Glossary of Science Fiction Ideas and Inventions
( 1854 Inventions Available)

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Device Name Book/Story Author Date
R. Daneel Olivaw - I, robot Caves of Steel Asimov  1953
R2-D2 (Artoo-Detoo) - the original Star Wars Lucas  1976
Rabbit-Paper - pregnancy test strip The Game Players of Titan Dick  1963
Radiant - just like RFID The Houses of Iszm Vance  1954
Radiant Power Receptor - broadcast power receiver Waldo Heinlein  1942
Radiant Shield The Houses of Iszm Vance  1954
Radiation Garment Waldo Heinlein  1942
Radiation Shield The Ultimate Weapon Campbell  1936
Radson Skimmer This Immortal Zelazny  1966
Raisin - intelligent hearing aid Nanotime Kosko  1987
Ram Field - tweaked Bussard Ramjet Protector Niven  1973
Ramrobot - automated space exploration A Gift From Earth Niven  1968
Ramsbotham Gate - wormhole Tunnel in the Sky Heinlein  1955
Ramscoop - pull in hydrogen World of Ptavvs Niven  1965
Randominoes Nymphomation Noon  2000
Rapid-Transit Hover Blimp Galactic Pot-Healer Dick  1969
Rat Thing Snow Crash Stephenson  1992
Ray Gun The Black Star Passes Campbell  1930
Raytron Apparatus - aerial surveillance Beyond the Stars Cummings  1928
Reaction Pistol - zero gee maneuvering Diamond Planetoid Giles  1937
Reactive Walls - club scene 2020 Freezone Shirley  1985
Reading Machine - read while reclining Stranger in a Strange Land Heinlein  1961
Reading Plaque - ultrathin display Earth Brin  1990
Reading Plate - 50's style flat panel The Star Beast Heinlein  1954
Readout Skin - Gutenberg gets tattoos Steel Beach Varley  1992
Reality Graphics A Fire Upon The Deep Vinge  1992
Reality Tape The Electric Ant Dick  1969
Reason Hypervelocity Railgun Snow Crash Stephenson  1992
Receptor Tape - very thin microphone The Face Vance  1979
Reciprocal Name - cellphone nickname Return from the Stars Lem  1961
Recorded News - Tivo for radio in 1889 In the Year 2889 Verne  1889
Recorded Personalities Mona Lisa Overdrive Gibson  1988
Recording Eye - interplanetary surveillance The Man in the Maze Silverberg  1969
Recording Radio Four-Day Planet Piper  1961
Recycler Starfish Watts  1999
Refreshing Chamber Coventry Heinlein  1940
Refrigeration Tape - ground cooling Tower of Glass Silverberg  1970
Refurbished Nervous System - rewired for speed The Stars My Destination Bester  1956
Reggie the Bartending Machine - beverage, sir? The Outpost Resnick  2002
Relations with Extraterrestrial Life - before the Prime Directive Ogre Simak  1944
Remote (or Seeker Remote) - Jedi training device Star Wars Lucas  1976
Remote-Cast Snooper Dune Herbert  1965
Remotely Operated Auto-targeting Gun (ROAG) - I see you Quantico Bear  2007
Repair Robots - helpful droids The Invincible Lem  1954
Repellor Anti-Gravity Rays Armageddon: 2419 A.D. Nowlan  1928
Replicant - an artificial human Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? Dick  1968
Reporting Machine The Simulacra Dick  Ace
Residual Poison Dune Herbert  1965
Resting Pits Limits Niven  1985
Restraining Bolt - keeps robots in check Star Wars Lucas  1976
Retinal Implant The Neutronium Alchemist Hamilton  1997
Retinal Projection - put the ad right on the eyeball The Space Merchants Pohl (w/CM Kornbluth)  1952
Retinal Vid-Screen - implanted news screen Sales Pitch Dick  1954
Retro-Rockets - Verne invented them! From the Earth to the Moon Verne  1867
Revitalizer Console. - perk up your bloodstream Millenium Varley  1983
Rex Regenerator (Mechanotherapist) - heavy duty therapy Bad Medicine Sheckley  1956
Rhennius Machine - reverse yourself Doorways in the Sand Zelazny  1976
Rhetorizer - the writer's assistant The Penultimate Truth Dick  1964
Rifle Range (Virtual Shooting Range) - virtual skeet shooting designed by aliens Way Station Simak  1963
Rigid Metallic Clothing - almost an exoskeleton A Conquest of Two Worlds Hamilton  1932
Ring Road - mag-lev old-style Starman Jones Heinlein  1953
Ringworld - sun-girdling artifact Ringworld Niven  1970
RNA Shots - don't read Cliff notes; eat Cliff A World Out of Time Niven  1976
Roachster Sparrowhawk Easton  1990
Robant Bill Collector Automated bill collection Now Wait For Last Year Dick  1966
Robass - a robotic mule The Quest for Saint Aquin Boucher  1951
Robbie - mechanical child companion Robbie Asimov  1940
