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

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Device Name Book/Story Author Date
Ultimate Football League (UFL) The Sun Also Explodes Nakashima-Brown  2008
Ultra-Communicator Galactic Patrol Smith  1937
Ultramicrominiature Waldo Time Enough For Love Heinlein  1973
Ultra-microrobot - small as an insect A Menace in Miniature Gallun  1937
Ultraphone Ear-Disc - no need for Bluetooth Armageddon: 2419 A.D. Nowlan  1928
Ultraset (Ultrawave Set) - fast comm Habit del Rey  1939
Ultrawave - FTL communication Triplanetary Smith  1934
Ultrawave Relay (or Hyperwave Relay) - first use of FTL communication Foundation Asimov  1951
Ultron Armageddon: 2419 A.D. Nowlan  1928
Ultron Wire Armageddon: 2419 A.D. Nowlan  1928
Ultrophone - FTL communication Armageddon: 2419 A.D. Nowlan  1928
Undercover Detective Robot - who am I? The Velvet Glove Harrison  1956
Underground MagLev Train Dream Park Niven (w/S. Barnes)  1981
Undersea Restaurant The Star King Vance  1964
Unicephalon 40-D - yes, mr. president Stand-By Dick  1963
Unichapel (Robotic Confession Booth) - automated religion THX 1138 Lucas  1970
Uniflesh - skin for every occasion The Dosadi Experiment Herbert  1977
Unit Analyst Robot The Chromium Fence Dick  1955
Universal Card - every planet you want to be Hyperion Simmons  1989
Universal Checkbook - radioactive checking The Door Into Summer Heinlein  1956
Universal Dictionary - grandfather of the electronic dictionary The Star Beast Heinlein  1954
Universal Technical Consultative Service The Star King Vance  1964
U-Stor-It - go store yourself Snow Crash Stephenson  1992
Usuform Robot - not a mechanical man Q.U.R. Boucher  1943
Usuform Robot Bartender - with tentacles Q.U.R. Boucher  1943

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in the News

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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