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"Science fiction and science have always danced around each other. Science fiction is the subconscious of science."
- Greg Bear
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| Scanner Palm | ||
| A document scanner implanted in the palm of the hand. |
Karl Gilkyson is a well-dressed lawyer with all the latest gadgets.
| His left palm caught my attention. It was glassed over - no, not glass; it was flexible but clear like glass. I could see the circuitry behind it. It was a scanner. He could swipe his hand over documents, uploading them through the phone system to the computers on Lagarto's orbital station. They must've sent him up to the Orbital to get that thing installed. I couldn't imagine how big a dent it must've put in the mayoral budget. |
| Technovelgy from KOP,
by Warren Hammond. Published by Tor in 2007 Additional resources -
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