the John Campbell award for Flow My Tears, The Policeman Said. Many of his short stories have been made into movies; Do Androids Dream Of Electric Sheep? (Bladerunner) and We Can Remember It For You Wholesale (Total Recall).
Invention/Technology Source Work (Publication Date)

Manual Closet - old-style storage
An old-fashioned storage room for clothing, which required the user to place and organize articles of apparel by hand.

Clans of the Alphane Moon (1964)

Martian Print Amoeba - unicellular organism
An organism able to mimic consumer goods.

Now Wait For Last Year (1966)

Mechanical Cleaning Device
A small, ground-based autonomous robot doing basic janitorial work.

The Unreconstructed M (1957)

Mechanical Newsmachine
An automated device that delivers on-the-spot news.

Foster, You're Dead (1955)

Mechanical Tune-Maker
An electromechanical device that created unique music.

Last of the Masters (1954)

Mecho-Clothing
Apparel created entirely by machines.

Last of the Masters (1954)

Memo-Voice
Paper memos that read themselves out loud.

War Game (1959)

Metal BIrds
Surveillance robots that carried weapons, in addition to using their metal bodies.

Vulcan's Hammer (1960)

Microrob
Small stature robots.

A Game of Unchance (1964)

Microtransmitter Dot
A tiny transmitter placed on ID cards, used to track ID holders.

Flow My Tears, The Policeman Said (1974)

Mood Organ - play your partner
A device which allows you to dial the mood you would like to have.

Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? (1968)

Moratorium
A place that kept people in cold-pac after death, providing them a kind of half-life.

Ubik (1969)

Mother-Scanner
A device that can see your future through your next birth.

The Turning Wheel (1954)

Nanny Robot - child-care robot with punch
A child-care robot with a surprisingly competitive side.

Nanny (1955)

N-e (Needle-eyeification) Weapon - absolute positioning precision
A class of weapons that had the most precise effect imaginable.

The Zap Gun (1965)

Neck Radio
Commercial radio from an implanted device.

Our Friends From Frolix 8 (1970)

Neck-Phone
An implanted telecommunications device.

The Chromium Fence (1955)

Network Repair Team
Dispatched to collect remains of destroyed machines.

Autofac (1955)

Neural Door Lock
A device that provides access based on neurological data.

The Unreconstructed M (1957)

News Clown - they're all the rage
A person who delivers specially selected light news.

Stand-By (1963)

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