Robofish (Mitsubishi Robot Turbot) - robot fish Slow Life Swanwick  2002
Robomule Bill the Galactic Hero Harrison  1965
Robopark - automated parking garage Methuselah's Children Heinlein  1941
Robot - the origin of the term R.U.R. Capek  1920
Robot Bar - ancestor of R2D2 Bill the Galactic Hero Harrison  1965
Robot Bartender - early mention The Stars My Destination Bester  1956
Robot Busboy Lies, Inc. Dick  1964
Robot Cab Driver - everybody's got problems A Present for Pat Dick  1952
Robot Cells (Crystal-Shaped Modules) - robot building blocks Isaac Asimov's Odyssey : Robot City: Book1 Kube-McDowell  1987
Robot Chef - a creative cook Robinc Boucher  1943
Robot Crab - robot gardener Neuromancer Gibson  1984
Robot Door - stolid decision-maker Colony Dick  1953
Robot Earthworm - spaghettibot War With The Robots Harrison  1962
Robot Gardener - gardening robot War Veteran Dick  1955
Robot Gun Aliens Foster  1986
Robot Judge - before Dred Robot Justice Harrison  1959
Robot Lawn Mower - already here City Simak  1944
Robot Librarian Filer The Robot Who Wanted to Know Harrison  1962
Robot Mice - tiny cleaning machines The Martian Chronicles Bradbury  1950
Robot Mother - self-reproducing automaton The Mechanical Mice Hugi  1941
Robot Pope - Urbi et Orbi et Digiti Good News From the Vatican Silverberg  1971
Robot Probes (Arr-twos) - remote-controlled eyes and ears Oath of Fealty Niven (w/J. Pournelle)  1981
Robot Psyche Tester - gestalting device Colony Dick  1953
Robot Spectra Analyzer The Repairman Harrison  1959
Robot Surgeon The Bicentennial Man Asimov  1976
Robot Surgeon-Hand - attached at the wrist War Veteran Dick  1955
Robot Tracking Device - preferred surveillance tool of AIs Vulcan's Hammer Dick  1960
Robot Voice Catch That Rabbit Asimov  1944
Robotic Arm - handy for robots City Simak  1944
Robotic Hand The Door Into Summer Heinlein  1956
Robotic Horse - magical The Warlock in Spite of Himself Stasheff  1969
Robotic Trash Can - watch it Robot Justice Harrison  1959
Rocket Gun Armageddon: 2419 A.D. Nowlan  1928
Rocket Racing Habit del Rey  1939
Rolem (Wrestling Robot) - robot wrestler This Immortal Zelazny  1966
Roller Shadow World Simak  1957
Rolling Road - public transport The Roads Must Roll Heinlein  1940
Rooftop Windmill - renewable energy vision A Journey In Other Worlds Astor IV  1894
Rotating House - turn the salon The Godmakers Herbert  1972
Roujin Z-0001 - military bed robot Roujin Z Otomo  1991
Roving Bomb - RC weaponry Lost Rocket Wellman  1941
Ro-Womb - enfold the patient. The Dream Master Zelazny  1966
RUMOKO - island builder My Name is Legion Zelazny  1976
Runcible - every page an LCD screen The Diamond Age Stephenson  1995

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Walky iPhone Finger Gesture Robot Controller
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Robot Martial Arts Videos
re: Roger Zelazny
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Interactive TV Patent From Sony
re: Ray Bradbury
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Smart Contact Lens With Power Harvesting Circuits
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'Significant Amount' Of Lunar Water Found
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Lev, Theremin-Playing Robot
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XT-1 Micro Mouse With Blazing Speed
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Escape Pods, Refuge Of ISS Astronauts From Space Junk
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re: Various
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Bio-Mechanics And Micro-Robotic Flight
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Farming Detroit Like Trantor
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Smarter Rats Via Transgenic Over-Expression Of NR2B Gene
re: Daniel Keyes
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Sleepbox Like Niven's Napcap
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555 KUBIK - If A House Was Dreaming
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Spray-On Skin For Burns From ReCell Kit
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Gregory Benford On Artificial Biological Selection for Longevity
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Overwhelming Enemy Cognitive Abilities
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