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Explore the inventions, technology and ideas of science fiction writers at Technovelgy (that's tech-novel-gee!) - over 2,325 are available. Use the Timeline of Science Fiction Invention or the alphabetic Glossary of Science Fiction Technology to see them all, look for the category that interests you, or browse by favorite author / book. Browse more than 3,950 Science Fiction in the News articles.

Army's New Bird-Like Surveillance UAV
'The prototype blue-bellied, gray-backed tracer-bird with the wide-angle eye…'- Roger Zelazny, 1980. (12/2/2013)
Honda's Tumblebug - The UNI-CUB beta
'A tumblebug does not give a man dignity…'- Robert Heinlein, 1940. (12/1/2013)
NASA's LADEE Enters Lunar Orbit
'... dust normally on the surface picks up and keeps a charge.' - Hal Clement, 1956. (11/28/2013)
3D Printing An Entire Car
"... Almost as good as the original it was printed from."- Philip K. Dick, 1956. (11/26/2013)
Aldebaran Robot Talks Like C3PO - Almost
That's a lot of languages - but there's room in our imagination for more. (11/23/2013)
Google's Skin Tattoo Lie Detector
'Three and a half centimetres in diameter, permanently fixed in the centre of his forehead.'- Brian Aldiss, 1961. (11/19/2013)
inFORM Dynamic Shape Output Device
Like that pushpin device you remember, but supercharged. (11/16/2013)
Owlet Vitals, The Future Of Baby Monitoring
'In every diaper there is a fine copper wire…' - David H. Keller, 1928. (11/13/2013)
Robert Heinlein, Your Personal Electric Helicopter Will Be Ready In 2016
"They were half way home when a single flyer, hopping free in a copter harness, approached the little parade."- Robert Heinlein, 1954. (11/10/2013)
WildCat Runs Faster Than You, Untethered
'...moving with such drifting ease that it was like a single solid cloud of black-grey smoke blown at him in silence.' Ray Bradbury, 1953. (11/7/2013)
HiBot's ACM-R5H Robot Video Shows Graceful Terminator-Style Swimming
'No! No! Aaaaaaarrrrrrgh!' - Terminator Salvation, 2009. (11/5/2013)
tDCS Jumpstarts Your Future
'We invented a scanner that can change the labyrinthine neural connections of the brain by tiny electronic impulses…'- Edmond Hamilton, 1948. (11/4/2013)
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Two-Wheeled Car
A small passenger vehicle with two centerline wheels.
(From The Roads Must Roll [1940] by Robert  Heinlein)
Metallic Display Scroll
A rollable video screen.
(From Freedom [2010] by Daniel  Suarez)
Angel Teeth
Essentially a spear dropped from a great height (or from orbit) with a guidance system.
(From Freedom [2010] by Daniel  Suarez)
Emotional Register (ER)
A small disk worn in the forehead that discloses the emotional state of the wearer.
(From The Primal Urge [1961] by Brian  Aldiss)
Jodie Grid
A 'tattoo' that provides points for mapping your face into a grid.
(From The Diamond Age [1995] by Neal  Stephenson)
Sterile Seeds
Seeds that are bioengineered to grow, but not to produce fertile seeds.
(From The Calorie Man [2005] by Paolo  Bacigalupi)
Hyper-Developed Mulies
Bioengineered animals that optimally transform vegetable matter into usable mechanical energy.
(From The Calorie Man [2005] by Paolo  Bacigalupi)
Ixian Sight Mask
Device to allow the blind to see.
(From Children of Dune [1976] by Frank  Herbert)
Anti-Tri-D Shot
Counteracts the deadly pesticide Tri-D.
(From The Morning of the Day They Did It [1950] by E.B.  White)
Tri-D
A remarkable pesticide.
(From The Morning of the Day They Did It [1950] by E.B.  White)
Diaheliper
Offers delivery of diapers by air.
(From The Morning of the Day They Did It [1950] by E.B.  White)
Gravity Port
Used for refueling.
(From Shadow Over Venus [1946] by Frank Belknap  Long, Jr.)
Voice Encyclopedia
Access to information via robotic voice recognition over the phone.
(From Galactic Pot-Healer [1969] by Philip K.  Dick)
Water Bulb
A zero-gee dispenser of liquids.
(From The Space Merchants [1952] by Frederik  Pohl (w/CM Kornbluth))
Plasticocoon
Holds a prisoner motionless.
(From The Space Merchants [1952] by Frederik  Pohl (w/CM Kornbluth))
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