|
Date |
Device Name (Novel Author) |
| 1705 |
Cogitator (The Chair of Reflection) (from The Consolidator by Daniel Defoe) |
| 1726 |
Geometric Modeling - eighteenth century NURBS (from Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift) |
| 1726 |
Laputa - a floating island (from Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift) |
| 1726 |
Bio-Energy - produce electricity from organic material (from Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift) |
| 1726 |
Knowledge Engine - machine-made expertise (from Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift) |
| 1727 |
Androide - the original (from Cyclopaedia by Ephraim Chambers) |
| 1828 |
Mail-Post Letter-Ball (from The Mummy! A Tale of the Twenty-Second Century by Jane Webb Loudon) |
| 1828 |
Steam-Propelled Moving Houses (from The Mummy! A Tale of the Twenty-Second Century by Jane Webb Loudon) |
| 1828 |
Barrels of Air (from The Mummy! A Tale of the Twenty-Second Century by Jane Webb Loudon) |
| 1828 |
Stage Balloon (from The Mummy! A Tale of the Twenty-Second Century by Jane Webb Loudon) |
| 1864 |
Whispering Gallery (from Journey to the Center of the Earth by Jules Verne) |
| 1866 |
Paper Steel (from Robur-the-Conqueror by Jules Verne) |
| 1867 |
Weightlessness - true science fiction discovery (from From the Earth to the Moon by Jules Verne) |
| 1867 |
Light Pressure Propulsion - first use of this idea (from From the Earth to the Moon by Jules Verne) |
| 1867 |
Air Renewal (from From the Earth to the Moon by Jules Verne) |
| 1867 |
Gourmet Space Cuisine (from From the Earth to the Moon by Jules Verne) |
| 1867 |
Retro-Rockets - Verne invented them! (from From the Earth to the Moon by Jules Verne) |
| 1867 |
Projectile-Vehicle - Verne's spacecraft (from From the Earth to the Moon by Jules Verne) |
| 1867 |
Communicate with Extraterrestrials - first use of concept (from From the Earth to the Moon by Jules Verne) |
| 1867 |
Splashdown - the original idea (from From the Earth to the Moon by Jules Verne) |
| 1867 |
Launching Facility - in Florida (from From the Earth to the Moon by Jules Verne) |
| 1867 |
Free Return Trajectory - first mention (from From the Earth to the Moon by Jules Verne) |
| 1867 |
Water-Springs (from From the Earth to the Moon by Jules Verne) |
| 1867 |
Columbiad - 900 foot cannon (from From the Earth to the Moon by Jules Verne) |
| 1868 |
Burn the Ship (from Around the World in 80 days by Jules Verne) |
| 1869 |
Brick Moon - first space station (from The Brick Moon by Edward Everett Hale) |
| 1869 |
Flywheel Launcher (from The Brick Moon by Edward Everett Hale) |
| 1875 |
Diving Apparatus - scuba diving in the 19th century (from 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea by Jules Verne) |
| 1875 |
Nautilus - Captain Nemo's ride (from 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea by Jules Verne) |
| 1875 |
Undersea Mining (from 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea by Jules Verne) |
| 1875 |
Electrify the Rail - repel boarders! (from 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea by Jules Verne) |
| 1875 |
Leyden Ball - grandfather of the taser (from 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea by Jules Verne) |
| 1877 |
Telepomp (Matter Transmission) - first use (from The Man Without a Body by Edward Page Mitchell) |
| 1879 |
Compact Food Pastilles (from The Senator's Daughter by Edward Page Mitchell) |
| 1879 |
Home News Printer - news hot off the press (from The Senator's Daughter by Edward Page Mitchell) |
| 1879 |
Planetary Telegraphing (from In the Deep of Time by George Parsons Lathrop) |
| 1879 |
Vivification (from In the Deep of Time by George Parsons Lathrop) |
| 1879 |
Suspended Animation (Frigorific Process) (from The Senator's Daughter by Edward Page Mitchell) |
| 1880 |
Astronaut (from Across the Zodiac by Percy Greg) |
| 1880 |
Apergy (Apergion) - antigravity substance (from Across the Zodiac by Percy Greg) |
| 1881 |
Dutch Clock (Time Machine) (from The Clock That Went Backward by Edward Page Mitchell) |
| 1887 |
Anacronopete (Time Machine) (from El Anacronopete by Enrique Gaspar) |
| 1888 |
Telephonic Music Room (from Looking Backward by Edward Bellamy) |
| 1888 |
Credit Card - why carry cash? (from Looking Backward by Edward Bellamy) |
| 1888 |
Mall (Great City Bazaar) - Wal-Mart foreseen (from Looking Backward by Edward Bellamy) |
| 1889 |
Recorded News - Tivo for radio in 1889 (from In the Year 2889 by Jules Verne) |
| 1889 |
Straightening the Earth's Poles (from The Purchase of the North Pole (Topsy Turvy) by Jules Verne) |
| 1889 |
Atmospheric Advertising - write it on the clouds (from In the Year 2889 by Jules Verne) |
| 1889 |
Live News - prediction of newscasts (from In the Year 2889 by Jules Verne) |
| 1889 |
Phonotelephote - earliest reference to videophone (from In the Year 2889 by Jules Verne) |
| 1889 |
Electrified Fence (from A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court by Mark Twain) |
| 1893 |
Air-Ship (VTOL Airship) (from The Angel of the Revolution by George Griffith) |
| 1893 |
War-Balloon (Navigable Aerostat) (from The Angel of the Revolution by George Griffith) |
| 1893 |
Air-to-Surface Missile - first use of concept (from The Angel of the Revolution by George Griffith) |
| 1894 |
Arctic Signal Light (from A Journey In Other Worlds by John Jacob Astor IV) |
| 1894 |
Electric Phaetons (Electric Cars) (from A Journey In Other Worlds by John Jacob Astor IV) |
| 1894 |
Electric Car Recharging Station (from A Journey In Other Worlds by John Jacob Astor IV) |
| 1894 |
Double-Door Vestibule (from A Journey In Other Worlds by John Jacob Astor IV) |
| 1894 |
Magnetic Eyes (from A Journey In Other Worlds by John Jacob Astor IV) |
| 1894 |
Vehicle Energy Reclamation (from A Journey In Other Worlds by John Jacob Astor IV) |
| 1894 |
Instantaneous Kodaks (Traffic Control) (from A Journey In Other Worlds by John Jacob Astor IV) |
| 1894 |
Electric Protection-Wires (Electrified Fence) (from A Journey In Other Worlds by John Jacob Astor IV) |
| 1894 |
Windmill Mast (from A Journey In Other Worlds by John Jacob Astor IV) |
| 1894 |
Spaceship - not 'space-ship' (from A Journey In Other Worlds by John Jacob Astor IV) |
| 1894 |
Rooftop Windmill - renewable energy vision (from A Journey In Other Worlds by John Jacob Astor IV) |
| 1894 |
Global Climate Control (from A Journey In Other Worlds by John Jacob Astor IV) |
| 1894 |
Aeriduct (Rain Maker) - watch for showers (from A Journey In Other Worlds by John Jacob Astor IV) |
| 1894 |
Wind Power Generation (from A Journey In Other Worlds by John Jacob Astor IV) |
| 1894 |
Magnetic Railroads (from A Journey In Other Worlds by John Jacob Astor IV) |
| 1894 |
Marine Spider (Hydrofoil) (from A Journey In Other Worlds by John Jacob Astor IV) |
| 1895 |
Atomic Microscopy (from The Crack of Doom by Robert Cromie) |
| 1895 |
Atomic Energy - very early reference. (from The Crack of Doom by Robert Cromie) |
| 1895 |
Time Machine - the original (from The Time Machine by H.G. Wells) |
| 1895 |
Undersea City (from The Crystal City Under the Sea by Andre Laurie) |
| 1895 |
Manufactured Wife - an early reference (from A Wife Manufactured to Order by Alice W. Fuller) |
| 1895 |
Government Lethal Chamber (from The Repairer of Reputations by Robert W. Chambers) |
| 1896 |
Fulgurator (from Facing The Flag by Jules Verne) |
| 1896 |
Monsters Manufactured - chimeras described (from The Island of Dr. Moreau by H.G. Wells) |
| 1897 |
Invisibility - now you see it - (from The Invisible Man by H.G. Wells) |
| 1897 |
Automatic Shell (from The Great Stone of Sardis by Frank Stockton) |
| 1897 |
Photic Borer (Artesian Ray) (from The Great Stone of Sardis by Frank Stockton) |
| 1897 |
Electric Gun (Mass Driver) (from A Trip to Venus by John Munro) |
| 1897 |
Gravitational Wave Viewer - catch the wave (from Two Planets by Kurd Lasswitz) |
| 1897 |
Magnetic Shell (from The Great Stone of Sardis by Frank Stockton) |
| 1898 |
Black Smoke - run for your lives! (from The War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells) |
| 1898 |
Steel Tentacle (from The War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells) |
| 1898 |
Red Weed (Terraforming Plant) (from The War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells) |
| 1898 |
Air-Tight Suit - air-tight dress (from Edison's Conquest of Mars by Garrett P. Serviss) |
| 1898 |
Robot Biomimicry (from The War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells) |
| 1898 |
Space Walk (from Edison's Conquest of Mars by Garrett P. Serviss) |
| 1898 |
Robot Spider (Handling Machine) (from The War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells) |
| 1898 |
Aerial Telegraph (from Edison's Conquest of Mars by Garrett P. Serviss) |
| 1898 |
Biological Warfare - first use of the concept in fiction (from The War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells) |
| 1898 |
Tripod - inhuman robotic ships from Mars! (from The War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells) |
| 1898 |
Quasi-Muscles (Sham Musculature) (from The War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells) |
| 1898 |
Heat Ray - concept of the laser (from The War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells) |
| 1898 |
Asteroid Mining (from Edison's Conquest of Mars by Garrett P. Serviss) |
| 1898 |
Electrical 'Tether' (from Edison's Conquest of Mars by Garrett P. Serviss) |
| 1898 |
Disintegrator (from Edison's Conquest of Mars by Garrett P. Serviss) |
| 1899 |
Moving Roadway - like a baggage conveyor (from When the Sleeper Wakes by H.G. Wells) |
| 1899 |
Electric-Automatic Housemaid Robot (Automaton) - a robotic helper (from Ely's Automatic Housemaid by Elizabeth Bellamy) |
| 1899 |
Electric-Automatic Household Robot Cook (from Ely's Automatic Housemaid by Elizabeth Bellamy) |
| 1899 |
Networked World (from When the Sleeper Wakes by H.G. Wells) |
| 1899 |
Moving Picture Player - like a video iPod (from When the Sleeper Wakes by H.G. Wells) |
| 1899 |
Kinetiscope Appliance - like a PDA (from When the Sleeper Wakes by H.G. Wells) |
| 1899 |
Individualized Clothing Manufacture - clothes just for you (from When the Sleeper Wakes by H.G. Wells) |
| 1899 |
Eadhamite (from When the Sleeper Wakes by H.G. Wells) |
| 1899 |
Town In One Building - like an arcology (from When the Sleeper Wakes by H.G. Wells) |
| 1899 |
Babble Machine - you know (from When the Sleeper Wakes by H.G. Wells) |
| 1899 |
Automated Surface Measurement - 100 years before cgi needed it (from When the Sleeper Wakes by H.G. Wells) |
| 1899 |
DVD/VCR (Entertainment Player) (from When the Sleeper Wakes by H.G. Wells) |
| 1899 |
Automatic Door - like a roll top desk (from When the Sleeper Wakes by H.G. Wells) |
