Latest By
Category:
Armor
Artificial
Intelligence
Biology
Clothing
Communication
Computers
Culture
Data Storage
Displays
Engineering
Entertainment
Food
Input Devices
Lifestyle
Living Space
Manufacturing
Material
Media
Medical
Miscellaneous
Robotics
Security
Space Tech
Spacecraft
Surveillance
Transportation
Travel
Vehicle
Virtual
Person
Warfare
Weapon
Work
"The trouble with too much genre SF is that it's so obviously the product of the conscious mind."
- William Gibson
 |
| Pry-Vie (Robotic Detective) | ||
| A robotic private eye; autonomic detection services. |
To pronounce it, just say "private eye" to yourself.
| He felt fright, and an increased sense of failure; he had not even been able to pull off this - find a conapt in which to live where Mary couldn't locate him...
It was easy to see how she had traced him; modern detection devices were available and cheap. Mary had probably gone to a pry-vie, a robot detection agency, obtained the use of a sniffer, presented it his cephalic pattern; it had gone to work, following him to every place he had been since leaving her. Nowadays, finding someone was an exact science. |
| From Clans of the Alphane Moon,
by Philip K. Dick. Published by Ace Books in 1964 Additional resources -
|
I can think of a few other robotic detectives; consider the undercover detective robot from Harry Harrison's 1956 story The Velvet Glove and, of course, R. Daneel Olviwaw from Caves of Steel, a 1953 story by Isaac Asimov. Also, see Sven, the artificially intelligent detective from The Turing Option (1992) by Harry Harrison.
Comment/Join this discussion ( 0 ) | RSS/XML | Blog This |
Additional
resources:
More Ideas
and Technology from Clans of the Alphane Moon
More Ideas
and Technology by Philip K. Dick
Tech news articles related to Clans of the Alphane Moon
Tech news articles related to works by Philip K. Dick
| Flatcat Robot Recalls Both Heinlein And Simak |
| Solar Powered Robot Cleans Up Solar Panels For Free |
| Spot Arm From Boston Dynamics Picks Up Like Heinlein's Hired Girl Robot |
| TIGER Ultimate Mobility Vehicle From Hyundai |
Want to Contribute an
Item?
It's easy:
Get the name of the item, a
quote, the book's name and the author's name, and Add
it here.
| <Previous | Next> |
|
|
|
Technovelgy (that's tech-novel-gee!) is devoted to the creative science inventions and ideas of sf authors. Look for the Invention Category that interests you, the Glossary, the Invention Timeline, or see what's New.
|
'As she neared the barrier the car surged and lifted...'
'... with large padded feet, who were apparently polishing their way the whole length of Rama's six artificial suns.'
'Anything larger than a BB shot it picked up and placed in a tray on its upper surface...'
'the human seats took up two-thirds of the room in each'
