Philip K. Dick: Science Fiction Technology and Ideas

Philip K. Dick:
Science Fiction Technology and Ideas

Philip K. Dick was born in Chicago in 1928; he died of heart failure in 1982. He won the Hugo for The Man in the High Castle and the John Campbell award for Flow My Tears, The Policeman Said. Many of his short stories have been made into movies; Do Androids Dream Of Electric Sheep? (Bladerunner) and We Can Remember It For You Wholesale (Total Recall).

Invention/Technology	Source Work (Publication Date)
Syn-Cof Synthetic coffee.	Cantata 140 (1964)
Synthetic Milk Milk made without cows.	Autofac (1955)
Tattletale - predicts the ankle monitor A device is attached to a criminal suspect, ensuring that his whereabouts are always known.	The Game Players of Titan (1963)
Teep Rod - give me your thoughts A device that gathers the thoughts of an individual.	Galactic Pot-Healer (1969)
Telepathic Transmitter (Telep-transmitter) A device using living alien tissue to transmit your thoughts.	We Can Remember It For You Wholesale (1966)
The Dip A device that randomly dredges up things from the past... or the future.	The Meddler (1954)
The Machine (M) An autonomous robot able to alter its appearance and functionality at will.	The Unreconstructed M (1957)
Time Quake Too much energy applied to a time-fault may have started this.	Breakfast at Twilight (1954)
Time Scoop Retrieved objects from other points in time.	Paycheck (1953)
Time-Warping Construct A device that appears to cause alternate worlds or paraworld.	Lies, Inc. (1964)
Toll Door - pay for entry An apartment door that operates on a cash-only basis.	Ubik (1969)
Toy Testing Dummy A child-sized device used to test suspect toys.	War Game (1959)
Trace Web A small, handheld device that contacts (and even instantiates) the larger network.	Souvenir (1954)
Tranquilizing Gum Chewing gum with a tranquilizing agent.	Ubik (1969)
Transdermal Drug Capsule - slap it on A drug capsule that delivers medication by being placed on the skin.	Vulcan's Hammer (1960)
Truffle Skins - genetically unique money Genetically unique skins are the common currency; their special genetic makeup makes forgery impossible.	The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch (1965)
Tru-Mem Systems Organic process of recalling personal events.	We Can Remember It For You Wholesale (1966)
Tune-Maker Automated music production.	The World Jones Made (1956)
Ubik Spray Can One of many definitions of Ubik. Take only as directed.	Ubik (1969)
Unicephalon 40-D - yes, mr. president A problem-solving supercomputer.	Stand-By (1963)

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