| 1900 |
Aerocar - first use of idea? (from The Abduction of Alexandra Seine by Fred C. Smale) |
| 1901 |
Breathing Dresses (from A Honeymoon In Space by George Griffith) |
| 1901 |
Cavorite - antigravity metal (from The First Men in the Moon by H.G. Wells) |
| 1901 |
Translatophone (from My Translatophone by Frank Stockton) |
| 1903 |
Joystick Controls w/Remote Display (from The Land Ironclads by H.G. Wells) |
| 1904 |
The Terror (from Master of the World by Jules Verne) |
| 1907 |
Tik-Tok (from Ozma of Oz by L. Frank Baum) |
| 1907 |
Neutral (Point) (from On The Martian Way by Harry Gore Bishop) |
| 1907 |
Interplanetary Radiograph Station (from On The Martian Way by Harry Gore Bishop) |
| 1907 |
Gravitation Screen (from On The Martian Way by Harry Gore Bishop) |
| 1908 |
Minus-Matter (from Red Star by Aleksandr Bogdanov) |
| 1908 |
Etheroneph (from Red Star by Aleksandr Bogdanov) |
| 1909 |
Video Communicator (from The Machine Stops by E.M. Forster) |
| 1909 |
Cinematophote (Blue Optic Plate) - first reference to television (from The Machine Stops by E.M. Forster) |
| 1909 |
The Book of the Machine (from The Machine Stops by E.M. Forster) |
| 1909 |
Breed Humans For Machines (from The Machine Stops by E.M. Forster) |
| 1909 |
Machine Apartment (from The Machine Stops by E.M. Forster) |
| 1909 |
The Machine - supplies every need (from The Machine Stops by E.M. Forster) |
| 1909 |
Telemedicine Apparatus - first known reference (from The Machine Stops by E.M. Forster) |
| 1910 |
Automaton Chessplayer - the first chess-playing computer (from Moxon's Master by Ambrose Bierce) |
| 1911 |
Automatic-Electric Packing Machine (from Ralph 124c 41 + by Hugo Gernsback) |
| 1911 |
Iridium Spirals (Street Lights) (from Ralph 124c 41 + by Hugo Gernsback) |
| 1911 |
Telephot - early videophone (from Ralph 124c 41 + by Hugo Gernsback) |
| 1911 |
Sub-Atlantic Tube - undersea tunnel (from Ralph 124c 41 + by Hugo Gernsback) |
| 1911 |
Electric Rifle - Tom Swift's weapon of choice (from Tom Swift and His Electric Rifle by Victor Appleton) |
| 1911 |
Hypnobioscope - learn while you sleep (from Ralph 124c 41 + by Hugo Gernsback) |
| 1911 |
Alohydrolium (from Ralph 124c 41 + by Hugo Gernsback) |
| 1911 |
Personalized News (from Ralph 124c 41 + by Hugo Gernsback) |
| 1911 |
Tele-Motor-Coasters - power skates (from Ralph 124c 41 + by Hugo Gernsback) |
| 1911 |
Steelonium - very early reference (from Ralph 124c 41 + by Hugo Gernsback) |
| 1911 |
Language Rectifier early reference to machine translation (from Ralph 124c 41 + by Hugo Gernsback) |
| 1911 |
Detectophone - machine translation of language (from Ralph 124c 41 + by Hugo Gernsback) |
| 1911 |
Telautograph (from Ralph 124c 41 + by Hugo Gernsback) |
| 1911 |
Actinoscope (from Ralph 124c 41 + by Hugo Gernsback) |
| 1911 |
Demagnitizing Ray (from The Lord of Labour by George Griffith) |
| 1911 |
Space-Sick (from Ralph 124c 41 + by Hugo Gernsback) |
| 1912 |
Automated Restaurant - food from robots (from A Princess of Mars by Edgar Rice Burroughs) |
| 1914 |
Atomic Bomb - very early reference (from The World Set Free by H.G. Wells) |
| 1914 |
Sustained Atomic Reaction (from The World Set Free by H.G. Wells) |
| 1914 |
Radioactive Ruin - first reference (from The World Set Free by H.G. Wells) |
| 1914 |
Sunray Tank (from Warlord of Mars by Edgar Rice Burroughs) |
| 1914 |
Artificial Food (from The World Set Free by H.G. Wells) |
| 1915 |
Food Tablet - a pill for dinner (from John Jone's Dollar by H.S. Keeler) |
| 1918 |
Magnetic Elevator - no watches allowed (from The Gods of Mars by Edgar Rice Burroughs) |
| 1918 |
Photophone (from The Planeteer by Michael Flynn) |
| 1920 |
Living Metal Cubes (from The Metal Monster by Abraham Merritt) |
| 1920 |
Robot - the origin of the term (from R.U.R. by Karel Capek) |
| 1920 |
Spinning Mill for Veins (Artificial Organs) (from R.U.R. by Karel Capek) |
| 1921 |
Phonographic Locks (from A Journey to the Year 2025 by Clement Fezandie) |
| 1922 |
Membrane (from We by Yevgeny Zamyatin) |
| 1923 |
Parallel Universe (from Men Like Gods by H.G. Wells) |
| 1923 |
Acoustic Apparatus (Osophone) - original patent filing (from Acoustic Apparatus by Hugo Gernsback) |
| 1923 |
Networked Telephone Answering Machine (from Men Like Gods by H.G. Wells) |
| 1923 |
Wireless Access Point (from Men Like Gods by H.G. Wells) |
| 1925 |
Quadraturin (from Quadraturin by Sigizmund Krzhizhanowsky) |
| 1925 |
Blaster - a deadly energy weapon. (from When the Green Star Waned by Nictzin Dyalhis) |
| 1926 |
Artificial Brain (from The Metal Giants by Edmond Hamilton) |
| 1926 |
Artificial Life (from Across Space by Edmond Hamilton) |
| 1926 |
Gyro-Hat (from An Experiment in Gyro-Hats by Ellis Parker Butler) |
| 1926 |
Computer Vision (Artificial Eye) (from The Metal Giants by Edmond Hamilton) |
| 1926 |
Blue Ray of Death (from Across Space by Edmond Hamilton) |
| 1926 |
Starship (from War in Space by Raymond Quiex) |
| 1927 |
Paralyzing Cone (from The Atomic Conquerors by Edmond Hamilton) |
| 1927 |
Cold Ray (from The Atomic Conquerors by Edmond Hamilton) |
| 1928 |
Heat Transmitter - warmth to outer planets (from Crashing Suns by Edmond Hamilton) |
| 1928 |
Anti-Gravity Belt (from Armageddon: 2419 A.D. by Philip Frances Nowlan) |
| 1928 |
Inertron - light but strong (from Armageddon: 2419 A.D. by Philip Frances Nowlan) |
| 1928 |
Ultrophone - FTL communication (from Armageddon: 2419 A.D. by Philip Frances Nowlan) |
| 1928 |
Ultron Wire (from Armageddon: 2419 A.D. by Philip Frances Nowlan) |
| 1928 |
Airlock (from Skylark of Space by E.E. 'Doc' Smith) |
| 1928 |
Death-Beam (from Crashing Suns by Edmond Hamilton) |
| 1928 |
Meteor-Sweeps (from Crashing Suns by Edmond Hamilton) |
| 1928 |
Space-Lanes - like the space-ways (from Crashing Suns by Edmond Hamilton) |
| 1928 |
Electric Diaper (from The Psychophonic Nurse by David H. Keller) |
| 1928 |
Telechart - the one indispensable aid (from Crashing Suns by Edmond Hamilton) |
| 1928 |
Pain Ray - pain by nerve induction. (from Crashing Suns by Edmond Hamilton) |
| 1928 |
Meteorometer - meteors ahead! (from Crashing Suns by Edmond Hamilton) |
| 1928 |
Hyper-space (from The Invisible Bubble by Kirk Meadowcroft) |
| 1928 |
Psychophonic Nurse - a nanny robot (from The Psychophonic Nurse by David H. Keller) |
| 1928 |
Rocket Gun (from Armageddon: 2419 A.D. by Philip Frances Nowlan) |
| 1928 |
Hall of the Council (from Crashing Suns by Edmond Hamilton) |
| 1928 |
Private Space Cruiser (from Crashing Suns by Edmond Hamilton) |
| 1928 |
Needle Pipe - needle gun (from Beyond the Stars by Ray Cummings) |
| 1928 |
Repellor Anti-Gravity Rays (from Armageddon: 2419 A.D. by Philip Frances Nowlan) |
| 1928 |
Grantline Comptometer - long before Mathematica (from Beyond the Stars by Ray Cummings) |
| 1928 |
Steering a Star - driving a sun (from Crashing Suns by Edmond Hamilton) |
| 1928 |
Synthetic Babies (from A Biological Experiment by David H. Keller) |
| 1928 |
Viewplate (from Armageddon: 2419 A.D. by Philip Frances Nowlan) |
| 1928 |
Vibration-Propelled Cruiser - waves in spacetime (from Crashing Suns by Edmond Hamilton) |
| 1928 |
Raytron Apparatus - aerial surveillance (from Beyond the Stars by Ray Cummings) |
| 1928 |
Telestereo - earliest reference to holograms? (from Crashing Suns by Edmond Hamilton) |
| 1928 |
Psycho-Phone (from A Biological Experiment by David H. Keller) |
| 1928 |
Auto-Car (from The Revolt of the Pedestrians by David H. Keller) |
| 1928 |
Gravity-Screen (from Crashing Suns by Edmond Hamilton) |
| 1928 |
Pressure-Suit (from Skylark of Space by E.E. 'Doc' Smith) |
| 1928 |
Flying Harness (from Skylark of Space by E.E. 'Doc' Smith) |
| 1928 |
Attractive Ray - first use of idea? (from Crashing Suns by Edmond Hamilton) |
| 1928 |
Chest Disc - speak clearly (from Armageddon: 2419 A.D. by Philip Frances Nowlan) |
| 1928 |
Concentro (from Armageddon: 2419 A.D. by Philip Frances Nowlan) |
| 1928 |
Floater (from Armageddon: 2419 A.D. by Philip Frances Nowlan) |
| 1928 |
Disintegrator Ray (Dis Ray) (from Armageddon: 2419 A.D. by Philip Frances Nowlan) |
| 1928 |
Jumper - float free (from Armageddon: 2419 A.D. by Philip Frances Nowlan) |
| 1928 |
Ultraphone Ear-Disc - no need for Bluetooth (from Armageddon: 2419 A.D. by Philip Frances Nowlan) |
| 1928 |
Space Buoy (from Crashing Suns by Edmond Hamilton) |
| 1928 |
De-atomizing Ray - a disintegration beam (from Crashing Suns by Edmond Hamilton) |
| 1928 |
Ultron (from Armageddon: 2419 A.D. by Philip Frances Nowlan) |
| 1929 |
Space Travel (from A Baby on Neptune by Clare Winger Harris (w/MJ Breuer)) |
| 1929 |
Televisor (from The Phantom Teleview by Bob Olsen) |
| 1929 |
Pocket Gravity Nullifier (from The Sky Maniac by Henri Dahl Juve) |
| 1929 |
Ships Propelled By Light Pressure (from The Comet Doom by Edmond Hamilton) |
| 1929 |
Human Blood Chlorophyll (from The Murgatroyd Experiment by S.P. Meek) |
| 1929 |
Gravity Nullifier (from The Sky Maniac by Henri Dahl Juve) |
| 1929 |
Electric Kitchen - cooks freed from gravity (from The Shot Into Infinity by Otto Willi Gail) |
| 1929 |
Air Tunnel (from Through the Air Tunnel by Harl Vincent) |
| 1929 |
Spacesuit Testing (from The Shot Into Infinity by Otto Willi Gail) |
| 1929 |
O-220 (from Tarzan at the Eath's Core by Edgar Rice Burroughs) |
| 1929 |
Vibration Machine (from The Comet Doom by Edmond Hamilton) |
| 1929 |
Life Chamber (from The Chamber of Life by G. Peyton Wertenbaker) |
| 1929 |
Robot Control Board (from The Robot Master by O.L. Beckwith) |
| 1929 |
Brain Placed In Metal Body (from The Comet Doom by Edmond Hamilton) |
| 1929 |
Electro-Culturer (from The Ancient Brain by A.G. Stangland) |
| 1929 |
Teleview (from The Phantom Teleview by Bob Olsen) |
| 1929 |
Pneumatic Suit (from The Shot Into Infinity by Otto Willi Gail) |
| 1929 |
Harbenite (from Tarzan at the Eath's Core by Edgar Rice Burroughs) |
| 1929 |
Mechanical Men (from The Ancient Brain by A.G. Stangland) |
| 1929 |
Personal Metallic Record Disc (from The Ancient Brain by A.G. Stangland) |
| 1930 |
Neutronium - how dense is it (from Skylark Three by E.E. 'Doc' Smith) |
| 1930 |
Glassite (from Brigands of the Moon by Ray Cummings) |
| 1930 |
Lunar Mining - moon mining camp (from Brigands of the Moon by Ray Cummings) |
| 1930 |
Moon Walk - presages Apollo (from Brigands of the Moon by Ray Cummings) |
| 1930 |
Helicops (from The Black Star Passes by John W. Campbell) |
| 1930 |
Automatic Cultivators (from Piracy Preferred by John W. Campbell) |
| 1930 |
Vacuum Suit (from Skylark Three by E.E. 'Doc' Smith) |
| 1930 |
Solar-Powered Aircraft (from The Black Star Passes by John W. Campbell) |
| 1930 |
Vacuum Armor (from Skylark Three by E.E. 'Doc' Smith) |
| 1930 |
Tight-Beam - hard to find (from Skylark Three by E.E. 'Doc' Smith) |
