Heinlein also wrote as Anson MacDonald and Lyle Monroe. He wrote his first short story (Lifeline) in 1939. He wrote many well-known novels (see below). He received the Nebula Grand Master award in 1975.

News Roundup - better than Tivo
A device that presents brief story outlines, any of which can be chosen to find details.

Beyond This Horizon (1942)

Newsbox (News-Receptor) - better than Google news plus Tivo
Also referred to as a microviewer; could search media programming for news on a particular words used in the broadcast.

Methuselah's Children (1941)

Painted Respirator Masks
Children choose to decorate otherwise uniform equipment masks.

Red Planet (1949)

Paralysis Bomb
A device like a hand grenade that released paralyzing radiation.

If This Goes On... (1940)

Parking Orbit - take the gig down
An orbit from which access to the planet's surface via a small auxiliary vessel is quick and uncomplicated.

Methuselah's Children (1941)

Personal Rocket Jet
A small, handheld jet pack that can be used to maneuver freely in space.

Space Cadet (1948)

Pocket Phone (or pocketphone) - invention of the cell phone
A telephone that is not hard wired to the network; a mobile or cell phone.

Assignment in Eternity (1953)

Portable Atomic Heater
Compact source of energy.

Misfit (1939)

Portable Telephone - early reference
The essence of a cell phone.

Space Cadet (1948)

Powered Armor (or Powered Suit) - military exoskeleton
An armored suit that magnifies the power of the soldier's muscles, along with other weapons.

Starship Troopers (1959)

Powered artificial exoskeleton
A robotic device designed to support someone too weak to comfortably move in high gravity.

Between Planets (1951)

Pseudogravity
Gravity produced by artifice, rather than by a suitably large mass.

Common Sense (1941)

Public Eye
A floating, free-roaming surveillance camera.

Friday (1982)

Quickthaw
A microwave oven to heat food items quickly.

Farmer in the Sky (1950)

Radiant Power Receptor (DeKalbs) - broadcast power receiver
A device which received and used energy transmitted from a station or satellite.

Waldo (1942)

Radiation Garment
Clothing worn by ordinary citizens to reduce the risk of radiation exposure.

Waldo (1942)

Radioactive Coding for Checks
Special coding system to easily recognize checks.

The Door Into Summer (1956)

Ramsbotham Gate - wormhole
A means of getting from point A to point B without traversing the space in-between.

Tunnel in the Sky (1955)

Reading Machine - read while reclining
A projector which showed text on a screen or the ceiling for easy reading.

Stranger in a Strange Land (1961)

Reading Plate - 50's style flat panel
A flat screen that provided computer output for viewing.

The Star Beast (1954)