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)

Disease Circuit
A feature of robotic animals which indicated a need to repair by emulating animal sickness.

Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? (1968)

Dixon Pump
An temporary mechanical heart to circulate blood.

Dr. Futurity (1960)

Dr. Smile - psychiatrist in a suitcase
A suitcase-sized analyst; a machine that served as a psychotherapist.

The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch (1965)

Ebony Teeth
Completely black artificial teeth.

Now Wait For Last Year (1966)

EEG-Gram Projection
Detection of unique characteristics at a distance.

Flow My Tears, The Policeman Said (1974)

Electric Cat (Robot Cat)
A robot presenting the appearance of a common domestic cat.

Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? (1968)

Electric Sheep - livestock as consumer electronics
An electronic farm animal; a non-organic robot covered with sheepskin that acts like a sheep.

Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? (1968)

Embryonic Robots - early sci-fi nanobots?
Very small robots, possibly a very early reference to nanotechnology in science fiction.

Counter Clock World (1967)

Empathy Box - TV for your emotional brain
A device which allows a group of people to empathize with a single person (like television lets many people view the same broadcast).

The Little Black Box (1964)

Erased Memory - forget about it
A procedure that deletes selected memories from the human mind.

We Can Remember It For You Wholesale (1966)

Ersatz Window - fake view of outside
A display device used in a room without an actual view of the outside; it shows a projection of a real scene.

Galactic Pot-Healer (1969)

Extra-Factual Memory - an implanted memory
A "memory" placed in a person's mind by artifice, rather than by real life experience.

We Can Remember It For You Wholesale (1966)

False Animal Repairman
A specialized roboticist who repaired robotic animals.

Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? (1968)

Famnexdo
A set of four simulacra, one adult male, one adult female and two children; the family next door.

The Simulacra (1964)

Filterable Virus
A special virus that is instantly carcinomatous.

The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch (1965)

Floating Building
An apartment building that floats a few feet off the ground.

Flow My Tears, The Policeman Said (1974)

Fluid Metal Letters
A smooth metal display able to display words.

Vulcan's Hammer (1960)

Full-Shift Set Variable - early mention in gaming
Infinite possibilities built into a game machine.

Return Match (1967)

Garbage-can Banger
An elaborate noise-based weapon.

The Zap Gun (1965)

Geriatric Rooming-House - swept aside
An apartment building with rooms built especially with the very senior citizen in mind.

Galactic Pot-Healer (1969)

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