| 1930 |
Gyroscope Seats (from The Black Star Passes by John W. Campbell) |
| 1930 |
Artificial Island (from Between Earth and Moon by Otfrid von Hanstein) |
| 1930 |
Magnalloy (from The Cave of Horror by S.P. Meek) |
| 1930 |
Gravity Assist - very early use (from Brigands of the Moon by Ray Cummings) |
| 1930 |
Space Lock (from The Black Star Passes by John W. Campbell) |
| 1930 |
Lux (from The Black Star Passes by John W. Campbell) |
| 1930 |
Death Projector (from The Stolen Mind by M.L. Staley) |
| 1930 |
Artificial Gravity - first mention (from Brigands of the Moon by Ray Cummings) |
| 1930 |
Matched-Frequency Separable Units (from Skylark Three by E.E. 'Doc' Smith) |
| 1930 |
Low-scale Detectors (from Brigands of the Moon by Ray Cummings) |
| 1930 |
Eavesdropping Ray - hears through walls (from Brigands of the Moon by Ray Cummings) |
| 1930 |
Spaceport (from The Birth of a New Republic by M. Breuer (w/J. Williamson)) |
| 1930 |
Oxygen Space Flare (from Brigands of the Moon by Ray Cummings) |
| 1930 |
The Cosmic Express (from The Cosmic Express by Jack Williamson) |
| 1930 |
Ray Gun (from The Black Star Passes by John W. Campbell) |
| 1930 |
Asteroid From Outside Solar System (from Brigands of the Moon by Ray Cummings) |
| 1930 |
Planets Made Habitable (from Last and First Men by Olaf Stapledon) |
| 1930 |
Visiplate - early flat panel viewer (from Skylark Three by E.E. 'Doc' Smith) |
| 1930 |
Invisible Cloak -long before Harry Potter (from Brigands of the Moon by Ray Cummings) |
| 1930 |
Moon Dome - first reference (from Brigands of the Moon by Ray Cummings) |
| 1930 |
Face-Plate (from Skylark Three by E.E. 'Doc' Smith) |
| 1930 |
Shield (from Skylark Three by E.E. 'Doc' Smith) |
| 1930 |
Artificial Transparent Element - see through it (from Last and First Men by Olaf Stapledon) |
| 1930 |
Pencil Heat Ray - narrow beam (from Brigands of the Moon by Ray Cummings) |
| 1930 |
Artificial Gravity System (from Last and First Men by Olaf Stapledon) |
| 1930 |
Paralyzing Ray - early use (from Brigands of the Moon by Ray Cummings) |
| 1931 |
Master Machine (from The Revolt of the Machines by Nat Schachner (w. AL Zagat)) |
| 1931 |
Motor Torpedo (from The Prince of Space by Jack Williamson) |
| 1931 |
Dimensoscope - see into new dimensions (from The Fifth-Dimension Catapult by Murray Leinster) |
| 1931 |
Photograph of Earth from Space (from The Prince of Space by Jack Williamson) |
| 1931 |
Satellite Photography for Surveillance (from The Prince of Space by Jack Williamson) |
| 1931 |
Time Stream (from Time Stream by John Taine) |
| 1931 |
Time-Telespectroscope. (from The Exile of Time by Ray Cummings) |
| 1931 |
Robot Revolt (from The Exile of Time by Ray Cummings) |
| 1931 |
Robot Waiter (from The Death Cloud by Nat Schachner (w. AL Zagat)) |
| 1931 |
Flame Pistol (from Invisible Ships by Harl Vincent) |
| 1931 |
Normal Space (from Islands of Space by John W. Campbell) |
| 1931 |
Televisiophone (from Islands of Space by John W. Campbell) |
| 1931 |
Radio Meteor Detector (from Islands of Space by John W. Campbell) |
| 1931 |
Sensitive Robot Fingers (from The Exile of Time by Ray Cummings) |
| 1931 |
Free Fall (from Islands of Space by John W. Campbell) |
| 1931 |
Pentavalent Nitrogen - most powerful chemical explosive. (from Space Hounds of IPC by E.E. 'Doc' Smith) |
| 1931 |
Gravity Belt (from Venus Mines, Incorporated by Nat Schachner (w. AL Zagat)) |
| 1931 |
Vision-Tube (from The Doom From Planet 4 by Jack Williamson) |
| 1931 |
Disintegrator Plate Ray (from The Revolt of the Machines by Nat Schachner (w. AL Zagat)) |
| 1931 |
Jovium (from Venus Mines, Incorporated by Nat Schachner (w. AL Zagat)) |
| 1931 |
Tractor Beam - pulling force at a distance (from Space Hounds of IPC by E.E. 'Doc' Smith) |
| 1931 |
Propulsion Gun (from Venus Mines, Incorporated by Nat Schachner (w. AL Zagat)) |
| 1931 |
Metal Monster (from The Doom From Planet 4 by Jack Williamson) |
| 1931 |
Power Planet - power for Earth (from Power Planet by Murray Leinster) |
| 1931 |
Robot-Deranger (from The Exile of Time by Nat Schachner (w. AL Zagat)) |
| 1931 |
Curtain (Force Barrier) (from Venus Mines, Incorporated by Nat Schachner (w. AL Zagat)) |
| 1931 |
Evolution Machine (from The Man Who Evolved by Edmond Hamilton) |
| 1931 |
Thought-receptor Vote-counting Machine (from If The Sun Died by R.F. Starzl) |
| 1931 |
Ultra-Telescope Ray (from The Moon Weed by Harl Vincent) |
| 1931 |
Helio-Beryllium (from Out Around Rigel by Robert H. Wilson) |
| 1931 |
Gate (from Through Purple Cloud by Jack Williamson) |
| 1931 |
Virtual Assembly (from If The Sun Died by R.F. Starzl) |
| 1931 |
Argento-Platinoid Dispatch Box (from Venus Mines, Incorporated by Nat Schachner (w. AL Zagat)) |
| 1931 |
Telucid (from If The Sun Died by R.F. Starzl) |
| 1931 |
Heliocar (from The Prince of Space by Jack Williamson) |
| 1931 |
Conveyor Ribbon (from Exiles of the Moon by Nat Schachner (w. AL Zagat)) |
| 1931 |
Energy Curtain Key (from Venus Mines, Incorporated by Nat Schachner (w. AL Zagat)) |
| 1931 |
Vita-Light (from If The Sun Died by R.F. Starzl) |
| 1931 |
Space Helmet (from The Disc-Men of Jupiter by Manly Wade Wellman) |
| 1931 |
Mutation (from The Man Who Evolved by Edmond Hamilton) |
| 1931 |
Photoelectric Course Warning - aid to spaceship pilots (from Out Around Rigel by Robert H. Wilson) |
| 1931 |
Control Disk (from The Slave Ship From Space by A.R. Holmes) |
| 1931 |
Space Suit - early reference (from The Emperor of the Stars by Nat Schachner (w. AL Zagat)) |
| 1931 |
Zero-Ray (from An Adventure in Futurity by Clark Ashton Smith) |
| 1931 |
Atmosphere Tester (from The Emperor of the Stars by Nat Schachner (w. AL Zagat)) |
| 1931 |
Transparent Spherical Ship (from The Emperor of the Stars by Nat Schachner (w. AL Zagat)) |
| 1931 |
Thought Screen (from The Emperor of the Stars by Nat Schachner (w. AL Zagat)) |
| 1931 |
Emergency Corrective Rockets (from The Emperor of the Stars by Nat Schachner (w. AL Zagat)) |
| 1931 |
Pressor (Pressor Beam) - push not pull (from Space Hounds of IPC by E.E. 'Doc' Smith) |
| 1931 |
Deviatoscope (from The Emperor of the Stars by Nat Schachner (w. AL Zagat)) |
| 1931 |
Object-Finder Beam (from The Conquest of Gola by L.F. Stone) |
| 1931 |
Sargasso of Space (from The Sargasso of Space by Edmond Hamilton) |
| 1931 |
Gravograph (from The Sargasso of Space by Edmond Hamilton) |
| 1931 |
Wreck-Pack (from The Sargasso of Space by Edmond Hamilton) |
| 1931 |
Teleradio Control (Hand Flash) (from Exiles of the Moon by Nat Schachner (w. AL Zagat)) |
| 1931 |
Suit-Phone (from The Sargasso of Space by Edmond Hamilton) |
| 1931 |
Self-Sustaining Space Craft (from The Prince of Space by Jack Williamson) |
| 1931 |
Annihilator Beam (from The Conquest of Gola by L.F. Stone) |
| 1931 |
Neutronic Dust (from Twelve Hours To Live by Jack Williamson) |
| 1931 |
Kundrenaline (from The Hands of Aten by H.G. Winter) |
| 1931 |
Synthetic Food Factories (from The Revolt of the Machines by Nat Schachner (w. AL Zagat)) |
| 1931 |
City of Space - rotating habitat (from The Prince of Space by Jack Williamson) |
| 1931 |
Centipede-Machine (from Monsters of Mars by Edmond Hamilton) |
| 1931 |
Space-Helmet (from The Sargasso of Space by Edmond Hamilton) |
| 1931 |
Paralyzing Blast (from The Exile of Time by Ray Cummings) |
| 1931 |
Gravito-Statoscope (from The Emperor of the Stars by Nat Schachner (w. AL Zagat)) |
| 1931 |
Astrogator (from The Conquest of Space by David Lasser) |
| 1931 |
Mechanical Thought Transformers (from The Conquest of Gola by L.F. Stone) |
| 1931 |
Magnetic Clamps (from Twelve Hours To Live by Jack Williamson) |
| 1931 |
Disruptor Tube (Disruptor Ray) - pale beam of destruction (from The Emperor of the Stars by Nat Schachner (w. AL Zagat)) |
| 1931 |
Force-Field - an energy barrier (from Islands of Space by John W. Campbell) |
| 1931 |
Matter Transmitter - ride the beam (from The Conquest of Gola by L.F. Stone) |
| 1931 |
Attractor - come hither and stay still (from The Conquest of Gola by L.F. Stone) |
| 1931 |
Faster-Than-Light - ftl (from Islands of Space by John W. Campbell) |
| 1931 |
Death Bath (from The Revolt of the Machines by Nat Schachner (w. AL Zagat)) |
| 1931 |
Rocket Liner (from Exiles of the Moon by Nat Schachner (w. AL Zagat)) |
| 1931 |
Beam-Powered Propulsion (from The Prince of Space by Jack Williamson) |
| 1931 |
Positive Ray Propulsion (Ion Drive) (from The Prince of Space by Jack Williamson) |
| 1931 |
Groundling (from Exiles of the Moon by Nat Schachner (w. AL Zagat)) |
| 1931 |
Artificial Atmosphere Machine (from Venus Mines, Incorporated by Nat Schachner (w. AL Zagat)) |
| 1931 |
Pneumatic Tube Station (from Exiles of the Moon by Nat Schachner (w. AL Zagat)) |
| 1931 |
Food Factory (from Exiles of the Moon by Nat Schachner (w. AL Zagat)) |
| 1931 |
Communication Disk (from Exiles of the Moon by Nat Schachner (w. AL Zagat)) |
| 1931 |
Stationary Sidewalk (from Exiles of the Moon by Nat Schachner (w. AL Zagat)) |
| 1931 |
Selective Electric Eye (from Exiles of the Moon by Nat Schachner (w. AL Zagat)) |
| 1931 |
Alpha Insert (from Exiles of the Moon by Nat Schachner (w. AL Zagat)) |
| 1931 |
Integral Calculator (from Exiles of the Moon by Nat Schachner (w. AL Zagat)) |
| 1931 |
Robot Vending Machine (from The Prince of Space by Jack Williamson) |
| 1931 |
Sodaluminum (from Exiles of the Moon by Nat Schachner (w. AL Zagat)) |
| 1931 |
Recoil Pistol (from Exiles of the Moon by Nat Schachner (w. AL Zagat)) |
| 1931 |
Sunship (from The Prince of Space by Jack Williamson) |
| 1931 |
Protonite - for space exploration (from Twelve Hours To Live by Jack Williamson) |
| 1931 |
Robot Waiter (from The Death Cloud by Nat Schachner (w. AL Zagat)) |
| 1931 |
Vitalium (from The Prince of Space by Jack Williamson) |
| 1931 |
Tele-Audiovized Meeting (from Exiles of the Moon by Nat Schachner (w. AL Zagat)) |
| 1931 |
Reaction-Motors (from Twelve Hours To Live by Jack Williamson) |
| 1931 |
Dressing Machines (from The Revolt of the Machines by Nat Schachner (w. AL Zagat)) |
| 1931 |
Ownership of Machines (from The Revolt of the Machines by Nat Schachner (w. AL Zagat)) |
| 1931 |
Space-Liner - first use of phrase (from Twelve Hours To Live by Jack Williamson) |
| 1931 |
Thought Coil (Machine Intelligence) (from The Revolt of the Machines by Nat Schachner (w. AL Zagat)) |
| 1931 |
Ultra-Light Vision System (from Space Hounds of IPC by E.E. 'Doc' Smith) |
| 1931 |
Moon Run (from Exiles of the Moon by Nat Schachner (w. AL Zagat)) |
| 1931 |
Matter Annihilation Ray (from Twelve Hours To Live by Jack Williamson) |
| 1932 |
Polarization Apparatus (from Slaves of Mercury by Nat Schachner) |
| 1932 |
Government Machine (from Mechanocracy by Miles J. Breuer) |
