A Matter of Size by Harry Bates:
Science Fiction Inventions, Technology and Ideas

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Air-Car - a flying taxi
A personal flying car

Automatic Navigator
Device steers your spaceship to its destination without additional effort from you.

Out-Worlder
A person from another planet.

Solar Engine
A space ship that gets it motive power from the rays of the sun.

Wrist Search Display
A wearable device that uses its own search beam to view scenes close by.

 

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re: Larry Niven
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re: Arthur Bird
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re: Percy Greg
(4/14/2025)

Bambot Open Source Cheap Delivery Robot
re: Robert Heinlein
(4/12/2025)

Robot Collective Acts Like A Smart Material
re: Jack Williamson
(4/10/2025)

Vipera Electric Skis From Frigid Dynamics
re: Ursula K. Le Guin
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Pixel Watch 'Loss of Pulse Detection' And Philip K. Dick
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re: Raymond Z. Gallun
(4/4/2025)

SpaceX's Starman Tesla Roadster In Space
re: Theodore Sturgeon
(4/2/2025)

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re: R.H. Roman
(3/29/2025)

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