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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.

'Marauder's Map' Created By Carnegie Melllon
'Is that Dumbledore in his study?' (6/17/2013)
Cheetah Cub Robot From PKD's Android Dreams
'What about an exact electric duplicate of your cat?'- Philip K. Dick, 1968. (6/16/2013)
Dead Cellphone? Try Solar-Powered Public Charging Stations
'Then he saw the geek ... leaning against one of the slender stalks of a sunshade-photocell collector...'- David Brin, 1990. (6/15/2013)
Hungry? Grow Nutritious Insects At Home
'...I balked when my wife served me termites.'- David Brin, 1994. (6/14/2013)
Snowboarding On Mars? Heinlein Was Ready
How long ago did Robert Heinlein write about skiing on dry alien worlds? (6/13/2013)
Orwell's '1984' Hits Bestseller Lists Thanks To PRISM
'There was of course no way of knowing whether you were being watched at any given moment.'- George Orwell, 1948. (6/12/2013)
Roboroach Control? There's An App For That
'A cable, here, from the controller to the interface plug... wires from that to the brain.'- Thomas Easton, 1990. (6/11/2013)
Court OK's DNA Collection Like 'Gattaca'
DNA sampling is not the same as fingerprinting. Do you agree with this? (6/9/2013)
Squid Vs. Whale Diorama Liked By Humans, Aliens
'Everything was ready, awaiting the Overlords' pleasure...'- Arthur C. Clarke, 1953. (6/7/2013)
Iceberg Harvesting Off Newfoundland's Coast
'Five hundred billion gallons worth of Antarctic iceberg had been towed into Santa Monica Bay.'- Pournelle and Niven, 1981. (6/5/2013)
Sony's A4-Sized Flexible Digital Paper Notepad
'...he would plug his foolscap-sized Newspad into the ship's information circuit and scan the latest reports...'- Arthur C. Clarke, 1968. (6/3/2013)
Contact Lens Video Display Electronics Now Transparent
'He realized that it was not quite a clear lens. Speckles of colored brightness swirled and gathered in it...'- Vernor Vinge, 2006. (6/1/2013)
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Life Chamber
A machine-mediated, fully immersive experiential environment.
(From The Chamber of Life [1929] by G. Peyton  Wertenbaker)
Home Termite Habitat
Edible insects raised fresh in your own kitchen!
(From Natulife [1994] by David  Brin)
Electric Car Recharging Station
A public place for recharging electric cars.
(From A Journey In Other Worlds [1894] by John Jacob  Astor IV)
Vision Tubes
Microminaturized vision for UAV's.
(From The Scarab [1936] by Raymond Z.  Gallun)
Virtual Panopticon
A method that gathers information from many sources to effectively surveil any citizen as effectively as if he was in a glass cell.
(From The Traveler [2005] by John  Twelve Hawks)
Transmitter Eyes
Closed circuit cameras that provided sight and sound to remote viewers of the Courtarena who wish to remain anonymous.
(From The Dosadi Experiment [1977] by Frank  Herbert)
Morphogen
A drug that party relieves the need for sleep.
(From Fantastic Voyage (Novel) [1966] by Isaac  Asimov)
Polar Ice
Water ice at the poles of the Moon.
(From The Ring of Charon [1990] by Roger MacBride  Allen)
Sunshade-Photocell Collector
A fanciful design for a device that gathers solar energy.
(From Earth [1990] by David  Brin)
Coder
Specialized humans who excel at engineering tasks.
(From Storm Thief [2006] by Chris  Wooding)
Hypertracer
A device that allows a pursuer to follow a spaceship through hyperspace.
(From Second Foundation [1953] by Isaac  Asimov)
Computer Virus
A software program that copies itself to other computers.
(From The Scarred Man [1970] by Gregory  Benford)
Persuader
Device secured to a person that ensures compliant behavior by threat of force.
(From Storm Thief [2006] by Chris  Wooding)
Voxcoder
Device for secure communication.
(From Storm Thief [2006] by Chris  Wooding)
Provigil-C
A special drug that promotes wakefulness in troops.
(From A Hymn Before Battle [2000] by John  Ringo)
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