| 1932 |
Battle Sphere (from The Space Rover by Edwin K. Sloat) |
| 1932 |
Smoke Jets (Air Leak Detection) (from The Great Dome of Mercury by Leo Zagat) |
| 1932 |
Space Men - first use of this term (from Revolt of the Star Men by Raymond Z. Gallun) |
| 1932 |
Super-Photon (from Invaders From The Infinite by John W. Campbell) |
| 1932 |
News-Dispenser (from After Armageddon by Francis Flagg) |
| 1932 |
Space Liner - first use of phrase (from Electronic Siege by John W. Campbell) |
| 1932 |
Automatic Truck (from Mechanocracy by Miles J. Breuer) |
| 1932 |
Antigravity - first use (from The Vanguard of Neptune by J.M. Walsh) |
| 1932 |
Weather Machine (from Slaves of Mercury by Nat Schachner) |
| 1932 |
Electro-Bullet (from Pirates of the Gorm by Nat Schachner) |
| 1932 |
Electro-Gun (from Pirates of the Gorm by Nat Schachner) |
| 1932 |
Spaceship Garden (from The Heritage of the Earth by Harley S. Aldinger) |
| 1932 |
Manufactured Planet (from The Heritage of the Earth by Harley S. Aldinger) |
| 1932 |
Negative Gravity Field (from 50th Century Revolt by A.G. Stangland) |
| 1932 |
Water to Cushion Acceleration (from The Derelicts of Ganymede by John W. Campbell) |
| 1932 |
Meteor Warning System - incoming meteor swarm detected (from A Conquest of Two Worlds by Edmond Hamilton) |
| 1932 |
Pent House (from The Pent House by David H. Keller) |
| 1932 |
Conveyor (from Slaves of Mercury by Nat Schachner) |
| 1932 |
Space-Armor - armored protection (from Revolt of the Star Men by Raymond Z. Gallun) |
| 1932 |
Asteroid Mining (Blasting) (from Asteroid of Gold by Clifford Simak) |
| 1932 |
Tele-Screen (from After Armageddon by Francis Flagg) |
| 1932 |
Ship's Magnetic Plates (Magnetic Mooring) (from Asteroid of Gold by Clifford Simak) |
| 1932 |
Space-Boat (from Revolt of the Star Men by Raymond Z. Gallun) |
| 1932 |
Electro-Magnet Anchor (from The Space Rover by Edwin K. Sloat) |
| 1932 |
Atomic Pistol (from Mutiny on Mercury by Clifford Simak) |
| 1932 |
Pocket-Planet (from The Duel on the Asteroid by P. Schuyler Miller (w/D. McDermott)) |
| 1932 |
Centrifugal Bumble-Puppy (from Brave New World by Aldous Huxley) |
| 1932 |
Sunward (from The Space Rover by Edwin K. Sloat) |
| 1932 |
Quartzite (from The Great Dome of Mercury by Leo Zagat) |
| 1932 |
Alpha Plus (from Brave New World by Aldous Huxley) |
| 1932 |
Artificial Womb - very early use of concept (from Brave New World by Aldous Huxley) |
| 1932 |
Surta (from The Great Dome of Mercury by Leo Zagat) |
| 1932 |
Wandering Worlds (from When Worlds Collide by Edwin Balmer (w/P. Wylie)) |
| 1932 |
Space Freighter - for hauling big loads (from The Space Rover by Edwin K. Sloat) |
| 1932 |
Attraction Ray (from Pirates of the Gorm by Nat Schachner) |
| 1932 |
Scent-Organ (from Brave New World by Aldous Huxley) |
| 1932 |
Magnet Grapnel (from The Space Rover by Edwin K. Sloat) |
| 1932 |
Hypnopĉdia (Sleep-Teaching) - learn while asleep (from Brave New World by Aldous Huxley) |
| 1932 |
Bokanovsky's Process (from Brave New World by Aldous Huxley) |
| 1932 |
Bone-Building Compounds (from A Conquest of Two Worlds by Edmond Hamilton) |
| 1932 |
Rigid Metallic Clothing - almost an exoskeleton (from A Conquest of Two Worlds by Edmond Hamilton) |
| 1932 |
Diskoid (from Slaves of Mercury by Nat Schachner) |
| 1932 |
Search Beams (from Slaves of Mercury by Nat Schachner) |
| 1932 |
Sun-Tube (from Slaves of Mercury by Nat Schachner) |
| 1932 |
Feelies (Feely) (from Brave New World by Aldous Huxley) |
| 1933 |
Asteroid Rocket (from Salvage in Space by Jack Williamson) |
| 1933 |
Food Preparation Machine (from Unto Us A Child Is Born by David H. Keller) |
| 1933 |
Osprey Space Armor (from Salvage in Space by Jack Williamson) |
| 1933 |
Human Serial Number (from Unto Us A Child Is Born by David H. Keller) |
| 1933 |
Granton Motor (from Into the Meteorite Orbit by Frank K. Kelly) |
| 1933 |
Synthetic Food (from Unto Us A Child Is Born by David H. Keller) |
| 1933 |
Spectro-Flash Analysis (from Salvage in Space by Jack Williamson) |
| 1933 |
Spaceways (from Shambleau by C.L. Moore) |
| 1933 |
Electric Machine Gun (Railgun) - electromagnetic acceleration (from The Battery of Hate by John W. Campbell) |
| 1933 |
Helix Gun (from Salvage in Space by Jack Williamson) |
| 1933 |
Gateway (from Wanderer of Infinity by Harl Vincent) |
| 1933 |
Life-Tubes (from Salvage in Space by Jack Williamson) |
| 1933 |
Meteor Miner (from Salvage in Space by Jack Williamson) |
| 1933 |
Vibra-Transmitter (Teleportation) (from Into the Meteorite Orbit by Frank K. Kelly) |
| 1933 |
Magnetic Boots (from Salvage in Space by Jack Williamson) |
| 1934 |
Bergenholm Drive (from Triplanetary by E.E. 'Doc' Smith) |
| 1934 |
Credit - first use (from The Mightiest Machine by John W. Campbell) |
| 1934 |
Emergency Lifeboat - very early space rescue vehicle (from Triplanetary by E.E. 'Doc' Smith) |
| 1934 |
Protective Shield - personal force field (from Triplanetary by E.E. 'Doc' Smith) |
| 1934 |
Artificial Planet - before the Death Star (from Triplanetary by E.E. 'Doc' Smith) |
| 1934 |
Sound-Transposing Machine (from The Lost Language by David H. Keller) |
| 1934 |
Homorium (from The Last Men by Frank Belknap Long, Jr.) |
| 1934 |
Ablative Heat (Reentry) Shield - very early reference (from Triplanetary by E.E. 'Doc' Smith) |
| 1934 |
Mother Ship - first use of expression (from Triplanetary by E.E. 'Doc' Smith) |
| 1934 |
Spy Ray Goggles - see through walls (from Triplanetary by E.E. 'Doc' Smith) |
| 1934 |
Planetary Propulsion-Blasts - moving a planet (from Thundering Worlds by Edmond Hamilton) |
| 1934 |
Machine City (from Twilight by John W. Campbell) |
| 1934 |
Synthetic Food Dispenser - before the Jetsons (from Twilight by John W. Campbell) |
| 1934 |
Lifeboat - early mention (from Triplanetary by E.E. 'Doc' Smith) |
| 1934 |
Liquid Mirror Telescope on Mars - alien LMT (from Old Faithful by Raymond Z. Gallun) |
| 1934 |
Mentanical Communication (from The Mentanicals by Francis Flagg) |
| 1934 |
Cone of Battle - the ultimate weapon (from Triplanetary by E.E. 'Doc' Smith) |
| 1934 |
Radio-Dirigible Torpedo (from Triplanetary by E.E. 'Doc' Smith) |
| 1934 |
Lewiston (from Triplanetary by E.E. 'Doc' Smith) |
| 1934 |
Ingestible Communication Capsule - only in emergencies (from Triplanetary by E.E. 'Doc' Smith) |
| 1934 |
Invisibility Shield (from Triplanetary by E.E. 'Doc' Smith) |
| 1934 |
3D Tank Display (from Triplanetary by E.E. 'Doc' Smith) |
| 1934 |
Inertialess Drive (from Triplanetary by E.E. 'Doc' Smith) |
| 1934 |
Ultrawave - FTL communication (from Triplanetary by E.E. 'Doc' Smith) |
| 1934 |
Visiphone (from Triplanetary by E.E. 'Doc' Smith) |
| 1934 |
Vibrowriter - automatic transcription (from The Lost Language by David H. Keller) |
| 1934 |
Darkness Bomb - infra-infra-infra fluorescence! (from The Mightiest Machine by John W. Campbell) |
| 1934 |
Ether-Wall - an invisibility field. (from Triplanetary by E.E. 'Doc' Smith) |
| 1934 |
Platinum Alloy Disc - first CD or DVD? (from Triplanetary by E.E. 'Doc' Smith) |
| 1934 |
Moving a Planet - early use of idea (from Triplanetary by E.E. 'Doc' Smith) |
| 1934 |
Deep-Space - my dwelling place (from Triplanetary by E.E. 'Doc' Smith) |
| 1934 |
Electric-Space-Strain Projector - wireless power transmission (from The Mightiest Machine by John W. Campbell) |
| 1934 |
Mentanicals (from The Mentanicals by Francis Flagg) |
| 1934 |
Flying Wing - Northrup's all-metal dream (from Triplanetary by E.E. 'Doc' Smith) |
| 1934 |
Acceleration-tank - very early reference (from Triplanetary by E.E. 'Doc' Smith) |
| 1934 |
Standish - a mean beam of energy (from Triplanetary by E.E. 'Doc' Smith) |
| 1934 |
Living Machines (from The Mentanicals by Francis Flagg) |
| 1935 |
Bloodhound Machine (from Crimes of the Year 2000 by Ray Cummings) |
| 1935 |
Machine (Thinking Machine) - very early description of an intelligent computer (from The Machine by John W. Campbell) |
| 1935 |
Living Space Ship (from Proxima Centauri by Murray Leinster) |
| 1935 |
Floater (Vehicle) (from The Machine by John W. Campbell) |
| 1935 |
First Contact (from Proxima Centauri by Murray Leinster) |
| 1935 |
Automatic Toll Payment (from The Living Machine by David H. Keller) |
| 1935 |
Transkin (from Parasite Planet by Stanley G. Weinbaum) |
| 1935 |
Trans-Oceanic Rocket (from The Worlds of If by Stanley G. Weinbaum) |
| 1935 |
Subjunctivisor (from The Worlds of If by Stanley G. Weinbaum) |
| 1935 |
Fruit-Picking Machine (from The Hidden Colony by Otfrid von Hanstein) |
| 1935 |
Automated Factory (from The Hidden Colony by Otfrid von Hanstein) |
| 1935 |
Conscious Farm Machines (from The Hidden Colony by Otfrid von Hanstein) |
| 1935 |
Emotion Meter (from The Emotion Meter by W. Varick Nevins, III) |
| 1935 |
No Steering Wheel Autonomous Car (from The Living Machine by David H. Keller) |
| 1935 |
Flame-Pistol (from Parasite Planet by Stanley G. Weinbaum) |
| 1935 |
Xixtline (from Parasite Planet by Stanley G. Weinbaum) |
| 1935 |
Thermide (from Parasite Planet by Stanley G. Weinbaum) |
| 1935 |
Automatic Air Mail Plane (from The Living Machine by David H. Keller) |
| 1935 |
Mudshoes (from Parasite Planet by Stanley G. Weinbaum) |
| 1935 |
Driverless Car (from The Living Machine by David H. Keller) |
| 1935 |
Driverless Taxi (from The Living Machine by David H. Keller) |
| 1935 |
Thermlectrium (from Blindness by John W. Campbell) |
| 1936 |
Probability Time Wave Tube (from Elimination by John W. Campbell) |
| 1936 |
Photoelectric Telescope (Photoelectric Eyes) - astronomical pictures produced automatically (from The Cometeers by Jack Williamson) |
| 1936 |
Cartograph - a GPS-like trip readout (from The Cometeers by Jack Williamson) |
| 1936 |
Planetary Engineering (from The Cometeers by Jack Williamson) |
| 1936 |
Radiation Shield (from The Ultimate Weapon by John W. Campbell) |
| 1936 |
Vision Tubes (from The Scarab by Raymond Z. Gallun) |
| 1936 |
Electronized Gravity Plate - artificial gravity (from Blood of the Moon by Ray Cummings) |
| 1936 |
Protective Energy Halo (from The Scarab by Raymond Z. Gallun) |
| 1936 |
Geodynes - pushing against the fabric of space (from The Cometeers by Jack Williamson) |
| 1936 |
Giant Flat Panel Display (from The Shape of Things To Come by H.G. Wells) |
| 1936 |
Needle Beam Gat (from Moon Crystals by J. Harvey Haggard) |
| 1936 |
Luxobe Crystals (from Moon Crystals by J. Harvey Haggard) |
| 1936 |
Vitrisheen (from Moon Crystals by J. Harvey Haggard) |
| 1936 |
Shoggoths (from At the Mountains of Madness by H.P. Lovecraft) |
| 1936 |
Beckerley Electrical Field (from Smothered Seas by R.M. Farley (w/SG Weinbaum)) |
| 1936 |
Emergency Repulsion (Repulsive Ray) (from Blood of the Moon by Ray Cummings) |
| 1936 |
