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Name |
Author (Publication Date) |
| Philip K. Dick (Ace) | |
| Garrett P. Serviss (1898) | |
| Stephen Baxter (2008) | |
| Ursula LeGuin (1966) | |
| Robert Heinlein (1951) | |
| Arthur K. Barnes (1938) | |
| David Brin (1990) | |
| Neal Stephenson (1992) | |
| H.G. Wells (1899) | |
| Douglas Adams (1979) | |
| Frank Herbert (1965) | |
| William Gibson (1986) | |
| Larry Niven (1998) | |
| Bruce Sterling (1998) | |
| Frank Herbert (1977) | |
| Frederik Pohl (1965) | |
| Frederik Pohl (1965) | |
| Frank Herbert (1964) | |
| Frank Herbert (1964) | |
| Robert Heinlein (1941) | |
| Philip Frances Nowlan (1928) | |
| George Lucas (1976) | |
| Keith Laumer (1982) | |
| Philip K. Dick (Ace) | |
| Jules Verne (1867) | |
| Jerry Pournelle (w/L. Niven) (1981) | |
| Robert J. Sawyer (2003) | |
| Frederik Pohl (w/CM Kornbluth) (1952) | |
| Carl Jacobi (1938) | |
| Eric Frank Russell (1955) | |
| James Blish (1957) | |
| Frank Herbert (1965) | |
| Neal Stephenson (1995) | |
| David Brin (1990) | |
| Arthur C. Clarke (1961) | |
| Iain M Banks (2004) | |
| Dan Simmons (1989) | |
| Frank Herbert (1965) | |
| J.G. Ballard (1963) | |
| Arthur C. Clarke (1945) | |
| Ray Bradbury (1953) | |
| John Brunner (1975) | |
| Robert Heinlein (1956) | |
| Robert Heinlein (1940) | |
| Frank Herbert (1972) | |
| George O. Smith (1942) | |
| Neal Stephenson (2008) | |
| Stanislaw Lem (1961) | |
| Vernor Vinge (2006) | |
| Philip K. Dick (Ace) | |
| Henry Loudon (1828) | |
| Robert Heinlein (1956) | |
| George O. Smith (1952) | |
| Frank Herbert (1965) | |
| James Blish (1958) | |
| Larry Niven (1998) | |
| Philip K. Dick (1969) | |
| Nat Schachner (1937) | |
| William Gibson (1999) | |
| H.G. Wells (1923) | |
| H.G. Wells (1899) | |
| Robert Heinlein (1941) | |
| Larry Niven (1972) | |
| Bruce Sterling (1984) | |
| Philip K. Dick (1969) | |
| Neal Stephenson (1995) | |
| Jules Verne (1889) | |
| Robert Heinlein (1953) | |
| William Gibson (1986) | |
| Robert Heinlein (1948) | |
| Vernor Vinge (1981) | |
| John Varley (1983) | |
| Roger Zelazny (1967) | |
| Alfred Bester (1974) | |
| Philip K. Dick (1969) | |
| Sean McKee (2004) | |
| Stanislaw Lem (1961) | |
| Isaac Asimov (1944) | |
| Neal Stephenson (1995) | |
| Greg Egan (1991) | |
| Ray Bradbury (1953) | |
| Iain M Banks (2004) | |
| Frank Herbert (1969) | |
| L. Sprague de Camp (1940) | |
| Nat Schachner (1937) | |
| Robert Heinlein (1953) | |
| David H. Keller (1934) | |
| Nat Schachner (1941) | |
| George Orwell (1948) | |
| Robert Heinlein (1953) | |
| Ray Bradbury (1953) | |
| Robert Heinlein (1961) | |
| Robert Heinlein (1961) | |
| E.B. White (1950) | |
| Douglas Adams (1979) | |
| Harlan Ellison (1974) | |
| Bruce Sterling (1998) | |
| Clifford Simak (1961) | |
| Frank Herbert (1977) | |
| Frank Herbert (1977) | |
| Frederik Pohl (1954) | |
| Hugo Gernsback (1911) | |
| Hugo Gernsback (1911) | |
| Frank Herbert (1965) | |
| John Varley (1983) | |
| Larry Niven (1970) | |
| Frank Herbert (1972) | |
| E.E. 'Doc' Smith (1937) | |
| Philip Frances Nowlan (1928) | |
| Lester del Rey (1939) | |
| E.E. 'Doc' Smith (1934) | |
| Isaac Asimov (1951) | |
| Philip Frances Nowlan (1928) | |
| David H. Keller (1934) | |
| E.E. 'Doc' Smith (1934) | |
| Philip K. Dick (1955) | |
| Frederik Pohl (1965) | |
| William Gibson (1996) | |
| H.G. Wells (1923) | |
| H.G. Wells (1936) | |
| Philip K. Dick (1964) | |
| Gregory Benford (1989) | |
| John Barnes (1994) |
