Glossary of Science Fiction Ideas and Inventions
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Device Name Book/Story Author Date
ICE (intrusion countermeasures electronics) - anti-hacker Neuromancer Gibson  1984
Ice Dart - shot with an icicle Nanotime Kosko  1987
Iceberg Water Tub - fresh water mountain Oath of Fealty Pournelle (w/L. Niven)  1981
Ice-Nine - the final form of water Cat's Cradle Vonnegut  1963
Icon Thumbsized Image - first reference? 2001: A Space Odyssey Clarke  1968
Ideator - gene identification Darwin's Children Bear  2003
Ident Darts -track your brain The Electric Ant Dick  1969
Identificator - holographic signage The Star King Vance  1964
Idoru - a software-generated personality Idoru Gibson  1996
Igloo Inflatable Moon Habitat - inflate and use A Fall of Moondust Clarke  1961
Illuminum - glows with its own light Altered Carbon Morgan  2003
Ilse - first intelligent ship brain Long Shot Vinge  1972
Immunocules - nanotechnology imitates life The Diamond Age Stephenson  1995
Impact Suit - shear-thickening armor The Flying Sorcerers Gerrold (w/L, Niven)  1971
Impactor Determines Composition The Mechanical Monarch Tubb  1958
Impervium - the way is shut Clash by Night O'Donnell  1943
Implanted Credit Card - wherever you want it to be The Diamond Age Stephenson  1995
Implanted Interface With Retinal Nerves The Continuous Katherine Mortenhoe (The Unsleeping Eye) Compton  1973
Implanted Microprocessor Monitor Neuromancer Gibson  1984
Implanted Steel Teeth The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch Dick  1965
Implanted Tranceiver - totally hands free phone The Godmakers Herbert  1972
Implant-Watch - this is so cool Cloak of Anarchy Niven  1972
Imprint (A Ditto Blank) - pseudo-you Kiln People Brin  2002
Individualized Clothing Manufacture - clothes just for you When the Sleeper Wakes Wells  1899
Inert Resin - resinous coatings Islands in the Net Sterling  1988
Inertia Screen - next up, right angle turns Space Rating Berryman  1939
Inertia Tank Masson's Secret Gallun  1939
Inertron - light but strong Armageddon: 2419 A.D. Nowlan  1928
Inert-Wear - unfashionably static Say Goodby to the Wind Ballard  1970
Infinite Improbability Drive - what are the odds it exists? The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Adams  1979
Inflatable Air Lock - very early reference Space Tug Leinster  1953
Inflatable Church The Shockwave Rider Brunner  1975
Inflatable Expansion Bubble - temporary room for space craft Crashlander Niven  1994
Infowar Operation Distraction Sterling  1998
Inorganic Evolution The Invincible Lem  1954
Insosuit Runaround Asimov  1942
Instantaneous Kodaks (Traffic Control) A Journey In Other Worlds Astor IV  1894
Intellectual Cell - cellular computing Blood Music Bear  1984
Interactive Blackboard Vulcan's Hammer Dick  1960
Interactive Map - very early concept Return from the Stars Lem  1961
Interactive Suicide Note Press Enter Varley  1984
Interactive Video Column - see the world -- from convenience stores? All Tomorrow's Parties Gibson  1999
Interchangeable Hands - mechanical variety The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch Dick  1965
Interests Profile - an intelligent agent The Age of The Pussyfoot Pohl  1965
Internal Body Power Pack - AAAAAAAA size The Stars My Destination Bester  1956
International Fantasy Gaming Society (IFGS) - the fictional basis for the real one Dream Park Niven (w/S. Barnes)  1981
Interplanetary Communications Center QRM - Interplanetary Smith  1942
Interplanetary Union Of Spacemen Old Fireball Schachner  1941
Inter-Universal Messenger Cities in Flight Blish  1957
Inter-Vehicle Communication The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch Dick  1965
Interway - computer-controlled highway The Tels Black  2003
Invisibility - now you see it - The Invisible Man Wells  1897
Invisible Cloak -long before Harry Potter Brigands of the Moon Cummings  1931
Ion Drive - weak but strong Equalizer Williamson  1947
Ixian Probe Heretics of Dune Herbert  1984

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AirRobot Micro-UAV 'Fairies' In Shakespeare Play
re: Various
(11/19/2009)

Paralysis Ray Uses Photocontrolled Molecular Switch
re: Arthur K. Barnes
(11/19/2009)

Brine Wells May Swallow Towns
re: Sigizmund Krzhizhanowsky
(11/18/2009)

Will In-Vitro Meat Change Our Lives?
re: H. Beam Piper
(11/18/2009)

Walky iPhone Finger Gesture Robot Controller
re: Douglas Adams
(11/17/2009)

OnStar Stolen Vehicle Slowdown Foils Carjacker
re: Keith Laumer
(11/17/2009)

Robot Martial Arts Videos
re: Roger Zelazny
(11/16/2009)

Interactive TV Patent From Sony
re: Ray Bradbury
(11/15/2009)

Smart Contact Lens With Power Harvesting Circuits
re: Niven And Barnes
(11/15/2009)

'Significant Amount' Of Lunar Water Found
re: Robert Heinlein
(11/14/2009)

FOXP2 Tweak Yields Planet Of The Apes?
re: Various
(11/14/2009)

Lev, Theremin-Playing Robot
re: Arthur C. Clarke
(11/13/2009)

XT-1 Micro Mouse With Blazing Speed
re: Maurice A. Hugi
(11/13/2009)

Escape Pods, Refuge Of ISS Astronauts From Space Junk
re: George Lucas
(11/12/2009)

Steerable Bowling Ball Is A Cheesy Spherical Robot
re: Various
(11/11/2009)

Bio-Mechanics And Micro-Robotic Flight
re: Raymond Z. Gallun
(11/11/2009)

Farming Detroit Like Trantor
re: Isaac Asimov
(11/11/2009)

Smarter Rats Via Transgenic Over-Expression Of NR2B Gene
re: Daniel Keyes
(11/10/2009)

Sleepbox Like Niven's Napcap
re: Larry Niven
(11/10/2009)

555 KUBIK - If A House Was Dreaming
re: J.G. Ballard
(11/6/2009)

Spray-On Skin For Burns From ReCell Kit
re: Philip K. Dick
(11/6/2009)

Gregory Benford On Artificial Biological Selection for Longevity
re: Gregory Benford
(11/5/2009)

Overwhelming Enemy Cognitive Abilities
re: Randall Garrett
(11/5/2009)

Star Trek Replicator For Space Station?
re: Gene Roddenberry
(11/5/2009)

 

 

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