Twelve Hours To Live by Jack Williamson:
Science Fiction Inventions, Technology and Ideas

Action yarn depicts pirates of the spaceways.


('Twelve Hours to Live' by Jack Williamson)

Select an invention:

Magnetic Clamps
Used for attaching your craft to a larger spaceship.

Matter Annihilation Ray
A beam that forces electrons into protons, thereby destroying ordinary matter.

Neutronic Dust
What's left over when you've annihilated matter.

Protonite - for space exploration
Radioactive fuel for spacecraft.

Reaction-Motors
A spacecraft engine that works by firing matter out at high speed.

Space-Liner - first use of phrase
A passenger ship in space.

 

Technovelgy.com is devoted to the creative inventions of science fiction authors and movie makers. Look for the Science Fiction Invention Category that interests you, the Glossary of Science Fiction Inventions, the Timeline of Science Fiction Inventions, or see what's New.
Find
new authors and technologies - Shop for yourself, your library and your lab.

 

 

 

 

Science Fiction
in the News

Alexa+ And Its AI Brain Improvements
re: Philip K. Dick
(8/17/2025)

Does CloneRobotics Offer A True Android?
re: Ephraim Chambers
(8/11/2025)

Brain Implant Is Able To Capture Your Inner Dialogue
re: Daniel Suarez
(8/9/2025)

Are AIs Going Rogue Like Hal 9000
re: Arthur C. Clarke
(8/7/2025)

Animated Tumblebugs On Astounding Cover!
re: Robert Heinlein
(8/5/2025)

LingYuan Vehicle Roof Drones Now Available, ala Blade Runner 2049
re: Philip K. Dick
(8/3/2025)

China Steals Strato Airship Design From Google App Engine
re: George Griffith
(8/1/2025)

The First Space Warship For Space Force
re: Garrett P. Serviss
(7/29/2025)

Biohybrid Jellyfish Explore The Ocean
re: Thomas A. Easton
(7/27/2025)

Should AIs and AI Robots Demand Rights?
re: Eando Binder
(7/25/2025)

Robot Learns Human Tool Usage By Imitation Learning
re: Anthony Boucher
(7/23/2025)

Companion Caregiver ChatGPT Dolls
re: Kazuo Ishiguro
(7/21/2025)

'Pregnancy Humanoids' From China Replace Moms
re: David H. Keller
(7/19/2025)

Man Builds 200 Foot Basement Firing Range
re: Clifford Simak
(7/17/2025)

More SF in the News

Home | Glossary | Invention Timeline | Category | New | Contact Us | FAQ | Advertise |
Technovelgy.com - where science meets fiction™

Copyright© Technovelgy LLC; all rights reserved.