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Mendeley Research Tool Like iTunes Genius If this site can bring interactive social networking and iTunes-style genius recommendations to the scientific community, it could be the biggest thing since the Royal Academy was founded. (re: Various, 9/20/2009 ) |
Polaris Robot Mobile Phone Prototype Unveiled Sometimes I'm too lazy to find my cell phone cradle, but I don't know if it needs to find me. Besides, the Cellular Phone Robot (2007) prototype has more functionality. (re: Various, 9/10/2009 ) |
LG Watchphone Now Available You read about it last year, but now you can buy one - if you live in Britain. (re: Chester Gould, 8/22/2009 ) |
Android Glass Desk Phone I'm really in retro gadget heaven now; this is totally an update for one of my favorite work phones at Northern Telecom back in the 1980's. (re: Hugo Gernsback, 8/21/2009 ) |
In-Flight Wi-Fi Gives Me Clarke Moment Actually, yes, Arthur C. Clarke's vision of checking the news on a tablet computer while in flight can be improved upon... (re: Arthur C. Clarke, 8/10/2009 ) |
Facial Expression And Mannerism 'Cloning' By Computer The cloning of facial expression and mannerisms can now be accomplished in real time; better be careful who (or what) you are doing that video chat with. (re: Robert Heinlein, 6/1/2009 ) |
Google Wave Tide Of Collaboration Now Ashore Google introduces a new kind of computer mediated conversation today in San Francisco. (re: Frederik Pohl, 5/28/2009 ) |
iRobot Ember Crawling Microbot Paperback book-sized microrobot will serve as a mobile platform for a variety of applications, including ad hoc networks. Just toss and boot up. Video included. (re: Various, 5/18/2009 ) |
Navman Spirt TV Satellite Navigation Dashboard TV So how come I can't watch TV on the display in my hybrid car? What's wrong with having a dashboard TV? (re: Philip K. Dick, 5/17/2009 ) |
Silent Talk 'Telepathy' For Soldiers DARPA seems determined to provide soldiers with the ability to communicate with thoughts alone. (re: L.F. Stone, 5/16/2009 ) |
ETICA Already Missed These SF Comm Predictions Boffins form group to predict the next Twitter; they're already too late to predict these communication breakthroughs, since sf authors have already done so. (re: Various, 4/16/2009 ) |
Interactive Digital Billboards Controlled By Phones I had some thoughts about this variation on the Minority Report-style billboard that takes your info whether you want to share or not. With video. (re: Stephen Spielberg, 3/25/2009 ) |
'Virtual Cocoon' Virtual Reality Helmet When you think virtual reality, whom do you think of? Clarke, Bradbury, Dick, Roddenberry? This helmet engages all five senses. (re: Arthur C. Clarke, 3/5/2009 ) |
Newspapers Doomed - SF Writers Do you think that newspapers have a future? SF writers aren't so sure; Cory Doctorow is just the latest. (re: Cory Doctorow, 2/24/2009 ) |
Skynet Now Generating Paralinguistic Phenomena Via Markup In Text-to-Speech Syntheses New IBM speech tech simulates human speech so well, you may not be able to judge by voice alone whether it is your mother - or a Terminator. (re: Various, 2/3/2009 ) |
NTT Billboards Are Watching You Look When every surface is covered with ads, how can a business see if passersby are looking at their particular ad? (re: Various, 12/18/2008 ) |
Kickbee Fetal Twitter Posting I was thinking of calling this article 'Tweets from Web 3.0' but it's just a prototype anyway. Nothing ever came of prototypes... (re: Various, 12/12/2008 ) |
TroopTube: YouTube For Military And Families The U.S. military takes a cautious step into interactive social media for use by troops and families. (re: Varioius, 11/13/2008 ) |
