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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 |
| T.I.E. Fighter (Tie Fighter) - the bane of the rebel resistance in Star Wars | Star Wars | Lucas | 1976 |
| Tacspace | The Algebraist | Banks | 2004 |
| Tagalong | In the Bowl | Varley | 1976 |
| Tag-Along Balloon - find the space station leak | Gentlemen, Be Seated | Heinlein | 1948 |
| Talisman - focus on your hopes | Way Station | Simak | 1963 |
| Talking Bomb - psych warfare | Starship Troopers | Heinlein | 1959 |
| Talking Head - retro output device | Neuromancer | Gibson | 1984 |
| Talking Pamphlet - maybe too convenient | Ellison Wonderland | Ellison | 1974 |
| Talking Speedometer | Biddiver | Sturgeon | 1941 |
| Talking Tape - smart as a brick | Distraction | Sterling | 1998 |
| Tand - an abstract venerated sculpture | The Dragon Masters | Vance | 1962 |
| Tanglefoot Field - non-lethal crowd control | The Star Beast | Heinlein | 1954 |
| Tanks | A Logic Named Joe | Leinster | 1946 |
| TANSTAAFL - and there isn't | The Moon is a Harsh Mistress | Heinlein | 1966 |
| Taper - interstellar portable | Time is the Simplest Thing | Simak | 1961 |
| Taprisiot - galactic long distance calling | The Dosadi Experiment | Herbert | 1977 |
| Taprisiot Monitor - last chance to surveil | The Dosadi Experiment | Herbert | 1977 |
| Tasp - right where you live | Ringworld | Niven | 1970 |
| Tattletale - predicts the ankle monitor | The Game Players of Titan | Dick | 1963 |
| TBR (Talk Between Robots) Circuit | The Midas Plague | Pohl | 1954 |
| Teaching Chair | Rammer | Niven | 1991 |
| Teakettle - booster rocket | Double Star | Heinlein | 1956 |
| Teddy | Super-Toys Last All Summer Long | Aldiss | 1969 |
| Teddy Bear Robot | I Always Do What Teddy Says | Harrison | Bantam |
| Telautograph | Ralph 124c 41 + | Gernsback | 1911 |
| Telebook - words on a screen | The Fun They Had | Asimov | 1951 |
| Telechart | Crashing Suns | Hamilton | 1928 |
| Telechronometer | Blowups Happen | Heinlein | 1940 |
| Telelubricator - perfectly frictionless | The Exhalted | de Camp | 1940 |
| Telemedicine Apparatus - first known reference | The Machine Stops | Forster | 1909 |
| Tele-Motor-Coasters - power skates | Ralph 124c 41 + | Gernsback | 1911 |
| Teleoperated Lab Robot | Cities in Flight | Blish | 1957 |
| Teleoperated Robot Surrogate - love via robot | The Robot and the Lady | Wellman | 1938 |
| Telepathic Transmitter (Telep-transmitter) | We Can Remember It For You Wholesale | Dick | 1966 |
| Telephonic Music Room | Looking Backward | Bellamy | 1888 |
| Telephot - early videophone | Ralph 124c 41 + | Gernsback | 1911 |
| Telepomp | The Man Without a Body | Mitchell | 1877 |
| Telepresence Bulldozer - robotics for remote operation | Oath of Fealty | Pournelle (w/L. Niven) | 1981 |
| Teleprinter | Four-Day Planet | Piper | 1961 |
| Telescreen - Big Brother is watching | 1984 | Orwell | 1948 |
| Tele-Screen | After Armageddon | Flagg | 1932 |
| Telestereo - earliest reference to holograms? | Crashing Suns | Hamilton | 1928 |
| Televisor - wrap TV around the world | The Challenge of Atlantis | Burks | 1938 |
| Temporary Quarters - interior tents | Neuromancer | Gibson | 1984 |
| Terraforming - remake a planet | Collision Orbit | Williamson | 1941 |
| Tesseract House | -And He Built A Crooked House | Heinlein | 1940 |
| Tether Space Station | Tank Farm Dynamo | Brin | 1983 |
| The Book of the Machine | The Machine Stops | Forster | 1909 |
| The Jump - is travel through hyperspace possible? | Foundation | Asimov | 1951 |
| The Krang - instrument or weapon? | The Tar-Aiym Krang | Foster | 1972 |
| The Machine - supplies every need | The Machine Stops | Forster | 1909 |
| The Shed - sf predecessor to the VAB | Space Tug | Leinster | 1953 |
| The Twonky - original robot | The Twonky | Padgett | 1942 |
| The Veldt - serengeti in the nursery | The Illustrated Man | Bradbury | 1951 |
| Thematite | Jurisdiction | Schachner | 1941 |
| Thermlectrium | Blindness | Campbell | 1935 |
| Thigh Grips | Space Tug | Leinster | 1953 |
| Thorsen Memory Tube | The Door Into Summer | Heinlein | 1956 |
| Thought Screen | The Emperor of the Stars | Schachner (w. AL Zagat) | 1931 |
| Thought-Screen - stop alien mind control | Gray Lensman | Smith | 1942 |
| Three Laws of Robotics (Rules of Robotics) - the original robot laws | Runaround | Asimov | 1942 |
| Thumper - rhythmic vibration | Dune | Herbert | 1965 |
| Tickler - clears smog | Eurema's Dam | Lafferty | 1972 |
| Tight-Beam | Skylark Three | Smith | 1930 |
| Time Capsule - time traveler's use them | Millenium | Varley | 1983 |