Dark Vapor Bubble (from Man-Jewels for Xothar by H.G. Wells) |
| 1936 |
Automated Search For Habitable Planets (from Cosmic Quest by Edmond Hamilton) |
| 1936 |
Telespectroscope (from Cosmic Quest by Edmond Hamilton) |
| 1936 |
Dimension Shifting Apparatus (from Cosmic Quest by Edmond Hamilton) |
| 1936 |
Volplane (from Blood of the Moon by Ray Cummings) |
| 1936 |
Indoor Weighted Belt (from Blood of the Moon by Ray Cummings) |
| 1936 |
Space Warp - first use of this idea (from The Cometeers by Jack Williamson) |
| 1936 |
Wireless Wrist Intercom - like a cell phone (from The Shape of Things To Come by H.G. Wells) |
| 1936 |
Starways (from Blood of the Moon by Ray Cummings) |
| 1936 |
Android (from The Cometeers by Jack Williamson) |
| 1936 |
Desktop Flat Panel Intercom (from The Shape of Things To Come by H.G. Wells) |
| 1936 |
Atom Compactor (Metal Earthworm) (from Death Dives Deep by Paul Ernst) |
| 1936 |
Robot With Human's Brain (from Revenge of the Robot by Otis Adelbert Kline) |
| 1936 |
Tubular Field of Force (from The Cometeers by Jack Williamson) |
| 1936 |
Gravity Detector (from The Cometeers by Jack Williamson) |
| 1936 |
Electro-Telescope (from Blood of the Moon by Ray Cummings) |
| 1936 |
Transparent Flat Panel Display - early flat panel (from The Shape of Things To Come by H.G. Wells) |
| 1936 |
Scarab Robot Flying Insect - tiny robotic insect (from The Scarab by Raymond Z. Gallun) |
| 1936 |
Wire Gun (from Shadow Gold by Ray Cummings) |
| 1936 |
Audiphone (from Blood of the Moon by Ray Cummings) |
| 1936 |
Paralyzing Ray (Bolar Current) (from Blood of the Moon by Ray Cummings) |
| 1936 |
Zed-Ray (from Blood of the Moon by Ray Cummings) |
| 1937 |
Groundcar (or Ground Car) - the old-fashioned present (from Galactic Patrol by E.E. 'Doc' Smith) |
| 1937 |
Artificial Planet (from Star Maker by Olaf Stapledon) |
| 1937 |
Gold-Fish-Bowl World (from Star Maker by Olaf Stapledon) |
| 1937 |
Blast Rifle (from Exiles of the Stratosphere by Frank Belknap Long, Jr.) |
| 1937 |
X Gun (X-Beam Projector) - see inside a planetoid (from Diamond Planetoid by Gordon A. Giles) |
| 1937 |
Near-Space Solar Energy Collectors (from Star Maker by Olaf Stapledon) |
| 1937 |
Spectroscopic Robot Converter - see the composition of planetoids (from Diamond Planetoid by Gordon A. Giles) |
| 1937 |
Designed Bacteria - purposive genetic modification (from Seeds of Dusk by Raymond Z. Gallun) |
| 1937 |
Ultra-microrobot - small as an insect (from A Menace in Miniature by Raymond Z. Gallun) |
| 1937 |
Miniature Universe (from Fessenden's Worlds by Edmond Hamilton) |
| 1937 |
Ultra-Communicator (from Galactic Patrol by E.E. 'Doc' Smith) |
| 1937 |
Gravity Neutralizing Disks (from Fessenden's Worlds by Edmond Hamilton) |
| 1937 |
Multiple Sample Voice - sound mixing 30's style (from The Shining One by Nat Schachner) |
| 1937 |
Reaction Pistol - zero gee maneuvering (from Diamond Planetoid by Gordon A. Giles) |
| 1937 |
Proton Pistol (Proton Beam) - beams of fury (from A Menace in Miniature by Raymond Z. Gallun) |
| 1937 |
Artificial eye - first use of this idea? (from Galactic Patrol by E.E. 'Doc' Smith) |
| 1937 |
Etherometer - check the ether for gravity waves (from Spawn of the Red Giants by Frank Belknap Long, Jr.) |
| 1937 |
Heat Generating Magnetic Disks - red giants at work (from Spawn of the Red Giants by Frank Belknap Long, Jr.) |
| 1937 |
Sono-Induction Coils - buried speaker technology (from The Shining One by Nat Schachner) |
| 1937 |
Concentrated Light - predicts the laser (from The Shining One by Nat Schachner) |
| 1937 |
Subphoton Search Ray - see through walls (from The Shining One by Nat Schachner) |
| 1937 |
Drop Shaft (Neutralization of Inertia) - watch that first step (from Galactic Patrol by E.E. 'Doc' Smith) |
| 1937 |
Automatic Reversed Memory - EEG in reverse (from Brain Control by Dave Cummins) |
| 1937 |
Alien Life Form (from The Hothouse Planet by Arthur K. Barnes) |
| 1937 |
Light Traps (Dyson Sphere) (from Star Maker by Olaf Stapledon) |
| 1937 |
Rocket Tug (from Crystalized Thought by Nat Schachner) |
| 1937 |
Vibration Screen - keep spy beams out! (from The Shining One by Nat Schachner) |
| 1937 |
Repulsor Screen (from Crystalized Thought by Nat Schachner) |
| 1937 |
Plani-Glass (from Crystalized Thought by Nat Schachner) |
| 1937 |
Photo-Electric Mosaic (from Beyond Which Limits by Nat Schachner) |
| 1937 |
Mercy Gas (from The Saga of Pelican West by Eric Frank Russell) |
| 1937 |
Poldek (from The Saga of Pelican West by Eric Frank Russell) |
| 1937 |
Magnetic Anchor (from The Saga of Pelican West by Eric Frank Russell) |
| 1937 |
Space Laboratory (from Crystalized Thought by Nat Schachner) |
| 1938 |
Magnetic Flame Gun (from Roamer of the Stars by Clyde Wilson) |
| 1938 |
Magnetic Shoes (from The Dual World by Arthur K. Barnes) |
| 1938 |
Zero-Gravity (from If Science Reached the Earth's Core by John R. Binder) |
| 1938 |
Selective Television - wrap TV around the world (from The Challenge of Atlantis by Arthur J. Burks) |
| 1938 |
Gogglelike Televisors (from The Robot and the Lady by Manly Wade Wellman) |
| 1938 |
Teleoperated Robot Surrogate - love via robot (from The Robot and the Lady by Manly Wade Wellman) |
| 1938 |
Pneumatic Bumpers (from The Brain Pirates by John W. Campbell) |
| 1938 |
Atomic-Powered Lifting Suits (from The Brain Pirates by John W. Campbell) |
| 1938 |
Tiny Atomic-Power Drive Unit - compact power of the atom (from The Brain Pirates by John W. Campbell) |
| 1938 |
Cosmic Teletype (from Cosmic Teletype by Carl Jacobi) |
| 1938 |
Artificial Eye Drone (from Glimpse by Manly Wade Wellman) |
| 1938 |
Mass Detector (Gravitator) (from Roamer of the Stars by Clyde Wilson) |
| 1938 |
Steel-Lined Space Boots (from Roamer of the Stars by Clyde Wilson) |
| 1938 |
Coronium Ore (from Roamer of the Stars by Clyde Wilson) |
| 1938 |
Psychode (from The Infinite Enemy by Jack Williamson) |
| 1938 |
Space-Tanned (from Murder in the Void by Edmond Hamilton) |
| 1938 |
Helen O'Loy - or Helen of Alloys (from Helen O'Loy by Lester del Rey) |
| 1938 |
Space-Court (from Murder in the Void by Edmond Hamilton) |
| 1938 |
Beam-Pistol (from Murder in the Void by Edmond Hamilton) |
| 1938 |
Interplanetary Passport (from Murder in the Void by Edmond Hamilton) |
| 1938 |
Hand-Rocket (from Murder in the Void by Edmond Hamilton) |
| 1938 |
Control Helmet (from Easy Money by Edmond Hamilton) |
| 1938 |
Robot Cook - tasty meals nightly (from Helen O'Loy by Lester del Rey) |
| 1938 |
Field-Projector (from Easy Money by Edmond Hamilton) |
| 1938 |
Air-Blanket (from Hollywood on the Moon by Henry Kuttner) |
| 1938 |
Radium Salt - assassin's choice (from Murder in the Void by Edmond Hamilton) |
| 1938 |
Brain-Case (from Murder in the Void by Edmond Hamilton) |
| 1938 |
Invisible Watchmen (from Murder in the Void by Edmond Hamilton) |
| 1938 |
Reversal Coils (from The Infinite Enemy by Jack Williamson) |
| 1938 |
Robot Emotions - mech feelings (from Helen O'Loy by Lester del Rey) |
| 1938 |
Preserved Brains (from Murder in the Void by Edmond Hamilton) |
| 1938 |
Psychoprobe - head examined (from Satellite Five by Arthur K. Barnes) |
| 1938 |
Air-o-Stat (from Satellite Five by Arthur K. Barnes) |
| 1938 |
Paralysis Ray - very early use (from Satellite Five by Arthur K. Barnes) |
| 1938 |
Surface Car (from Satellite Five by Arthur K. Barnes) |
| 1938 |
Automatic Commercial Deletion - no more commercials (from Satellite Five by Arthur K. Barnes) |
| 1938 |
Visi-Screen - future display (from Satellite Five by Arthur K. Barnes) |
| 1938 |
Sub-Etheric (from Legion of Time by Jack Williamson) |
| 1939 |
Ultraset (Ultrawave Set) - fast comm (from Habit by Lester del Rey) |
| 1939 |
Acceleration Hammock (from Pioneer - 1957 by Henry Gade) |
| 1939 |
Move an Asteroid (from Misfit by Robert Heinlein) |
| 1939 |
Durite (from Misfit by Robert Heinlein) |
| 1939 |
Synthetic Spider Silk (from Misfit by Robert Heinlein) |
| 1939 |
Super-Weapon - first use of term (from Robot Nemesis by E.E. 'Doc' Smith) |
| 1939 |
Torpoon (from Seed of the Arctic Ice by H.G. Winter) |
| 1939 |
Electric Brain Stimulator (from Ben Gleed, King of Speed by Don Wilcox) |
| 1939 |
Barber Helmet (from Ben Gleed, King of Speed by Don Wilcox) |
| 1939 |
Movie Pill (from Ben Gleed, King of Speed by Don Wilcox) |
| 1939 |
Shock Hammock (from Habit by Lester del Rey) |
| 1939 |
Radio-Facsimile Receiver (from Ben Gleed, King of Speed by Don Wilcox) |
| 1939 |
Ultra-Vibrator (from Into Another Dimension by Maurice Duclos) |
| 1939 |
Chronovitameter - your birth and death revealed (from Lifeline by Robert Heinlein) |
| 1939 |
Force-Screen - protective energy (from The Dweller in Outer Darkness by Frank Belknap Long, Jr.) |
| 1939 |
Metal Desk Car (from Ben Gleed, King of Speed by Don Wilcox) |
| 1939 |
Vacuum Cylinder (from Wandl, The Invader by Ray Cummings) |
| 1939 |
Mirror Grid Multiple-View Surveillance Panel (from Wandl, The Invader by Ray Cummings) |
| 1939 |
Ballistic Calculator - trajectories between planets (from Misfit by Robert Heinlein) |
| 1939 |
Inflatable Roofed Valley - early inflatable reference (from Misfit by Robert Heinlein) |
| 1939 |
Isolation Barrage (from Wandl, The Invader by Ray Cummings) |
| 1939 |
Moon Skis - ah the lunar powder (from Requiem by Robert Heinlein) |
| 1939 |
Synthite Food - Artificially Flavored Solids (from Planet of Eternal Night by John W. Campbell) |
| 1939 |
Gravitic (from Question of Salvage by Malcom Jameson) |
| 1939 |
Space Marines (from Misfit by Robert Heinlein) |
| 1939 |
Smoke Filter (from Misfit by Robert Heinlein) |
| 1939 |
Killer Robot - very early reference (from Rust by Joseph E. Kelleam) |
| 1939 |
Visual Pattern Recognition (from Rust by Joseph E. Kelleam) |
| 1939 |
Permalloy (from Fugitives From Earth by Nelson S. Bond) |
| 1939 |
Rocket Racing (from Habit by Lester del Rey) |
| 1939 |
Needle Gun (from The Empress of Mars by Ross Rocklynne) |
| 1939 |
Solar-Powered Robot (from Rust by Joseph E. Kelleam) |
| 1939 |
Neuronic Control Apparatus - put your experience in reverse (from Masson's Secret by Raymond Z. Gallun) |
| 1939 |
Thermalite (from Planet of Eternal Night by John W. Campbell) |
| 1939 |
Microsurgery Tool - first description (from Masson's Secret by Raymond Z. Gallun) |
| 1939 |
Neuronic Receptor-Transmitter (from Masson's Secret by Raymond Z. Gallun) |
| 1939 |
Inertia Tank (from Masson's Secret by Raymond Z. Gallun) |
| 1939 |
Inertia Screen - next up, right angle turns (from Space Rating by John Berryman) |
| 1940 |
Merry-Go-Round Life Suspension (Refrigerator Plant) (from The Voyage That Lasted 600 Years by Don Wilcox) |
| 1940 |
Rocket-Belt (from The Worlds of Tomorrow by Manly Wade Wellman) |
| 1940 |
