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)

Scramble Suit - instant anonymity
A superthin membrane upon which are projected the characteristics of a million different people, it confers instant anonymity.

A Scanner Darkly (1977)

Search-Bug
An exploratory robot.

Autofac (1955)

Seed Bomb
A tiny explosive that can be embedded under the skin.

Flow My Tears, The Policeman Said (1974)

Self-Powered Broom
A broom for use in small apartments that cleans under its own power.

Ubik (1969)

Self-Selling Robot
A robot that sells itself.

Sales Pitch (1954)

Sheep Dip Isolator
A non-lethal malodorant weapon.

The Zap Gun (1965)

Sideglance Robe
A dress that is invisible or opaque, depending on how you look at it.

The Trouble With Bubbles (1953)

Simulacrum (Sim)
An autonomous construct that is a perfect likeness to a human person.

Clans of the Alphane Moon (1964)

Snake Boring Truck
A long thin truck like a snake, with a boring tip.

Breakfast at Twilight (1954)

Spacelanes Traffic Jam
Fanciful description of commuters in space.

Sales Pitch (1954)

Spray-Foam Blouse - spray and wear
Clothing that is sprayed on fresh.

Galactic Pot-Healer (1969)

Squib
A simple form of ground transportation.

Our Friends From Frolix 8 (1970)

SSA Machine
A machine that compares two people for compatibility; it sees sub specie aeternitatis, literally 'under the aspect of eternity' or outside of time.

Galactic Pot-Healer (1969)

Steel Teeth - all stainless
Artificial teeth welded to the bone.

The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch (1965)

Sub-C
Of ships, older models that travel at speeds below that of light.

The Impossible Planet (1953)

Substance D
An addictive, psychoactive drug.

A Scanner Darkly (1977)

Suicide Tooth
A false tooth containing poison.

Lies, Inc. (1964)

Suit-Shield Fabric - protective mesh
A kind of mesh fabric that could absorb energy bolts.

The Golden Man (1954)

Surgical Hand
A specialized robotic hand used for surgery.

Clans of the Alphane Moon (1964)

Surgical Homeostatic Unit
An autonomous surgical robot, able to drill into the body and perform surgery.

Now Wait For Last Year (1966)

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