David H. Keller: Science Fiction Technology and Ideas

David H. Keller:
Science Fiction Technology and Ideas

David H. Keller (b. 1880 - d. 1966) was a psychiatrist and science fiction / fantasy / horror author. He earned his M.D. from the University of Pennsylvania in 1903. He served in the US Army Medical Corps during WWI and WWII as a neuropsychiatrist. He also used the pseudonym Henry Cecil.

"My story is that of a busy life — vocation, physician; avocation, writing. Always in my writing there has been the urge to attain, which goes far deeper than financial reward, or even the clamorous praise of the crowd, who will praise anything if the proper psychology is used on them. I was fourteen years old when I wrote my first story, and 47 when I had my first story accepted and paid for. There was a period during which I wrote for the sole pleasure of writing."

(David H. Keller, MD)

Invention/Technology	Source Work (Publication Date)
Artificial Blood (Synthetic Blood) A manufactured substitute for the genuine article.	The Eternal Professors (1929)
Auto-Car A personal vehicle for indoor and outdoor use.	The Revolt of the Pedestrians (1928)
Automatic Air Mail Plane A pilotless airplane for delivery of cargo.	The Living Machine (1935)
Automatic Toll Payment An automated car that pays its own toll.	The Living Machine (1935)
Baby Robot - how cute! An infant robot.	Life Everlasting (1934)
Driverless Taxi A taxi that does not require a driver.	The Living Machine (1935)
Electric Diaper A diaper that will indicate when it is wet.	The Psychophonic Nurse (1928)
Food Preparation Machine An automated device for the production of complete meals.	Unto Us A Child Is Born (1933)
Governing Keyboard A remote-controlled robot responds to keyboard commands.	The Threat of the Robot (1929)
Human Serial Number A unique number tattooed on body of a person.	Unto Us A Child Is Born (1933)
Massive Open Learning Teach using standard videos prepared by the best teachers.	The Threat of the Robot (1929)
Pay Per View TV The broadcast of games and matches to private televisions for a fee.	The Threat of the Robot (1929)
Pent House An island in the sky - a hermetically sealed skyscraper isolated entirely from its surroundings.	The Pent House (1932)
Psycho-Phone A device that recorded and played back the thoughts of the user.	A Biological Experiment (1928)
Psychophonic Nurse - a nanny robot A child-care robot - a nanny bot.	The Psychophonic Nurse (1928)
Robots Take Human Jobs Robots displace human beings in the workforce.	The Threat of the Robot (1929)
Sound-Transposing Machine A device that scans a printed page and reads it out loud.	The Lost Language (1934)
Synthetic Babies A means of gestating eggs to term is found.	A Biological Experiment (1928)
Synthetic Food Edible food for humans, grown in the laboratory.	Unto Us A Child Is Born (1933)
Television Sheet A large, flat screen television set.	The Threat of the Robot (1929)

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