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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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Put MercuryHouseOne Anywhere This retro-futuristic mobile pod lounge can be placed anywhere for off-the-grid comfort. |
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Computational Wood: Grow Circuits In Living Trees Is computational wood possible? The harvesting of circuits? Or even Avatar-style living memory? |
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SIRI Virtual Assistant Like Pohl's Joymaker If this iPhone app actually does what it says on the tin, this really is Frederik Pohl's joymaker come to life. |
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Liquid Glass Universal Spray-On Protectant This unique spray-on coating creates a flexible protective barrier that can be used on almost anything. |
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WIND Wearable Robot Controller Robot wirelessly sense, robot do. Kind of like a full-torso waldo. |
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Gesture Cube Touch-Free Input Just think of the gestures you'll use with this lovely cube that you can take with you throughout your domicile. |
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IMPASS Robot 'Smart Wheel' Video They're making great progress with Neal Stephenson's 'smart wheels' - take a look at the video. |
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Predator, Prey Robots Evolve Just how much help should human beings give to robots as they evolve toward greater functionality? |
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Mind-Control Lights At Vancouver Olympics This doesn't quite bring The Game (from ST:TNG) to the Olympic Games, but close. |
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PALRO Companion Robot Who's your favorite companion robot? Little PALRO might fit the bill. |
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Wasabi Smoke Alarm Now Available Oh, this will get you out of bed all right. |
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First Transistor That Mimics Brain Synapse The only way to get human-style computer brains is to get the components right. This is the first transistor that really mimics brain connections. |
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Legged Squad Support System Monster BigDog Robot This robotic pack mule for soldiers will carry 400 pounds of gear while exhibiting frisky gaits as trotting, running and even bounding. |
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Spyder Olympic GS Suit With d3o Skiers at the Vancouver Olympics will use the latest in 'impact suits' made with d3o. |
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Implantable Energy-Harvesting Rubber Sheets This remarkable material can let us take energy from movements we make anyway. Take a deep breath, and power up that cell phone! |
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Bose Ride System Smooths Your Ride Yes, you'll ride the spaceways - uh, roads - in much greater comfort with a highly technological seat. |
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Steam Infrastructure-Powered Music What happens when city steam infrastructure is dedicated to the production of music? |
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Sound Reactive Nightgown An unusual demonstration piece, this garment is very sensitive to noise. |
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Finding A Habitable Planet The perfect book for those of us who would like to go 'looking for our own piece of real estate.' As RAH once said. |
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Space Travel Human movement through outer space. (From A Baby on Neptune [1929] by Clare Wagner Harris (w/MJ Breuer)) |
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Pseudogravity Gravity produced by artifice, rather than by a suitably large mass. (From Common Sense [1941] by Robert Heinlein) |
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Self-Selling Robot A robot that sells itself. (From Sales Pitch [1954] by Philip K. Dick) |
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Ident-Key Allows the retrieval of a person's entire history of reading material, allowing the prediction of his future thinking. (From The Penultimate Truth [1964] by Philip K. Dick) |
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KloraDerm Human skin variant that contains chlorophyll to provide energy. (From Old Man's War [2005] by John Scalzi) |
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Manufactured Wife A wife made to order, programmed to meet her husband's requirements. (From A Wife Manufactured to Order [1895] by Alice W. Fuller) |
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Video Communicator A device that carried both voice and image, letting the two parties see each other. (From The Machine Stops [1909] by E.M. Forster) |
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The Cosmic Express A means of transmitting matter wirelessly. (From The Cosmic Express [1930] by Jack Williamson) |
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