Vlingo Voice-Enabled Blackberry Smartphone This company seems to think the same way that Frederik Pohl did in 1965; voice is the best interface for a smartphone. (re: Frederik Pohl, 11/8/2008 ) |
Mobile Satellite Ventures Hybrid Satellite Network MSV is starting to move into areas outlined by engineer and sf writer George O. Smith two generations ago. (re: George O. Smith, 11/8/2008 ) |
Lower Limit Of Quantum Communication Speed Interesting work determines a lower limit for the impossible communication that Einstein called 'spooky action at a distance.' (re: E.E. 'Doc' Smith, 9/4/2008 ) |
What Apple Could Learn From SF: iPhone As Mediator There is a lesson for Steve Jobs and Apple regarding iPhone success; science fiction fans already know it. (re: Frederik Pohl, 8/27/2008 ) |
Our Futuristic Data-Net Is In Trouble Several articles have come out recently about how the U.S. is falling behind the most advanced nations in the area of Internet broadband. Our sf was more advanced, anyway. (re: Murray Leinster, 8/13/2008 ) |
MEDUSA Controls Crowds By Talking Inside Their Heads Device uses microwave audio effect in a manner similar to that proposed by the Overlords from Clarke's Childhood's End. (re: Arthur C. Clarke, 7/7/2008 ) |
Citysense Nightlife Indicator Interesting cellphone app will let you find out where the wild things are - the places where the most people are congregating in a city. (re: Larry Niven, 7/3/2008 ) |
Sqish Alt Sat Dish Vanishes With Sqishoflage Interesting camouflaged satellite dish is not a dish - it's a Sqish. (re: Various, 6/30/2008 ) |
Acoustic Time Reversal Underwater Broadband New technology advances the science of transmitting data underwater; will this lead to free WiFi in Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park? (re: Rockne S. O'Bannon, 6/27/2008 ) |
'Skin-Tenna' Signal Broadcast By Largest Human Organ Interesting concept uses a 'creeping wave effect' to broadcast signals sideways along the surface of your skin. (re: Various, 6/19/2008 ) |
Scented Text Messages - Imagine The Possibilities Oh, it's coming alright. To a cell phone near you. And you will remember with fondness the days when you only had to LISTEN to the person's conversation. (re: Frederik Pohl, 5/2/2008 ) |
Disappearing Ink On Self-Blanking Paper Amazing invention has me completely baffled; or maybe I've just been reading too much Philip K. Dick lately. (re: Various, 4/29/2008 ) |
MIT 'Quickies' RFID Transmit Paper These nifty post-it notes can communicate to your computer world. (re: Frank Herbert, 4/25/2008 ) |
NTT's Firmo Body Network Touch Communication NTT gets a jump on everyone by releasing its Firmo human body networking hardware. (re: Various, 4/24/2008 ) |
Universal Translator, Babelfish Possible The idea of a real-life universal translator is usually applied to a human language translator. But what about translating actual alien communication? (re: Larry Niven, 4/24/2008 ) |
DoCoMo Cell Phones Mobile Fragrance Equipped Believe me, sending a list of fragrances over the phone is only the beginning. (re: Frederik Pohl, 4/10/2008 ) |
When Slamhounds Attack Pretty good video not only presents sfnal inventions from the past two generations, but tells you how to solve any problems arising from the use thereof. (re: William Gibson, 4/9/2008 ) |
High Technology In Vintage Ad Style Here's an idea - what would it look like if you tried to sell cellphones and Segways at the end of the 19th century? (re: Various, 4/7/2008 ) |
Modu Cell Phone Module Adds Connectivity To Everything The remarkable Modu is a transformational cell phone concept; use it to add connectivity to practically anything - with the right sleeve. (re: Various, 3/15/2008 ) |