Ferretscope - who's listening? (from If This Goes On... by Robert Heinlein) |
| 1940 |
Rolling Road - public transport (from The Roads Must Roll by Robert Heinlein) |
| 1940 |
Gravitational Disks (from Revolt on Io by Jack West) |
| 1940 |
Telechronometer (from Blowups Happen by Robert Heinlein) |
| 1940 |
Sub-Space (from Sun Maker by Jack Williamson) |
| 1940 |
Silk-Metal (from The Worlds of Tomorrow by Manly Wade Wellman) |
| 1940 |
Rocket Cruiser (from The Worlds of Tomorrow by Manly Wade Wellman) |
| 1940 |
Hush-a-Phone - noise suppression for telephones (from The Roads Must Roll by Robert Heinlein) |
| 1940 |
Trumpaphone (from The Voyage That Lasted 600 Years by Don Wilcox) |
| 1940 |
Vibroblade - not messy (from If This Goes On... by Robert Heinlein) |
| 1940 |
Gesturing Robot (from Robbie by Isaac Asimov) |
| 1940 |
Talking Robot (from Robbie by Isaac Asimov) |
| 1940 |
Atomic Automatic (from Revolt on Io by Jack West) |
| 1940 |
Space Tramp (from The Invisible World by Ed Earl Repp) |
| 1940 |
Tesseract House (from -And He Built A Crooked House by Robert Heinlein) |
| 1940 |
Pocket-Caller (from The Worlds of Tomorrow by Manly Wade Wellman) |
| 1940 |
Atom-Shifter (from The Worlds of Tomorrow by Manly Wade Wellman) |
| 1940 |
Synthetic Personality (from If This Goes On... by Robert Heinlein) |
| 1940 |
Radium-Action Lighter (from The Worlds of Tomorrow by Manly Wade Wellman) |
| 1940 |
Hyperbolic Solenoid - mag lock picker (from The Exalted by L. Sprague de Camp) |
| 1940 |
Robbie - mechanical child companion (from Robbie by Isaac Asimov) |
| 1940 |
Tumblebug - a gyro-stabilized monocycle (from The Roads Must Roll by Robert Heinlein) |
| 1940 |
Methuen Treatment - smart injection (from The Exalted by L. Sprague de Camp) |
| 1940 |
Slow Glass Rod - light stopped (from The Exalted by L. Sprague de Camp) |
| 1940 |
Telelubricator - perfectly frictionless (from The Exalted by L. Sprague de Camp) |
| 1940 |
Electro-Automatic Pistol (from The Worlds of Tomorrow by Manly Wade Wellman) |
| 1940 |
Soft Speaker - focus sound like a spotlight (from The Exalted by L. Sprague de Camp) |
| 1940 |
Life-Ship (from The Invisible World by Ed Earl Repp) |
| 1940 |
Atom-Gun (from Revolt on the Tenth World by Edmond Hamilton) |
| 1940 |
Refreshing Chamber (from Coventry by Robert Heinlein) |
| 1940 |
Air Blast - the first air dryer (from Coventry by Robert Heinlein) |
| 1940 |
Knockdown Cabin - portable shelter (from Coventry by Robert Heinlein) |
| 1940 |
Sunpower Screen - photovoltaic cells power vehicle (from Coventry by Robert Heinlein) |
| 1940 |
Paralyzing Gun (from The Achilles Heel by Raymond Z. Gallun) |
| 1940 |
Mind-Shield - internal mind control (from Slan by A.E. van Vogt) |
| 1940 |
Conversion Gun (from Hell Ship of Space by Frederic Arnold Kummer, Jr.) |
| 1940 |
Space Shuttle (from Hell Ship of Space by Frederic Arnold Kummer, Jr.) |
| 1940 |
Test Box (from The Devil's Pocket by F.E. Hardart) |
| 1940 |
Solid Power - it's super-valuable! (from Revolt on the Tenth World by Edmond Hamilton) |
| 1940 |
Neutronium Slippers (from Revolt on the Tenth World by Edmond Hamilton) |
| 1940 |
Tectogenetic (from Crisis in Utopia by Norman L. Knight) |
| 1940 |
Iridium-Sponge Brain (from Adam Link's Vengeance by Eando Binder) |
| 1940 |
Steel Tortoise - the original ATV (from Coventry by Robert Heinlein) |
| 1940 |
Escape Port (from Hell Ship of Space by Frederic Arnold Kummer, Jr.) |
| 1940 |
Barrier (Force Field) - force field fence (from Coventry by Robert Heinlein) |
| 1940 |
Atomic Blast Weapon (from The Achilles Heel by Raymond Z. Gallun) |
| 1940 |
Robot Suicide - enough is enough (from Adam Link's Vengeance by Eando Binder) |
| 1940 |
Multi-Generation Space Voyage (Generation Ship) (from The Voyage That Lasted 600 Years by Don Wilcox) |
| 1940 |
Two-Wheeled Car (from The Roads Must Roll by Robert Heinlein) |
| 1940 |
Asbestos Sunshade (from The Achilles Heel by Raymond Z. Gallun) |
| 1940 |
Solar Reception Screen - photovoltaics in action (from The Roads Must Roll by Robert Heinlein) |
| 1940 |
Paralysis Bomb (from If This Goes On... by Robert Heinlein) |
| 1940 |
Aircab - a flying taxi (from Farewell to the Master by Harry Bates) |
| 1941 |
Automated Hotel Reservation (from Methuselah's Children by Robert Heinlein) |
| 1941 |
Controlway (from Methuselah's Children by Robert Heinlein) |
| 1941 |
Talking Speedometer (from Biddiver by Theodore Sturgeon) |
| 1941 |
Metal Solvent Ray Thrower - also a reaction pistol (from Lost Rocket by Manly Wade Wellman) |
| 1941 |
Roving Bomb - RC weaponry (from Lost Rocket by Manly Wade Wellman) |
| 1941 |
Improve Memory (from Methuselah's Children by Robert Heinlein) |
| 1941 |
Magnetized Boots - made for walking (from Lost Rocket by Manly Wade Wellman) |
| 1941 |
Fresher - refreshing chamber (from Methuselah's Children by Robert Heinlein) |
| 1941 |
Vanwinkling (from The Best-Laid Scheme by L. Sprague de Camp) |
| 1941 |
Slidewalk - conveyor for people (from Sanity by Fritz Leiber) |
| 1941 |
Electrono-Mirror (from The Day We Celebrate by Nelson S. Bond) |
| 1941 |
Oxygen Freshener - breath of fresh air (from Lost Rocket by Manly Wade Wellman) |
| 1941 |
Space Overalls - easier than space suits (from Lost Rocket by Manly Wade Wellman) |
| 1941 |
Stunner - freeze! (from Fire-Power by S.D. Gottesman) |
| 1941 |
Group Ego - a kind of group mind (from Methuselah's Children by Robert Heinlein) |
| 1941 |
Epileptigenic Ray (from Sixth Column by Anson MacDonald) |
| 1941 |
Neoterics - genius on tap (from Microcosmic God by Theodore Sturgeon) |
| 1941 |
Astrogation (to Astrogate) - steer to the stars (from Methuselah's Children by Robert Heinlein) |
| 1941 |
Paralyzing Eye (from The Best-Laid Scheme by L. Sprague de Camp) |
| 1941 |
New Blood For Old (from Methuselah's Children by Robert Heinlein) |
| 1941 |
Flip to Brake (from Methuselah's Children by Robert Heinlein) |
| 1941 |
Interplanetary Clearance (from Methuselah's Children by Robert Heinlein) |
| 1941 |
Disinto - a disintegrating ray (from Robot AL-76 Goes Astray by Isaac Asimov) |
| 1941 |
Orbital Mirror - sunlight when you want it (from Completely Automatic by Theodore Sturgeon) |
| 1941 |
Energy Weapon (from Seesaw by A.E. van Vogt) |
| 1941 |
'Chatterbox' News-Receptor (from Methuselah's Children by Robert Heinlein) |
| 1941 |
Space Socks (from Lost Rocket by Manly Wade Wellman) |
| 1941 |
Self-Lighting Cigarette (from Methuselah's Children by Robert Heinlein) |
| 1941 |
Cold-Sleep - hibernation for humans (from Methuselah's Children by Robert Heinlein) |
| 1941 |
Momentum Screen (from Completely Automatic by Theodore Sturgeon) |
| 1941 |
Mind Control Genetically Modified Food - by little people (from Methuselah's Children by Robert Heinlein) |
| 1941 |
Traffic Control Camera - automatic identification (from Methuselah's Children by Robert Heinlein) |
| 1941 |
Automatic Speeding Fine (from Old Fireball by Nat Schachner) |
| 1941 |
Interplanetary Union Of Spacemen (from Old Fireball by Nat Schachner) |
| 1941 |
Terraforming - remake a planet (from Collision Orbit by Jack Williamson) |
| 1941 |
Psycho-History (from Beyond All Weapons by Eric Frank Russell) |
| 1941 |
Bee Wing (from Slacker's Paradise by Malcom Jameson) |
| 1941 |
Pilot Beam (from Methuselah's Children by Murray Leinster) |
| 1941 |
Blastick (from The Traitor by Karl von Rachen) |
| 1941 |
Alterable License Number (from Methuselah's Children by Robert Heinlein) |
| 1941 |
Sleep Surrogate - substitute for sleep (from Methuselah's Children by Robert Heinlein) |
| 1941 |
Howard Families (from Methuselah's Children by Robert Heinlein) |
| 1941 |
Space Rush (from Jurisdiction by Nat Schachner) |
| 1941 |
Pseudogravity (from Common Sense by Robert Heinlein) |
| 1941 |
Space Lawyer (Sky-Lawyer) - space laws (from Jurisdiction by Nat Schachner) |
| 1941 |
Hypnotic injunction (from Methuselah's Children by Robert Heinlein) |
| 1941 |
Automatic Refueling Screen (from Biddiver by Theodore Sturgeon) |
| 1941 |
Instant Customized Clothing - mass customization (from Methuselah's Children by Robert Heinlein) |
| 1941 |
Cold-Rest - reduced temperature somnolence (from Methuselah's Children by Robert Heinlein) |
| 1941 |
Asteroid Claim Law (from Jurisdiction by Nat Schachner) |
| 1941 |
Space Tanned (from Methuselah's Children by Robert Heinlein) |
| 1941 |
Identification Beacon (from Methuselah's Children by Robert Heinlein) |
| 1941 |
Dewlog (from The Traitor by Karl von Rachen) |
| 1941 |
Delayed Action Stereoscopic Principle (from Methuselah's Children by Robert Heinlein) |
| 1941 |
A-Bomb (from Sixth Column by Anson MacDonald) |
| 1941 |
Flitter (from Vortex Blaster by E.E. 'Doc' Smith) |
| 1941 |
Thermatite (from Jurisdiction by Nat Schachner) |
| 1941 |
Newsbox (News-Receptor) - better than Google news plus Tivo (from Methuselah's Children by Robert Heinlein) |
| 1941 |
Antigrav Boots (from The Day We Celebrate by Nelson S. Bond) |
| 1941 |
Charted Planetoid Mines (from The Day We Celebrate by Nelson S. Bond) |
| 1941 |
Weather Integrator - every day perfect (from Methuselah's Children by Robert Heinlein) |
| 1941 |
Camden Speedster - compare this to an SUV (from Methuselah's Children by Robert Heinlein) |
| 1941 |
Positronic Brain - many connections (from Reason by Isaac Asimov) |
| 1941 |
Spacegram - solar system telegram (from Jurisdiction by Nat Schachner) |
| 1941 |
Parking Orbit - take the gig down (from Methuselah's Children by Robert Heinlein) |
| 1941 |
Skycar (from Methuselah's Children by Robert Heinlein) |
| 1941 |
Space Placers - Roughing It in space (from The Day We Celebrate by Nelson S. Bond) |
| 1941 |
Space Legs (from Methuselah's Children by Robert Heinlein) |
| 1941 |
Sleep Destroying Field (from Biddiver by Theodore Sturgeon) |
| 1941 |
Solar Energy Beam - ultimate in solar power production (from Masquerade by Clifford Simak) |
| 1941 |
Lunar Used Spacecraft Lot - low (gravity) prices (from Methuselah's Children by Robert Heinlein) |
| 1941 |
Asteroid Lanes (from Jurisdiction by Nat Schachner) |
| 1941 |
Solar Station (from Reason by Isaac Asimov) |
| 1941 |
Robopark - automated parking garage (from Methuselah's Children by Robert Heinlein) |
| 1941 |
Psychophone (from The Mechanical Mice by Maurice A. Hugi) |
| 1941 |
Robot Mother - self-reproducing automaton (from The Mechanical Mice by Maurice A. Hugi) |
| 1941 |
Golden Shuttles (Mechanical Mice) - tiny robots (from The Mechanical Mice by Maurice A. Hugi) |
| 1941 |
Joy-boat Junior - a private space yacht (from Methuselah's Children by Robert Heinlein) |
| 1941 |
Hypnosis Ray (from Beyond All Weapons by Eric Frank Russell) |
| 1942 |
Groundhog (from Waldo by Robert Heinlein) |
| 1942 |
News Roundup - better than Tivo (from Beyond This Horizon by Robert Heinlein) |
