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Steel Beach by John Varley:
Science Fiction Inventions, Technology and Ideas
Very absorbing novel; in this future, human beings have been expelled from the Earth and live in artificial habitats on other worlds. Very advanced technology and medicine make long life and almost any physical change in the body possible; anything can happen in this novel and mostly, it does. Not for children. Select an invention:
Direct Interface - cut NaturallySpeaking out of the loop |
Disney Therapy |
Handwriter - tattoo as output device |
Hoverlimo - hovercraft for hire |
Nanobot |
Padloid - National Enquirer on your tablet PC |
Readout Skin - Gutenberg gets tattoos |
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