Audeo Neckband Voiceless Phone Calls The new neckband allows you to 'think' and speak. This will really mess up the 'Can you hear me now?' cell phone pitch; you'll just watch the guy sitting there. (re: David Brin, 3/14/2008 ) |
Should Website Advertisers Know Your Name? John Anderton! Your future ads are ready for you now, John Anderton. We do all this for you, John Anderton! (re: Steven Spielberg, 3/12/2008 ) |
Mars Phoenix Lander On Wide World Of Mars This is an amazing use of resources - who knew we had so many resources on Mars? (re: George O. Smith, 3/3/2008 ) |
iPhones For Freshmen At ACU This video shows some near-future applications for iPhones that will be used by freshmen at ACU this fall. (re: Frederik Pohl, 2/28/2008 ) |
Nokia Morph Cell Phone Concept The funny thing about this advanced concept is that parts of it are already available from other cell phone makers. (re: Robert Heinlein, 2/26/2008 ) |
Readius Cell Phone 5-Inch Fold Out Display This Philips product will actually be available this year (re: William Gibson, 1/21/2008 ) |
'Inaudibility Cloak' Is Theoretically Possible Can you think of some good uses for a cloaking device that hides you, or an object, acoustically? (re: Various, 1/11/2008 ) |
KissPhone Misses First By Forty Years This particular cell phone concept is too late to claim the prize for a cell phone through which one can exchange a kiss. (re: Frederik Pohl, 1/8/2008 ) |
Fingersight Synesthesia Machine Fascinating haptic interface device lets you feel what you can see; Rudy Rucker wrote about something quite similar about twenty years ago. (re: Rudy Rucker, 1/3/2008 ) |
Mobile Social Networking Near You Interesting networking software tries to bring useful information about that person right over there to your cell phone. (re: Larry Niven, 12/26/2007 ) |
Klausner iPhone Voicemail Suit Neglects SF Prior Art I'm no patent lawyer, but I think that Frederik Pohl described a system like Apple's iPhone voicemail in 1965, and I don't hear him asking for money from Apple. (re: Frederik Pohl, 12/5/2007 ) |
NEC Translator Cellphone Turns Japanese To English This is a very cool translator technology; can you think of additional sf references? (re: Larry Niven, 12/4/2007 ) |
Robo-Rucksack: Six-Year-Old Designs Talking 'Smart Backpack' This clever and innovative backpack (or rucksack, as they say in the UK) was designed by an elementary school child. (re: Frank Herbert, 11/10/2007 ) |
NEC Develops Wideband Wearable Antenna Many science-fictional gadgets depend on being tiny, and yet they can easily receive transmissions from great distances. Now, we know where the antenna is. (re: Various, 11/1/2007 ) |
DoCoMo S0703i Smellular Phone Makes Scents This is one phone that lets you smell the ... well, maybe not roses, but at least you can smell something as you go through your day. (re: Frederik Pohl, 10/23/2007 ) |
Bone Conduction Cell Phone Who would think of a bone conduction phone. Besides Pantech - RAH, that's who. (re: robert Heinlein, 10/19/2007 ) |
Avatars To Walk Between Virtual Worlds In Hindu theology, avatars can pass freely between worlds; soon, computer avatars may do the same. (re: Neal Stephenson, 10/11/2007 ) |
Wellness Mobile Phone Personal Trainer In A Cellphone If it wasn't so personal and polite, I might think that having a personal trainer connected to the phone company is a bit intrusive. (re: Frederik Pohl, 10/10/2007 ) |
Cell Phone Tower Equipment Sheds Way Station-Style I'm reaching a bit for this one, but I still think it's cool. (re: Clifford Simak, 9/10/2007 ) |
