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)

Win-Reducing Gambling Circuit - very sneaky
Circuitry in a game that detects winning strategies and then alters the game to make winning more difficult.

Return Match (1967)

Word Tab - find out more info.
A feature of an e-paper document; touch the word tab and get more information.

Cantata 140 (1964)

Worldcraft Bubble
An incredibly detailed mechanical simulation of a world.

The Trouble With Bubbles (1953)

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