| Time Dingbat - time machine welfare | The Computer Connection | Bester | 1974 |
| Time Dredge | Dr. Futurity | Dick | 1960 |
| Time Machine - the original | The Time Machine | Wells | 1895 |
| Timebroker - trading fungible time | Shuteye for the Timebroker | Di Filippo | 2006 |
| Timepress - time in a bottle | Millenium | Varley | 1983 |
| Time-Warping Construct | Lies, Inc. | Dick | 1964 |
| Tin Cabby (Tin Cabbie) - mechacab | Cities in Flight | Blish | 1957 |
| Tiny Atomic-Power Drive Unit - compact power of the atom | The Brain Pirates | Campbell | 1938 |
| Tiny Nuclear Generator | Foundation and Empire | Asimov | 1952 |
| Titanium Exoskeleton - conquer gravity | A Specter is Haunting Texas | Leiber | 1968 |
| Tleilaxu Eyes (Metal Eyes) - insectile mechanical eyes | Dune Messiah | Herbert | 1969 |
| TMA-1 - the Tycho monolith | 2001: A Space Odyssey | Clarke | 1968 |
| Toll Door - pay for entry | Ubik | Dick | 1969 |
| Toner - dead nanobot bits | The Diamond Age | Stephenson | 1995 |
| Tongueprint Verification - touching, not licking | Fleet of Worlds | Niven (w/E.M. Lerner) | 2007 |
| Toothbud Transplant - implanted teeth | Neuromancer | Gibson | 1984 |
| Toposcope | Cities in Flight | Blish | 1957 |
| Torch | Farmer in the Sky | Heinlein | 1950 |
| Torchship - a tail of flame | Sky Lift | Heinlein | 1953 |
| Total Environmental and Mental Simulator - accelerated machine intelligence | Crown of Infinity | Faucette | 1968 |
| Touch Tablet | Darwin's Children | Bear | 2003 |
| Towel - massively useful | The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy | Adams | 1979 |
| Tower of Glass - SETI architecture | Tower of Glass | Silverberg | 1970 |
| Town In One Building - like an arcology | When the Sleeper Wakes | Wells | 1899 |
| Toy Testing Dummy | War Game | Dick | 1959 |
| Tracer-Bird - the birdie watches you | Changeling | Zelazny | 1980 |
| Tracing Glasses - find criminals now | Case Closed (Detective Conan) | Aoyama | 1994 |
| Tracked Vehicle - better than Hummer | The Dosadi Experiment | Herbert | 1977 |
| Tracking Bracelet - a high security device | Shadowspeer | Clayton | 1990 |
| Traction City - not cities in flight | Mortal Engines | Reeve | 2003 |
| Traction City Gut | Mortal Engines | Reeve | 2003 |
| Tractor Beam - pulling force at a distance | Space Hounds of IPC | Smith | 1931 |
| Traffic Control Camera - automatic identification | Methuselah's Children | Heinlein | 1941 |
| Traffic Lane Discharger | Sagramanda | Foster | 2006 |
| Tramline | The Mote in God's Eye | Niven (w/J. Pournelle) | 1974 |
| Tranquilizing Gum | Ubik | Dick | 1969 |
| Transcriber - an automated transcriptionist | Second Foundation | Asimov | 1953 |
| Transdermal Drug Capsule - slap it on | Vulcan's Hammer | Dick | 1960 |
| Transdress - transparent clothing | The California Voodoo Game | Niven (w/S. Barnes) | 1992 |
| Translator Discs | Ringworld | Niven | 1970 |
| Transmat - instant transport | Tower of Glass | Silverberg | 1970 |
| Transmit Camera | Four-Day Planet | Piper | 1961 |
| Transmit-Paper - first use of this idea | The Godmakers | Herbert | 1972 |
| Transo - teleportation | Time is the Simplest Thing | Simak | 1961 |
| Transparent Flat Panel Display - early flat panel | Things To Come | Wells | 1936 |
| Transparent Spherical Ship | The Emperor of the Stars | Schachner (w. AL Zagat) | 1931 |
| Treeship | Hyperion | Simmons | 1989 |
| Trimagniscope - see inside any object | Inherit the Stars | Hogan | 1977 |
| Tripod - inhuman robotic ships from Mars! | The War of the Worlds | Wells | 1898 |
| Tri-Type Record - 3D reduced to two | The Houses of Iszm | Vance | 1954 |
| Trode-Net - electrode webbing | Mona Lisa Overdrive | Gibson | 1988 |
| True-Vu Lenses (Goggles) - sneak a peek | Earth | Brin | 1990 |
| Truffle Skins - genetically unique money | The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch | Dick | 1965 |
| Tru-Mem Systems | We Can Remember It For You Wholesale | Dick | 1966 |
| Truth Meter - a 50's lie detector | The Star Beast | Heinlein | 1954 |
| Tube Rack | Solstice | Kelly | 1985 |
| Tubular Field of Force | The Cometeers | Williamson | 1936 |
| Tug Space-going version of the ocean vehicle | Neuromancer | Gibson | 1984 |
| Tumblebug - a gyro-stabilized monocycle | The Roads Must Roll | Heinlein | 1940 |
| Tuned-Laser Decontamination - zap just the bad | Hybrids (Neanderthal Parallax) | Sawyer | 2003 |
| Twing - twine by NASA | Protector | Niven | 1973 |
| Twist-Box - hack your own reality | Wetware | Rucker | 1988 |
| Twonky - trashes the time stream | Millenium | Varley | 1983 |
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