GOOG-411 Google's Free Talking Phone Search This new beta service from Google gets you your 411 free of charge, thanks to advanced voice recognition and local search. (re: Frederik Pohl, 8/23/2007 ) |
Gesture-Controlled TV Update Now you can control your TV with gestures, not just make gestures at your TV. (re: Various, 7/16/2007 ) |
Web Photos Now Have Zero Credibility Now anyone can rewrite history, taking only seconds for each precious photo. (re: George Orwell, 7/11/2007 ) |
Internet Routing In Space Now, Venus Equilateral Station Later Sooner or later, there's going to be a real communications network up there - George O. Smith knew it in 1942. (re: George O. Smith, 4/15/2007 ) |
Remote-Controlled Pigeon Could Enable DSL Cyborg pigeons fill the skies! Okay, there is one prototype pigeon, but it seems to work. (re: Frank Herbert, 3/11/2007 ) |
Internet Kiosks Around The World Everywhere you go, there you are - on the Internet. (re: Various, 1/24/2007 ) |
Motorola AUDEX Jacket With Sleeve Controls Love those Leinster sleeve controls; the jacket does have a 1940's appeal to it. (re: Murray Leinster, 1/19/2007 ) |
Advertising-Funded Cellphone Content Free phone service may be coming whether you like it or not. The system depends on it. (re: J.G. Ballard, 1/17/2007 ) |
Cellular Phone Robot And iPhone - Joymaker Wannabes Pohl's amazing joymaker from his 1965 novel still exceeds the vision presented for cellphones - but not by much. (re: Frederik Pohl, 1/17/2007 ) |
Butterfly Wing Phone Screen This unusual design has the virtue of being realizable with today's technology. (re: William Gibson, 12/8/2006 ) |
Earth Barcoded For Alien Convenience A seemingly innocent art project meant to get you thinking about our real and virtual worlds is so much more, if you know how to look at it. (re: Jules Verne, 12/7/2006 ) |
BluScreen Minority Report Ads Minority Report-style ads are back again; we may not be able to avoid this one. (re: Steven Spielberg, 9/13/2006 ) |
Nokia Silence Booth - Shh! If only someone would install these everywhere... (re: Robert Heinlein, 9/1/2006 ) |
Eurotech Zypad Wrist Wearable PC Beats Tracy's Calling all cars - the Zypad is available now! Not just a radio, but a Linux or Windows CE device. (re: Chester Gould, 6/29/2006 ) |
Sea-Eye Underwater Broadband Wireless Network Undersea broadband wireless may get better soon. (re: Various, 6/28/2006 ) |
K-NFB Portable Text To Speech Inventor Ray Kurzweil has portable text to speech ready - how long ago did sf writers think about this idea? (re: David H. Keller, 6/27/2006 ) |
Wrist Phone Sighted One day, we'll have Dick Tracy's wrist radio. This isn't quite it, but it's got a cool look and a nice display. (re: Various, 6/23/2006 ) |
The Future Of Cell Phones The cell phones of the future - probably still drop calls, but they will look extremely cool doing it. (re: Frederik Pohl, 6/20/2006 ) |
Chant Disruptor At Stadium Near You? Here's how to cut that disruptive audience down to size. (re: Various, 5/15/2006 ) |
RFID Sensor Tag Shower For Disasters A snowstorm of RFID tags could help save lives in a disaster. (re: Robert Silverberg, 3/20/2006 ) |
LongPen By Unotchit: Margaret Atwood's Telautograph For Book Signing Science fiction writer Margaret Atwood has created a device that makes real one of Hugo Gernsback's dreams of almost a century ago. (re: Hugo Gernsback, 2/19/2006 ) |
MASTOR Provides Real-Time Speech Translation Real-time speech translation from one language to another; is the world ready for one of Gernsback's 1911 language rectifiers? (re: Hugo Gernsback, 1/26/2006 ) |
