Philip K. Dick: Science Fiction Technology and Ideas

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)
News Receptor - listens for news Devices used by homeostatic newspapers to gather news autonomically.	If There Were No Benny Cemoli (1953)
Nexus-6 Brain Unit - meet my friend Roy The processing power behind android intelligence.	Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? (1968)
Nexus-7 Android The next version after the Nexus-6.	Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? (1968)
Nipple-Assist A multi-purpose electronic device worn upon the nipple.	Lies, Inc. (1964)
Oat-Tropic Circuit A robotic feature that caused electronic animals to move toward offered food.	Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? (1968)
Padre Booth Device that provides religious aid and comfort on demand.	Galactic Pot-Healer (1969)
Panic Alarm Alarm senses intruders and instills mindless panic.	Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? (1968)
'Pape Machine - name your news Yet another name for the homeostatic newspaper; this one has special features including news search.	Ubik (1969)
Pencil Beam A thin tube-like laser beam weapon.	Vulcan's Hammer (1960)
Penfield Wave Transmitter - an emotional brain remote control A device that directs some sort of energy wave into a person's brain, allowing them to experience a chosen (dialed) mood.	Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? (1968)
Perky Pat Layout - playset for grownups A very special playset into which adults could project their very being.	The Days of Perky Pat (1963)
Phone-Grid Transex Network Addictive network-enhanced sexuality.	Flow My Tears, The Policeman Said (1974)
Physiognomic Template A method for changing the appearance of your face at will.	Ubik (1969)
Picphone A small telephone that has a screen to show pictures.	Flow My Tears, The Policeman Said (1974)
Pizzled (Semantic Garble) Use of nonsensical statements to deliberately confuse an artificial intelligence.	Autofac (1955)
Plastirobe - variations in opacity A dress that varies in opacity by distance.	Sales Pitch (1954)
Poison Tongue Dart - just squeeze Weapon surgically implanted in the tongue.	The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch (1965)
Poison-Bearing Invisible Glove - let's shake on it Membranous apparel for the hands, used to dispense poisons.	Lies, Inc. (1964)
Police Detection Robot An automated evidence-gathering robot.	The Unreconstructed M (1957)
Post-Crime - you're still a criminal Criminal activities after they have actually happened.	The Minority Report (1956)

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