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Explore the inventions and ideas of science fiction writers at Technovelgy (that's tech-novel-gee!) - over 1,850 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 2,610 Science Fiction in the News and Beyond Technovelgy articles. |
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Paralysis Ray Uses Photocontrolled Molecular Switch On the seventieth anniversary of the phrase 'paralysis ray' appearing in Thrilling Wonder Stories, we are now getting closer to these elusive rays. |
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AirRobot Micro-UAV 'Fairies' In Shakespeare Play No mere rude mechanicals, AirRobots played airy fairies in this performance of 'A Midsummer's Night Dream'. |
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Brine Wells May Swallow Towns What kind of spaces are we opening up beneath our feet? |
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Will In-Vitro Meat Change Our Lives? IVM is one of those sfnal futures that seems to be getting closer and closer. |
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Walky iPhone Finger Gesture Robot Controller This program really makes controlling robots a breeze. Just let your fingers make your robot do the walking. |
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OnStar Stolen Vehicle Slowdown Foils Carjacker Predicted by several science fiction writers starting in the 1960's, this device has been tested in the field. And it works. |
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Robot Martial Arts Videos Take a look at these four robots performing a variety of martial arts moves. |
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Interactive TV Patent From Sony Sony brings us one step closer to the TV parlors from Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451. Thanks, Sony. |
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Smart Contact Lens With Power Harvesting Circuits Prof. Babak Parviz adds to his work on smart contact lenses by adding a very usable power source. |
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FOXP2 Tweak Yields Planet Of The Apes? The expression of this gene may explain much of the difference between man and chimp when it comes to speech. |
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'Significant Amount' Of Lunar Water Found Lunar ice mining might actually come true, droogs, let's hope Authority buys ice at right price. |
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Lev, Theremin-Playing Robot Pretty cool DIY robotic device reprises a classic song from the 1950's, the same ere during which the theremin dominated sf movie soundtracks. |
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XT-1 Micro Mouse With Blazing Speed It's amazing how fast autonomouse robots are getting; watch this micro mouse robot zoom through a maze. |
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Escape Pods, Refuge Of ISS Astronauts From Space Junk Who first thought of the idea of an escape pod? I looked pretty hard, but more research is probably needed. |
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Steerable Bowling Ball Is A Cheesy Spherical Robot An improbable spherical robot for the whole family. |
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Bio-Mechanics And Micro-Robotic Flight Take a close look at one of nature's wonders - the micro air vehicle called a dragonfly. |
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Farming Detroit Like Trantor An agrarian Detroit may well be in the offing in the decline of the Big Three automakers. |
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Smarter Rats Via Transgenic Over-Expression Of NR2B Gene Forget the better mousetrap; how about a smarter rat instead! |
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Sleepbox Like Niven's Napcap Just the thing for weary travelers, it looks like someone was reading Larry Niven. But where's the sleep induction cap? |
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Quadraturin Substance that creates more space when applied to walls, floors and ceilings. (From Quadraturin [1925] by Sigizmund Krzhizhanowsky) |
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Headspace A virtual world in which a person could raise a virtual baby with full haptic realism. (From Flood [2008] by Stephen Baxter) |
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Angel Music Player A device that beams music directly into your brain, without wires. (From Flood [2008] by Stephen Baxter) |
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Lunar Ice Mining The practice of mining for ice on the moon. (From The Moon is a Harsh Mistress [1966] by Robert Heinlein) |
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Vision Implant Photoelectric cell implanted in the forehead grants some vision to the blind. (From The Dream Master [1966] by Roger Zelazny) |
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Power Holster Puts the sidearm right in your hand. (From Deathworld [1960] by Harry Harrison) |
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Muscle Sensor Interface Interface senses muscle movements to control display. (From The Algebraist [2004] by Iain M Banks) |
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Auto-Driven Auto (Spinner) A vehicle that accepts coordinates and proceeds to its destination automatically. (From The Dream Master [1966] by Roger Zelazny) |
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