Bluetooth Star Trek Communicator On eBay (Again!) I couldn't resist checking out yet another working Star Trek communicator for sale on Ebay. (re: Gene Roddenberry, 8/1/2005 ) |
Cellphone Towers: Modern Day 'Message Trees' Cellphone towers disguised as trees? Sounds like the message tree from a 1958 James Blish novel. (re: James Blish, 5/1/2005 ) |
Siemens Communicator Badge: Trek-style Communicator The device can be worn like a badge, or on a lanyard around your neck. Commands from the user are transmitted via Bluetooth to a central home communications server. The server uses proprietary voice recognition software to convert your voice commands (re: Star Trek, 3/17/2005 ) |
Toshiba Ubiquitous Viewer Lets Phones Control PCs Toshiba says it has developed software to let users control computers in their homes or offices from their mobile phones. (re: William Gibson, 1/19/2005 ) |
Speegle Serves Up Verbal Search Results Let Speegle read your search results in a restful voice. (re: Harlan Ellison, 1/19/2005 ) |
Saudi Arabian Mobile Phones The Islamic Saudi Mobile Phone has a number of unusual, built-in features to serve the religious needs of its intended audience - faithful Muslims. It will provide Qibla direction as well as prayer times in over 5,000 cities worldwide. (re: Roger Zelazny, 1/12/2005 ) |
Bring On The Hush-A-Phone! We've all read about the studies being conducted on the airlines, that perhaps one day soon we will all be forced to sit cheek-by-jowl with people who will conduct loud conversations on their cell phones. Isn't there some way to fend off this disaste (re: Robert Heinlein, 1/3/2005 ) |
Universal Whistling Machine - The Future Of Non-Verbal Communications Canadian artists Marc Bohlen and J.T. Rinker want to change the way that you interact with your favorite electronic devices. Tired of tiny keyboards, poor speech recognition or incomprehensible interfaces? (re: George Lucas, 12/8/2004 ) |
AlertBox Wireless Device Warns The Neighbors A wireless device called an AlertBox is going on sale in the United Kingdom this week; it allows neighbors to warn each other about "dodgy characters" on their street. (re: Jack Vance, 11/1/2004 ) |
Slow Light Will Speed Communications Physicists at the NIST believe that a new class of light soliton may help speed up communications networks. (re: Bob Shaw, 10/29/2004 ) |
Sky Ear: Mobile Phones and Helium Balloons Sky Ear on May 4th - a glowing "cloud" of mobile phones and gauss meters attached to helium balloons with lights is released into the air so that people can dial into the cloud and listen to the sounds of the electromagnetic sky. (re: Roger Zelazny, 4/9/2004 ) |
Digital Squab Line (DSL) Has High Bandwidth Which is faster - ADSL (Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line) or DSL (Digital Squab Line)? If you're thinking pigeons are faster - you're right. (re: Frank Herbert, 4/5/2004 ) |
Bradbury's Green Bullet Made Possible With Bluetooth The new Nextlink Bluespoon 5g cell phone headset is so small, Captain Beatty may not notice it if you wear it while driving the salamander back to the firehouse. (re: Ray Bradbury, 4/2/2004 ) |
Futureme.org: Contact Your Future Self Have you got something to say to yourself - next year? Futureme.org lets [the present day] you give [the future] you a piece of your mind. (re: John Varley, 3/26/2004 ) |
LingoPhone Provides Mobile Translation LingoPhone now provides mobile, on-the-spot translation services via cellphone. The service works with any mobile phone equipped to send and recieve text messages. (re: William Gibson, 11/21/2003 ) |
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