| 1942 |
Insosuit (from Runaround by Isaac Asimov) |
| 1942 |
Vac Suit (from Child of the Sun by Leigh Brackett) |
| 1942 |
Radiation Garment (from Waldo by Robert Heinlein) |
| 1942 |
Interplanetary Communications Center - sol system switchboard (from QRM - Interplanetary by George O. Smith) |
| 1942 |
Zero-G Ashtray (from Waldo by Robert Heinlein) |
| 1942 |
Wheelchair Space Station - home for the disabled in space (from Waldo by Robert Heinlein) |
| 1942 |
Broomstick Speedster (from Waldo by Robert Heinlein) |
| 1942 |
Slideway - moving sidewalk (from Beyond This Horizon by Robert Heinlein) |
| 1942 |
Sobriety Ray - instantly sober (from The Twonky by Lewis Padgett) |
| 1942 |
The Twonky - original robot (from The Twonky by Lewis Padgett) |
| 1942 |
Space Tug - tows a space barge (from Describe a Circle by Eric Frank Russell) |
| 1942 |
Black Coating - very early reference (from Gray Lensman by E.E. 'Doc' Smith) |
| 1942 |
Capillotomer (from Beyond This Horizon by Robert Heinlein) |
| 1942 |
Control Natural (from Beyond This Horizon by Robert Heinlein) |
| 1942 |
Xenephrene Interstellar World (from A Brand New World by Ray Cummings) |
| 1942 |
Thermodyne Heat Ray (from A Brand New World by Ray Cummings) |
| 1942 |
Directrix Z9M9Z (from Gray Lensman by E.E. 'Doc' Smith) |
| 1942 |
Martian Sawgrass - air plant (from QRM - Interplanetary by George O. Smith) |
| 1942 |
Thought-Screen - stop alien mind control (from Gray Lensman by E.E. 'Doc' Smith) |
| 1942 |
Gravanol - good at high accelerations (from QRM - Interplanetary by George O. Smith) |
| 1942 |
Venus Equilateral Relay Station (from QRM - Interplanetary by George O. Smith) |
| 1942 |
Wabbler - underwater robot (from The Wabbler by Murray Leinster) |
| 1942 |
Radiant Power Receptor (DeKalbs) - broadcast power receiver (from Waldo by Robert Heinlein) |
| 1942 |
Stasis Field (from Beyond This Horizon by Robert Heinlein) |
| 1942 |
Meteorscope (from The World With A Thousand Moons by Edmond Hamilton) |
| 1942 |
Atomics (from Nerves by Lester del Rey) |
| 1942 |
Telaudiogram (from The World With A Thousand Moons by Edmond Hamilton) |
| 1942 |
Weight-Shoes (from The World With A Thousand Moons by Edmond Hamilton) |
| 1942 |
Gravitation Paralysis (from The World With A Thousand Moons by Edmond Hamilton) |
| 1942 |
Waldo - the origin of telefactoring (from Waldo by Robert Heinlein) |
| 1942 |
Three Laws of Robotics (Rules of Robotics) - the original robot laws (from Runaround by Isaac Asimov) |
| 1942 |
Electric Wall (from The World With A Thousand Moons by Edmond Hamilton) |
| 1942 |
Vestan Parasite (from The World With A Thousand Moons by Edmond Hamilton) |
| 1943 |
Impervium - the way is shut (from Clash by Night by Lawrence O'Donnell) |
| 1943 |
Robot Chef - a creative cook (from Robinc by Anthony Boucher) |
| 1943 |
Verhaeren Factor - creative machines (from Robinc by Anthony Boucher) |
| 1943 |
Usuform Robot Bartender - with tentacles (from Q.U.R. by Anthony Boucher) |
| 1943 |
Usuform Robot - not a mechanical man (from Q.U.R. by Anthony Boucher) |
| 1943 |
Micro Book (Microbook) - perfect for space travel (from One Way Trip by Anthony Boucher) |
| 1943 |
Royalties For Imitation Learning Subjects (from Q.U.R. by Anthony Boucher) |
| 1943 |
Robot Taste Buds (from Robinc by Anthony Boucher) |
| 1943 |
Rod of Wrath - a light sabreur (from Gather Darkness by Fritz Leiber) |
| 1943 |
Off-World (from Judgement Night by C.L. Moore) |
| 1943 |
Meteor-Spotting Radar (from Recoil by George O. Smith) |
| 1943 |
Pain Canopy (from Gather Darkness by Fritz Leiber) |
| 1943 |
Force Pencil (from Gather Darkness by Fritz Leiber) |
| 1944 |
Star Base (from Star Base X by R.M. Williams) |
| 1944 |
Battle Integrator - a moving solidograph (from The Bureaucrat by Malcom Jameson) |
| 1944 |
Energy Screen (from Far Centaurus by A.E. van Vogt) |
| 1944 |
Suit-Radio - space suit comm (from Long Way by George O. Smith) |
| 1944 |
Robotic Arm - handy for robots (from City by Clifford Simak) |
| 1944 |
Robot Lawn Mower - already here (from City by Clifford Simak) |
| 1944 |
Multiple Robot Team - a squad plus leader (from Catch That Rabbit by Isaac Asimov) |
| 1944 |
Asteroid Mining Robot (from Catch That Rabbit by Isaac Asimov) |
| 1944 |
Eternity Drug (from Far Centaurus by A.E. van Vogt) |
| 1944 |
Life Blanket (from Ogre by Clifford Simak) |
| 1944 |
Robot Voice (from Catch That Rabbit by Isaac Asimov) |
| 1944 |
Relations with Extraterrestrial Life - before the Prime Directive (from Ogre by Clifford Simak) |
| 1944 |
Automatic Massager - robot masseuse (from Far Centaurus by A.E. van Vogt) |
| 1945 |
Geosynchronous Satellite - invention of idea (from V2 for Ionospheric Research by Arthur C. Clarke) |
| 1945 |
Plastic Constructor (3D Printer) (from Things Pass By by Murray Leinster) |
| 1945 |
Videophone (from World of Null-A by A.E. van Vogt) |
| 1945 |
Meteor Blasters - clear the spaceways (from First Contact by Murray Leinster) |
| 1945 |
Vision Plate - early flat screen (from First Contact by Murray Leinster) |
| 1945 |
Deflector (from The Ethical Equations by Murray Leinster) |
| 1945 |
Overdrive - it's FTL (from First Contact by Murray Leinster) |
| 1945 |
Sleeve Communicator - before ST:TNG (from First Contact by Murray Leinster) |
| 1945 |
Games Machine (from World of Null-A by A.E. van Vogt) |
| 1945 |
Electronic Locator (from World of Null-A by A.E. van Vogt) |
| 1946 |
Logics - early home computer (from A Logic Named Joe by Murray Leinster) |
| 1946 |
Logics Service (from A Logic Named Joe by Murray Leinster) |
| 1946 |
Star Travel (from Forgotten World by Edmond Hamilton) |
| 1946 |
Gravity Port (from Shadow Over Venus by Frank Belknap Long, Jr.) |
| 1946 |
Carson Circuit - the secret of the Internet (from A Logic Named Joe by Murray Leinster) |
| 1946 |
Tanks - massive mass storage (from A Logic Named Joe by Murray Leinster) |
| 1946 |
Mining Worm (Robot) - dig, robot, dig! (from Love Among The Robots by Emmett McDowell) |
| 1946 |
Pocket Universe (from Pocket Universes by Murray Leinster) |
| 1946 |
Plastic Igloo - with an airlock (from Love Among The Robots by Emmett McDowell) |
| 1946 |
Asteroid Mine - ore from space (from Love Among The Robots by Emmett McDowell) |
| 1947 |
Ion Drive - weak but strong (from Equalizer by Jack Williamson) |
| 1947 |
Gyrocab - first use (from You Are Forbidden! by Jerry Shelton) |
| 1947 |
Planet-Smasher (from Propagandist by Murray Leinster) |
| 1947 |
Psychoscanner (from Propagandist by Murray Leinster) |
| 1947 |
Prime Directive (from With Folded Hands by Jack Williamson) |
| 1947 |
Hedgerly Effect (from Meddler's Moon by George O. Smith) |
| 1947 |
Synchrophased Power Beams (from Propagandist by Murray Leinster) |
| 1947 |
Gravitic Generator (from Meddler's Moon by George O. Smith) |
| 1947 |
Wango Wave - sign of hyperspace (from Propagandist by Murray Leinster) |
| 1947 |
Mechanical Funeral (from The Coffin by Ray Bradbury) |
| 1948 |
Crimestop - no dangerous thoughts (from 1984 by George Orwell) |
| 1948 |
Moonquake-Proof Habitats - thanks to Robert Heinlein (from Gentlemen, Be Seated by Robert Heinlein) |
| 1948 |
Electro-Education (from The Knowledge Machine by Edmond Hamilton) |
| 1948 |
Speakwrite - transcription of tyranny (from 1984 by George Orwell) |
| 1948 |
Tag-Along Balloon - find the space station leak (from Gentlemen, Be Seated by Robert Heinlein) |
| 1948 |
Moonbase (or Moon Base) - first reference (from 240,000 Miles Straight Up by L. Ron Hubbard) |
| 1948 |
Learning-Cap - for thinking (from The Knowledge Machine by Edmond Hamilton) |
| 1948 |
Memory Hole (from 1984 by George Orwell) |
| 1948 |
Space Ark - moving to another world (from Decision Illogical by N.B. Wilkinson) |
| 1948 |
Star Drive (from Genius by Poul Anderson) |
| 1948 |
Personal Rocket Jet (from Space Cadet by Robert Heinlein) |
| 1948 |
Brain Erasure (from The Knowledge Machine by Edmond Hamilton) |
| 1948 |
Gravity Centrifuge (from Space Cadet by Robert Heinlein) |
| 1948 |
Rewriting History (from 1984 by George Orwell) |
| 1948 |
Doublethink (from 1984 by George Orwell) |
| 1948 |
High-Frequency Oven - essence of the microwave (from Space Cadet by Robert Heinlein) |
| 1948 |
Portable Telephone - early reference (from Space Cadet by Robert Heinlein) |
| 1948 |
Solidograph-Projector - gives you that 3D image (from Police Operation by H. Beam Piper) |
| 1948 |
Precog (v) - I see you (from Police Operation by H. Beam Piper) |
| 1948 |
Solidograph - tiny 3D projection (from Police Operation by H. Beam Piper) |
| 1948 |
Microwavable Food - pre-packaged ready to heat-n-eat (from Space Cadet by Robert Heinlein) |
| 1948 |
Atmospheric Braking (from Space Cadet by Robert Heinlein) |
| 1948 |
Space Boots (Cat Feet) (from Space Cadet by Robert Heinlein) |
| 1948 |
Novel-Writing Machines (from 1984 by George Orwell) |
| 1948 |
Telescreen - Big Brother is watching (from 1984 by George Orwell) |
| 1949 |
Repulsor (from What Mad Universe by Frederic Brown) |
| 1949 |
Stationary Automatic Blaster (from Red Planet by Robert Heinlein) |
| 1949 |
Visiglobe (from Agent of Vega by James Schmitz) |
| 1949 |
Metal Calculator Planet - the Burroughs planet (from Limiting Factor by Clifford Simak) |
| 1949 |
Gee (from Sacred Martian Pig by Margaret Saint Clair) |
| 1949 |
Skimmer (from Lost Ulysses by W.L. Bade) |
| 1949 |
'Fresher (from Gulf by Robert Heinlein) |
| 1949 |
Mind-Lock (from Agent of Vega by James Schmitz) |
| 1949 |
Vivo-Gel (from Agent of Vega by James Schmitz) |
| 1949 |
Desert Cabbage (from Red Planet by Robert Heinlein) |
| 1949 |
Emergency Treatment Tank (Chamber) (from Agent of Vega by James Schmitz) |
| 1949 |
Synthetigrav (from Agent of Vega by James Schmitz) |
| 1949 |
Telepath Transmitter (from Agent of Vega by James Schmitz) |
| 1949 |
Mind-Parasite (from Agent of Vega by James Schmitz) |
| 1949 |
Quizzer (from Agent of Vega by James Schmitz) |
| 1949 |
Spacewarp Drive (from What Mad Universe by Frederic Brown) |
| 1950 |
Nexialist (from Voyage of the Space Beagle by A.E. van Vogt) |
| 1950 |
Haberman (from Scanners Live in Vain by Cordwainer Smith) |
| 1950 |
Sand Ship (from The Martian Chronicles by Ray Bradbury) |
| 1950 |
FTL (from The Enchanted Forest by Fritz Leiber) |
| 1950 |
Culture Tank (from Needle by Hal Clement) |
| 1950 |
Hybrid Mass Driver - moon bound (from The Man Who Sold The Moon by Robert Heinlein) |
| 1950 |
Diaheliper (from The Morning of the Day They Did It by E.B. White) |
| 1950 |
Robotic Dishwasher (from The Martian Chronicles by Ray Bradbury) |
| 1950 |
Mass-Conversion Ship (from Farmer in the Sky by Robert Heinlein) |
| 1950 |
Helicab - first use (from Heli-Cab Hack by John Weston) |
| 1950 |
Underpeople (from The Ballad of Lost C'Mell by Cordwainer Smith) |
