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Glossary
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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 |
| Wabbler - underwater robot | The Wabbler | Leinster | 1942 |
| WAGD Germ Detector - handy hand-held | Quantico | Bear | 2007 |
| Wakeshot | Dune | Herbert | 1965 |
| Waldo - the origin of telefactoring | Waldo | Heinlein | 1942 |
| Walking Fort - a fort with robotic legs | The Killing Machine | Vance | 1964 |
| Walking Mill | Bread Overhead! | Leiber | 1958 |
| Wall-Light | Foundation and Empire | Asimov | 1952 |
| Wandering Mine | Half the Day is Night | McHugh | 1994 |
| Wandering Worlds | When Worlds Collide | Balmer (w/P. Wylie) | 1932 |
| Wango Wave - sign of hyperspace | Propagandist | Leinster | 1947 |
| War-Balloon (Navigable Aerostat) | The Angel of the Revolution | Griffith | 1893 |
| WatchdØg (Watchdog) - guardian for a planet | WatchdØg | Haldeman | 1972 |
| Watchphone | Islands in the Net | Sterling | 1988 |
| Water Bulb | The Space Merchants | Pohl (w/CM Kornbluth) | 1952 |
| Water Bulb | The Space Merchants | Pohl (w/CM Kornbluth) | 1952 |
| Water Repellent Surface - non-wetting surface | Dune | Herbert | 1965 |
| Water to Cushion Acceleration | The Derelicts of Ganymede | Campbell | 1932 |
| Waterbed (Hydraulic Bed) - a waterbed | Stranger in a Strange Land | Heinlein | 1961 |
| Watercouch | Beyond the Blue Event Horizon | Pohl | 1980 |
| Water-Springs | From the Earth to the Moon | Verne | 1867 |
| Watertube | Dune | Herbert | 1965 |
| Waveform Hypothesis - | Backbeat - A Novel of Physics | Arment | 2004 |
| Way Station - galactic station master | Way Station | Simak | 1963 |
| Way Station Materializer | Way Station | Simak | 1963 |
| Weapon Sound Tracker - I hear you | Quantico | Bear | 2007 |
| Wearable White-Noise Generator - urban isolation gear | Idoru | Gibson | 1996 |
| Wearables - computers to go | Fast Times At Fairmont High | Vinge | 2001 |
| Wearables (Wearable Computers) - embroidered circuits | Rainbows End | Vinge | 2006 |
| Weary Deep-Sleep | Lies, Inc. | Dick | 1964 |
| Weather Integrator - every day perfect | Methuselah's Children | Heinlein | 1941 |
| Weather Machine | Slaves of Mercury | Schachner | 1932 |
| Weather Pod - self-contained meteorology lab | Dune: House Harkonnen | Herbert | 2001 |
| Web (Data Network) - remarkable first use | Souvenir | Dick | 1954 |
| Webcast - first use | Armageddon Blues | Moran | 1987 |
| Webeye - Logitech endpoint | The Ringworld Throne | Niven | 1996 |
| Webfoam Cradle | The Man in the Maze | Silverberg | 1969 |
| Websight - visualize the Net | WWW: Wake | Sawyer | 2009 |
| Week Trees - quick bonsai | Wetware | Rucker | 1988 |
| Weightless Work Area - the ideal workbench | Galactic Pot-Healer | Dick | 1969 |
| Weightlessness - true science fiction discovery | From the Earth to the Moon | Verne | 1867 |
| Weightlessness (Godwin) | The Man in the Moone | Godwin | 1638 |
| Weightlessness (Kepler) | Somnium (The Dream) | Kepler | 1634 |
| Weight-Shoes | The World With A Thousand Moons | Hamilton | 1942 |
| Welton Cube - fine grain storage | Time Enough For Love | Heinlein | 1973 |
| Whale Waldo | Sundiver | Brin | 1979 |
| Wheelchair Space Station - home for the disabled in space | Waldo | Heinlein | 1942 |
| Whisper Line | The Stars My Destination | Bester | 1956 |
| Whispering Gallery | Journey to the Center of the Earth | Verne | 1864 |
| Whologram - word play | Super-Toys Last All Summer Long | Aldiss | 1969 |
| Wholographik | Stand on Zanzibar | Brunner | 1968 |
| Whoopee Drive | Space Angel | Roberts | 1979 |
| Whuffie | Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom | Doctorow | 2003 |
| Wimp - body without a mind | Millenium | Varley | 1983 |
| Wimp Vault | Millenium | Varley | 1983 |
| Wind Power Generation | A Journey In Other Worlds | Astor IV | 1894 |
| Windmill Mast | A Journey In Other Worlds | Astor IV | 1894 |
| Window Wavelength | Super-Toys Last All Summer Long | Aldiss | 1969 |
| Window-Cleaner Robots | Rendezvous With Rama | Clarke | 1972 |
| Window-Willie - robot help for dirty windows | The Door Into Summer | Heinlein | 1956 |
| Windtrap - pure water source | Dune | Herbert | 1965 |
| Winged Rocket Shuttle | Between Planets | Heinlein | 1951 |
| Win-Reducing Gambling Circuit - very sneaky | Return Match | Dick | 1967 |
| Wintermute | Neuromancer | Gibson | 1984 |
| Wire Act | Freezone | Shirley | 1985 |
| Wire Gun | Shadow Gold | Cummings | 1936 |
| Wired Glove Interface Display - gesture interface from Minority Report | Minority Report (Movie) | Spielberg | 2002 |
| Wire-Gun | Mobile Suit Gundam | Tomino | 1979 |
| Wireless Access Point | Men Like Gods | Wells | 1923 |
| Wireless Wrist Intercom - like a cell phone | The Shape of Things To Come | Wells | 1936 |
| Womb Room - return to the control room | A World Out of Time | Niven | 1976 |
| Word Tab - find out more info. | Cantata 140 | Dick | 1964 |
| Worldcraft Bubble | The Trouble With Bubbles | Dick | 1953 |
| Worldweb All Thing | Hyperion | Simmons | 1989 |
| Wreck-Pack | The Sargasso of Space | Hamilton | 1931 |
| Wrist Command - very trek | Tides of Light | Benford | 1989 |
| Wrist Search Display | A Matter of Size | Bates | 1934 |
| Wristband Viewer | Changeling | Zelazny | 1980 |
| Wristpad | New York 2140 | Robinson | 2017 |
| Wunderland Treatymaker - peace through power mining | Ringworld Engineers | Niven | 1980 |
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