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Glossary
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A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
| Device Name | Book/Story | Author | Date |
| Fabricow | Piecework | Brin | 1990 |
| Fabricules - squeaky clean nanomachine | The Diamond Age | Stephenson | 1995 |
| Face Dancer | Dune Messiah | Herbert | 1969 |
| Face Seal | Starfish | Watts | 1999 |
| Factory Crawler (or Harvester Crawler) - sift the sands of Arrakis | Dune | Herbert | 1965 |
| Fake-Meter - counterfeit detector | The Killing Machine | Vance | 1964 |
| Famnexdo | The Simulacra | Dick | Ace |
| Fanmetal - build temporary shelters | Dune | Herbert | 1965 |
| Farcaster - step through to another planet | Hyperion | Simmons | 1989 |
| Fatline - FTL communication | Hyperion | Simmons | 1989 |
| Feeler-Planes - sensors for 3D models | The Houses of Iszm | Vance | 1954 |
| Feelies (Feely) | Brave New World | Huxley | 1932 |
| Fencing Mirror - fencing instructor | Dune | Herbert | 1965 |
| Fenton Silencer - early noise cancellation | Tales from the White Hart | Clarke | 1957 |
| Field-Minder | Who Can Replace A Man | Aldiss | 1963 |
| Field-Projector | Easy Money | Hamilton | 1938 |
| Filament Paper Book - small for space travel | Dune | Herbert | 1965 |
| Filter Wheel - stepwise refinement | The Diamond Age | Stephenson | 1995 |
| Filterable Virus | The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch | Dick | 1965 |
| Filtered Reality - live in your own world | Earth | Brin | 1990 |
| Finger Watch - the original | The Puppet Masters | Heinlein | 1951 |
| Flash Crowd (Flash Mob) - or flash mob | Flash Crowd | Niven | 1972 |
| Flash Suit - laser game suit | Ender's Game | Card | 1985 |
| Flashlight Laser | Ringworld | Niven | 1970 |
| Flat Cat | The Rolling Stones | Heinlein | 1952 |
| Flatscreen Movie - old-fashioned 2D entertainment | Orbital Resources | Barnes | 1991 |
| Flexible Armor Suit - now you're Superman | Neutron Star | Niven | 1966 |
| Flexible Frank - the all-purpose household robot | The Door Into Summer | Heinlein | 1956 |
| Flexible Stem | The Killing Machine | Vance | 1964 |
| Flexible Wall Sheet Display - flexy flat panel | The Mechanical Monarch | Tubb | 1958 |
| Flexitime - you've had enough, pal | Master of Space and Time | Rucker | 1984 |
| Flex-Wheels | 2001: A Space Odyssey | Clarke | 1968 |
| Flexy (or Flexies) | Pushing Ice | Reynolds | 2005 |
| Flicker Drive - in between beats | Fremder | Hoban | 1996 |
| Flickercladding - light emission and absorption | Wetware | Rucker | 1988 |
| Flight Stick | The Flight of the Horse | Niven | 1969 |
| Floater | Armageddon: 2419 A.D. | Nowlan | 1928 |
| Floater Camera - fly and spy | Runaway | Crichton | 1985 |
| Float-home - living houseboat | Whipping Star | Herbert | 1969 |
| Floating Booths | Handicap | Niven | 1967 |
| Floating Island - living space | Saturn's Race | Niven | 2000 |
| Flycycle - if a Harley could fly | Ringworld | Niven | 1970 |
| Flying Car | Blade Runner | Scott | 1982 |
| Flying Crowbars - speed kills | Footfall | Niven (w/J. Pournelle) | 1985 |
| Flying Eye - I see you | The Repairman | Harrison | 1959 |
| Flying Harness | Skylark of Space | Smith | 1928 |
| Flying Saucer - alien spacecraft | The Puppet Masters | Heinlein | 1951 |
| Flying Wing - Northrup's all-metal dream | Triplanetary | Smith | 1934 |
| Flywheel Launcher | The Brick Moon | Hale | 1869 |
| Focusing - using mindrot | A Deepness in the Sky | Vinge | 1999 |
| Fold Box | Glory Road | Heinlein | 1963 |
| Fontema | First Lensman | Smith | 1950 |
| Food Brick - tasty cubes | Ringworld | Niven | 1970 |
| Food Factory - fast food from outer space | Beyond the Blue Event Horizon | Pohl | 1980 |
| Force-Field | Space Hounds of IPC | Smith | 1931 |
| Force-Field Penknife - origin of the Lightsaber? | Foundation | Asimov | 1951 |
| Fractal Knife - more cutting surface | Virtual Light | Gibson | 1993 |
| Free Return Trajectory - first mention | From the Earth to the Moon | Verne | 1867 |
| Free Telephone Call | The Subliminal Man | Ballard | 1963 |
| Freedom Machine - nanotech birth control | The Diamond Age | Stephenson | 1995 |
| Free-fall Couch | Hyperion | Simmons | 1989 |
| Freeside Orbital Resort | Neuromancer | Gibson | 1984 |
| Freezone - artificial island community | Freezone | Shirley | 1985 |
| Fresher - refreshing chamber | Methuselah's Children | Heinlein | 1941 |
| Frictionless Coating - no stick before teflon | Way Station | Simak | 1963 |
| Fuel Tree | Anathem | Stephenson | 2008 |
| Fuligin | Shadow & Claw | Wolfe | 1980 |
| Full-Motion Building Advertising Facade - a new life awaits | Blade Runner | Scott | 1982 |
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