David Brin:
Science Fiction Technology and Ideas
David Brin (b. 1950) is an American science fiction writer. He has won both the Hugo and Nebula awards. He holds a Bachelor of Science in astronomy, a masters degree in applied physics and PhD in space science. Perhaps his most famous novels are the Uplift series. His 1985 novel The Postman was made into a major motion picture.

Invention/Technology Source Work (Publication Date)

Accu-Terrain Floor
A special floor for virtual reality environments that simulates any kind of surface.

Natulife (1994)

Anti-Onc Cream - cancer remedy
An ointment used to cure skin cancers.

Earth (1990)

Autosecretary (Autosec) - clipping service for the net
A software agent able to accept your query and then seach the public net for related information.

Earth (1990)

Auto-Treadmills (Needle-Gym)
A simulation-exercise room floor that allows the user to walk and run on a consistently realistic surface.

Natulife (1994)

Bee Zapper - Star Wars for bugs
A laser-based insect remover.

Earth (1990)

Bullet-guard Overalls
Very tough fabric.

Kiln People (2002)

Citizen Journalism - silence dogood lives!
The notion that ordinary people can make use of technological tools like cellphone cameras and the Internet to provide information.

Earth (1990)

Credibility Rating
How believable are your blog posts? your emails? your tweets?

Earth (1990)

Data-Retrieval Programs - ferrets, hounds, foxes and badgers
Programs that searched the Net for specific information.

Earth (1990)

Dazer
A person who learned biofeedback techniques to float on his own endorphins.

Earth (1990)

Ditto Blank - mindless android
A mentally unformed android, upon which a personality could be impressed.

Kiln People (2002)

Dozer - cadge some O2
A person with extreme susceptibility to the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide.

Earth (1990)

E-Document Distribution - step up to the kiosk
A method of wirelessly distributing a document to a large group of people in an ad hoc setting.

Earth (1990)

EmilyPost - checks for flames
An autonomous worm that searches the Net for lack of courtesy.

Earth (1990)

Fabricow
Cattle and other creatures that create gene-designed biomachinery in their wombs.

Piecework (1990)

Filter Program - live in your own world
Using programs to filter Internet results; a person need see only what they want to see.

Earth (1990)

Garbage Mine - there's gold in them heaps
The idea that recycling can spawn entirely new industries.

Earth (1990)

Genetic Ark - conserve the genome
Enormous, multi-habitat enclosed spaces, used to conserve the animal gene pool.

Earth (1990)

Home Termite Habitat
Edible insects raised fresh in your own kitchen!

Natulife (1994)

Hostage Gas
A gas sprayed over a population; to survive, those who breathe it must report to centers for the antidote.

The Uplift War (1987)

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