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Glossary
of Science Fiction Ideas and Inventions
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1854 Inventions Available)
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 |
| HAL 9000 - prototypical AI | 2001: A Space Odyssey | Clarke | 1968 |
| Half-Sphere Force Field - not an ordinary spherical force field | Between Planets | Heinlein | 1951 |
| Handbag Computer | The Futurological Congress | Lem | 1983 |
| Handicloset - self-organizing | The Zap Gun | Dick | 1965 |
| Handling Machine | The War of the Worlds | Wells | 1898 |
| Hands Free Helmet - chin up | Starship Troopers | Heinlein | 1959 |
| Handwriter - tattoo as output device | Steel Beach | Varley | 1992 |
| Hangman - robot telefactor | My Name is Legion | Zelazny | 1976 |
| Hanky Bush - use the white leaves | Sparrowhawk | Easton | 1990 |
| Happicuppa Coffee Bush - the race to the bottom | Oryx and Crake | Atwood | 2003 |
| Happylife Home - visit to The Veldt | The Illustrated Man | Bradbury | 1951 |
| Harbenite | Tarzan at the Eath's Core | Burroughs | 1929 |
| Hawking Mat | Hyperion | Simmons | 1989 |
| Head Cheese - cultured neurons in a dish | Starfish | Watts | 1999 |
| Headset - wireless ear-clips | Idoru | Gibson | 1996 |
| Headspace | Flood | Baxter | 2008 |
| Hearing Aid - someone to listen | The Shockwave Rider | Brunner | 1975 |
| Heartshirt - wear your pulse on your sleeve | Wetware | Rucker | 1988 |
| Heat Generating Magnetic Disks - red giants at work | Spawn of the Red Giants | Long, Jr. | 1937 |
| Heat Ray - concept of the laser | The War of the Worlds | Wells | 1898 |
| Heat Transmitter - warmth to outer planets | Crashing Suns | Hamilton | 1928 |
| Heighliner | Dune | Herbert | 1965 |
| Helicops | The Black Star Passes | Campbell | 1930 |
| Helio-Beryllium | Out Around Rigel | Wilson | 1931 |
| Helmet Visor Display - heads-up | The Tank Lords | Drake | 1997 |
| Helmet-Mounted Display Screen - display where you need it | Rock Diver | Harrison | 1951 |
| Hibernaculum - nap time | 2001: A Space Odyssey | Clarke | 1968 |
| High Kavalaan Aircar - superbad SUV of the air | Dying of the Light | Martin | 1977 |
| High Orbit Archipelago | Mona Lisa Overdrive | Gibson | 1988 |
| High Tech Trash Can - every beach should have one | Islands in the Net | Sterling | 1988 |
| High-Frequency Oven - essence of the microwave | Space Cadet | Heinlein | 1948 |
| High-Voltage Cuffs - Captain Nemo likes | Snow Crash | Stephenson | 1992 |
| Hilsch Vortex Tube - Maxwell's demon lives! | The Space Merchants | Pohl (w/CM Kornbluth) | 1952 |
| Hired Girl Robot - robotic floor maintenance | The Door Into Summer | Heinlein | 1956 |
| Holo - 3D driver's license | Rim | Besher | 1994 |
| Home Manager - AI + Franklin Planner | Queen of Angels | Bear | 1990 |
| Home Therapy Appliances, Inc. | Bad Medicine | Sheckley | 1956 |
| Homeopape - news just you can use | Ubik | Dick | 1969 |
| Homeostatic Newspaper - a homeopape | If There Were No Benny Cemoli | Dick | 1963 |
| Homer | Logan's Run | Nolan (w/G.C. Johnson) | 1967 |
| Homing Butterflies | Moxyland | Beukes | 2008 |
| Homorium | The Last Men | Long, Jr. | 1934 |
| Homotropic News Vending Machine | The Game Players of Titan | Dick | 1963 |
| Hopper | Lucky Starr and the Oceans of Venus | Asimov | 1954 |
| Hostage Gas | The Uplift War | Brin | 1987 |
| Hotdesk - the cubicle is the computer | Idoru | Gibson | 1996 |
| House Records -10K years of information management | Heretics of Dune | Herbert | 1984 |
| House Trees - ultimate tree houses | The Houses of Iszm | Vance | 1954 |
| House Voice - Thurber's nightmare | Mona Lisa Overdrive | Gibson | 1988 |
| Housefly Monitor | Lies, Inc. | Dick | 1964 |
| House-of-Cards Construction | Rainbows End | Vinge | 2006 |
| Hovercraft - rides on a cushion of air | Mona Lisa Overdrive | Gibson | 1988 |
| Hoverlimo - hovercraft for hire | Steel Beach | Varley | 1992 |
| Howard Families | Methuselah's Children | Heinlein | 1941 |
| Human Object Recognition - people making robotic life easier | The Velvet Glove | Harrison | 1956 |
| Hunter-seeker - floats like a butterfly… | Dune | Herbert | 1965 |
| Hunting Robe - a very thin hunting dog | Time is the Simplest Thing | Simak | 1961 |
| Hush Corner - noise reduction | Double Star | Heinlein | 1956 |
| Hush Hood - privacy when you need it | The Moon is a Harsh Mistress | Heinlein | 1966 |
| Hush-a-Phone - noise suppression for telephones | The Roads Must Roll | Heinlein | 1940 |
| Hybrid Mass Driver - moon bound | The Man Who Sold The Moon | Heinlein | 1950 |
| Hydropathic bed - better than a waterbed | The Demolished Man | Bester | 1996 |
| Hyperbolic Solenoid - mag lock picker | The Exhalted | de Camp | 1940 |
| Hypercard - it sure carries a lot of weight | Snow Crash | Stephenson | 1992 |
| Hyperfilament | The Fountains of Paradise | Clarke | 1978 |
| Hyperpig | Redemption Ark | Reynolds | 2002 |
| Hyperspace | Islands of Space | Campbell | 1931 |
| Hyperspace Beacon - find your way between the stars | The Repairman | Harrison | 1959 |
| Hypnobioscope | Ralph 124c 41 + | Gernsback | 1911 |
| Hypno-Motor Control | Sales Pitch | Dick | 1954 |
| Hypnopædia (Sleep-Teaching) - learn while asleep | Brave New World | Huxley | 1932 |
| Hypnotic injunction | Methuselah's Children | Heinlein | 1941 |
| Hypo Arm - tentacle with a needle | Simulated Trainer | Harrison | 1958 |
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