Peter Watts:
Science Fiction Technology and Ideas
Peter Watts says he "has spent much of his adult life trying to decide whether to be a writer or a scientist, ending up as a marginal hybrid of both. He's won a handful of awards in fields as diverse as marine mammal science, video documentary, and science fiction. These accolades have not gone to his head since they never involved a lot of cash." He has degrees in the ecophysiology of marine mammals, so he knows whereof he speaks, rifter-wise.
Invention/Technology Source Work (Publication Date)

Diveskin - wetsuit for the deep rift
Special wetsuit that allows a diver to function at extreme depths.

Starfish (1999)

Eyecaps
Corneal cap that acts as a pair of goggles for extreme depth diving.

Starfish (1999)

Face Seal
A dive mask for deep sea diving.

Starfish (1999)

Head Cheese - cultured neurons in a dish
Intelligent paste made of neurons; spread upon a substrate for computing.

Starfish (1999)

Lucid Dreamer - it's a dream machine
A machine that guarantees productive REM (rapid eye movement) sleep, and therefore dreams.

Starfish (1999)

Maelstrom
A description of the next generation Internet

Maelstrom (2002)

Medical Mantis - telefactoring device for physicians
A medical telefactoring device; allows a physician to remotely examine patients and perform procedures.

Starfish (1999)

Microwave Pistol
Device designed to cause internal injury.

Blindsight (2006)

Neuroinduction Field
Keeps the patient still without the use of cumbersome restraints or drugs.

Starfish (1999)

Recycler
A surgically implanted device that enables a diver to obtain oxygen directly from seawater.

Starfish (1999)

Smart Gel - brain in a dish
Intelligent paste made of neurons; spread upon a substrate for computing.

Starfish (1999)

Sonar Pistol
A device that divers can use to find seabottom and objects in extremely dark or murky water.

Starfish (1999)


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