| 1950 |
Yeast Steak (from The Evitable Conflict by Isaac Asimov) |
| 1950 |
The Machines (from The Evitable Conflict by Isaac Asimov) |
| 1950 |
Two-Wheeled Ground Car - gyro-stabilized (from First Lensman by E.E. 'Doc' Smith) |
| 1950 |
Computer-Controlled House (from The Martian Chronicles by Ray Bradbury) |
| 1950 |
Shuttle (from Stars are Styx by Theodore Sturgeon) |
| 1950 |
Torch (from Farmer in the Sky by Robert Heinlein) |
| 1950 |
Tri-D (from The Morning of the Day They Did It by E.B. White) |
| 1950 |
Building With Lunar Materials (from The Moon is Hell by John W. Campbell) |
| 1950 |
Automatic Light Switch (from The Man Who Sold The Moon by Robert Heinlein) |
| 1950 |
Earthport (from The Ballad of Lost C'Mell by Cordwainer Smith) |
| 1950 |
Fontema (from First Lensman by E.E. 'Doc' Smith) |
| 1950 |
Robot Mice - tiny cleaning machines (from The Martian Chronicles by Ray Bradbury) |
| 1950 |
Voice-Clock (from The Martian Chronicles by Ray Bradbury) |
| 1950 |
Gravity Drive (from Star Ship by Poul Anderson) |
| 1950 |
Syntho-Steak (from Farmer in the Sky by Robert Heinlein) |
| 1950 |
Space Platform (from The Morning of the Day They Did It by E.B. White) |
| 1950 |
Stratovideo (Television Plane) - line-of-sight communication (from The Morning of the Day They Did It by E.B. White) |
| 1950 |
Tractatruck (from The Moon is Hell by John W. Campbell) |
| 1950 |
Quickthaw (from Farmer in the Sky by Robert Heinlein) |
| 1950 |
Anti-Tri-D Shot (from The Morning of the Day They Did It by E.B. White) |
| 1951 |
Personal Force-Shield - earliest mention? (from Foundation by Isaac Asimov) |
| 1951 |
Dominator (from The End of the Line by James Schmitz) |
| 1951 |
The Veldt - serengeti in the nursery (from The Illustrated Man by Ray Bradbury) |
| 1951 |
Ontogenetic Adaptation (from The End of the Line by James Schmitz) |
| 1951 |
Variable Modifier - snicker or belly laugh (from The Jester by William Tenn) |
| 1951 |
Meson Filter - a robotic sense of humor (from The Jester by William Tenn) |
| 1951 |
Robot Comedian - laughs at its own jokes (from The Jester by William Tenn) |
| 1951 |
Mentophone (from First He Died (Time and Again) by Clifford Simak) |
| 1951 |
Robotic Chess Expert - unbeatable (from First He Died (Time and Again) by Clifford Simak) |
| 1951 |
Self-Adjusting Furniture (from First He Died (Time and Again) by Clifford Simak) |
| 1951 |
Nuclear Shears (from Foundation by Isaac Asimov) |
| 1951 |
Winged Rocket Shuttle (from Between Planets by Robert Heinlein) |
| 1951 |
Neutron Disruption Blaster (from The Complete Paratime by H. Beam Piper) |
| 1951 |
Teledar - 3D TV (from The Jester by William Tenn) |
| 1951 |
Vocalex Kitchen - auto eats (from The Jester by William Tenn) |
| 1951 |
Flavor-Fix Rheostat - perfect flavor every time (from The Jester by William Tenn) |
| 1951 |
Zag House (from First He Died (Time and Again) by Clifford Simak) |
| 1951 |
Genetic Engineering (from Dragon's Island by Jack Williamson) |
| 1951 |
Spinning Pressurized Drum (from Between Planets by Robert Heinlein) |
| 1951 |
Powered artificial exoskeleton (from Between Planets by Robert Heinlein) |
| 1951 |
Psychohistory (from Foundation by Isaac Asimov) |
| 1951 |
Movable Slideway - it comes to you (from Between Planets by Robert Heinlein) |
| 1951 |
Agricultural World (from Foundation by Isaac Asimov) |
| 1951 |
Cold-Sleep - hibernation between the stars (from Between Planets by Robert Heinlein) |
| 1951 |
Shuttle Ship - early Space Shuttle (from Between Planets by Robert Heinlein) |
| 1951 |
Molecule Matrix (from Between Planets by Robert Heinlein) |
| 1951 |
Security Restraint Field (from Between Planets by Robert Heinlein) |
| 1951 |
Vat Meat (Albert) - live shawarma (from The End of the Line by James Schmitz) |
| 1951 |
Calculator Pad - grandfather of the pocket calculator (from Foundation by Isaac Asimov) |
| 1951 |
Gravitic Repulsion Elevator - going up (from Foundation by Isaac Asimov) |
| 1951 |
Directional Ticket - the ticket guides you (from Foundation by Isaac Asimov) |
| 1951 |
Finger Watch - the original (from Key Decision by H.B. Fyfe) |
| 1951 |
Audio Relay - personal RFID transceiver (from The Puppet Masters by Robert Heinlein) |
| 1951 |
Anti-Spying Device (from Foundation by Isaac Asimov) |
| 1951 |
Jump Through Hyperspace - is travel through hyperspace possible? (from Foundation by Isaac Asimov) |
| 1951 |
Metal Foil Advertisement (from The Illustrated Man by Ray Bradbury) |
| 1951 |
Dirt-Farming (from The End of the Line by James Schmitz) |
| 1951 |
Pail of Air (from A Pail of Air by Fritz Leiber) |
| 1951 |
Robass - a robotic mule (from The Quest for Saint Aquin by Anthony Boucher) |
| 1951 |
Force-Field Penknife - origin of the Lightsaber? (from Foundation by Isaac Asimov) |
| 1951 |
Surrogate Skin (from The Puppet Masters by Robert Heinlein) |
| 1951 |
Selector Card (from The Puppet Masters by Robert Heinlein) |
| 1951 |
Odorophonics - scent player (from The Illustrated Man by Ray Bradbury) |
| 1951 |
Guided Missile Control Station (from Between Planets by Robert Heinlein) |
| 1951 |
Suction Mail Tube (from The Illustrated Man by Ray Bradbury) |
| 1951 |
Space Transfer Station (from Between Planets by Robert Heinlein) |
| 1951 |
Sun Dome (from The Illustrated Man by Ray Bradbury) |
| 1951 |
Machine Test Scoring (from The Fun They Had by Isaac Asimov) |
| 1951 |
Telebook - words on a screen (from The Fun They Had by Isaac Asimov) |
| 1951 |
Mechanical Teacher - one for all (from The Fun They Had by Isaac Asimov) |
| 1951 |
Autocab (from Between Planets by Robert Heinlein) |
| 1951 |
Martian Perambulator (from Between Planets by Robert Heinlein) |
| 1951 |
Neuronic Whip - it delivers pain (from The Stars, Like Dust by Isaac Asimov) |
| 1951 |
Happylife Home - visit to The Veldt (from The Illustrated Man by Ray Bradbury) |
| 1951 |
Flying Saucer - alien spacecraft (from The Puppet Masters by Robert Heinlein) |
| 1951 |
Atom-Driven Drill (from Asteroid of Fear by Raymond Z. Gallun) |
| 1951 |
Spy Beam (from Foundation by Isaac Asimov) |
| 1951 |
Self-Sealing Plastic (from Asteroid of Fear by Raymond Z. Gallun) |
| 1951 |
Asteroid Garden (from Asteroid of Fear by Raymond Z. Gallun) |
| 1951 |
Plasto-Textile (from Foundation by Isaac Asimov) |
| 1951 |
Polaron Beam (from Earthlight (Novella) by Arthur C. Clarke) |
| 1951 |
Microwire (from Between Planets by Robert Heinlein) |
| 1951 |
Trantor - planet city (from Foundation by Isaac Asimov) |
| 1951 |
Airtight Tent (from Asteroid of Fear by Raymond Z. Gallun) |
| 1951 |
Ultrawave Relay (or Hyperwave Relay) - first use of FTL communication (from Foundation by Isaac Asimov) |
| 1951 |
Static Field (from Foundation by Isaac Asimov) |
| 1951 |
Personal Capsule - for your eyes only (from Foundation by Isaac Asimov) |
| 1951 |
Asteroid Homesteaders' School (from Asteroid of Fear by Raymond Z. Gallun) |
| 1951 |
Negative Molecular Motion (from The Universe Between by Alan E. Nourse) |
| 1951 |
Helmet-Mounted Display Screen - display where you need it (from Rock Diver by Harry Harrison) |
| 1951 |
Vibratory Mass Penetrator - not what you're thinking (from Rock Diver by Harry Harrison) |
| 1951 |
Pocket Nucleo-Bulb - better than those LED flashlights (from Foundation by Isaac Asimov) |
| 1951 |
Suspensine (from Duel on Syrtis by Poul Anderson) |
| 1951 |
Half-Sphere Force Field - not an ordinary spherical force field (from Between Planets by Robert Heinlein) |
| 1951 |
Oxygen Concentrator (from Duel on Syrtis by Poul Anderson) |
| 1951 |
Butler-Valet Robot (from The Jester by William Tenn) |
| 1952 |
Droid (First Use) (from Robots of the World! Arise! by Mari Wolf) |
| 1952 |
Pocket Projector (from Foundation and Empire by Isaac Asimov) |
| 1952 |
Recorded Books (from Foundation and Empire by Isaac Asimov) |
| 1952 |
Airjeep (from Uller Uprising by H. Beam Piper) |
| 1952 |
Flesh Men (from Robots of the World! Arise! by Mari Wolf) |
| 1952 |
Robot Strike (from Robots of the World! Arise! by Mari Wolf) |
| 1952 |
Water Bulb (from The Space Merchants by Frederik Pohl (w/CM Kornbluth)) |
| 1952 |
Chlorella Plantation (from The Space Merchants by Frederik Pohl (w/CM Kornbluth)) |
| 1952 |
Tourist Rocket (from The Space Merchants by Frederik Pohl (w/CM Kornbluth)) |
| 1952 |
Lead-Bodied Android (from Robots of the World! Arise! by Mari Wolf) |
| 1952 |
Law of Contact (from Orphans of the Void by Orville Shaara) |
| 1952 |
Vision Strip - for robots (from Orphans of the Void by Orville Shaara) |
| 1952 |
Broomstick - move in space (from Islands in the Sky by Arthur C. Clarke) |
| 1952 |
Spray-On Clothing Web (from Abercrombie Station by Jack Vance) |
| 1952 |
Spray-On Gloves (from Abercrombie Station by Jack Vance) |
| 1952 |
Depilatory Soap (from Gravy Planet by Frederik Pohl (w/CM Kornbluth)) |
| 1952 |
Free Robot - Robert F-R (from Robot Unwanted by Daniel Keyes) |
| 1952 |
Triple Airlock (from Uller Uprising by H. Beam Piper) |
| 1952 |
Psychic Probe (from Foundation and Empire by Isaac Asimov) |
| 1952 |
Light Absorbing/Emitting Ink (from Gravy Planet by Frederik Pohl (w/CM Kornbluth)) |
| 1952 |
Animal-tissue Culture Vat (from Uller Uprising by H. Beam Piper) |
| 1952 |
Earther (from Make Mine Mars by C.M. Kornbluth) |
| 1952 |
Soot-Extractor Nostril Plugs (Antisoot Plugs) - breathe easier (from The Space Merchants by Frederik Pohl (w/CM Kornbluth)) |
| 1952 |
Tiny Nuclear Generator (from Foundation and Empire by Isaac Asimov) |
| 1952 |
Stun Pistol (from Foundation and Empire by Isaac Asimov) |
| 1952 |
Contragravity Suit (from Uller Uprising by H. Beam Piper) |
| 1952 |
Off-Planet (from Uller Uprising by H. Beam Piper) |
| 1952 |
Ullran Enunciator (from Uller Uprising by H. Beam Piper) |
| 1952 |
Tree-Grown Wood (from Gravy Planet by Frederik Pohl (w/CM Kornbluth)) |
| 1952 |
Toaster (from Accidental Flight by W.F. Wallace) |
| 1952 |
Space Beacon - variable star will guide you (from Troubled Star by George O. Smith) |
| 1952 |
Retinal Projection - put the ad right on the eyeball (from The Space Merchants by Frederik Pohl (w/CM Kornbluth)) |
| 1952 |
Compulsive Subsonics - ads dodge your cortex (from The Space Merchants by Frederik Pohl (w/CM Kornbluth)) |
| 1952 |
Self-Repairing Robot (from Accidental Flight by W.F. Wallace) |
| 1952 |
Gas Giant - coined a phrase (from Solar Plexus by James Blish) |
| 1952 |
Electronic Spy (from Ring Around the Sun by Clifford Simak) |
| 1952 |
Magneslippers (from Accidental Flight by W.F. Wallace) |
| 1952 |
Personal Solar Plant (from Ring Around the Sun by Clifford Simak) |
| 1952 |
Plastissue (from Accidental Flight by W.F. Wallace) |
| 1952 |
Medical Use for Weightlessness (from Accidental Flight by W.F. Wallace) |
| 1952 |
Gravital Unit (from Accidental Flight by W.F. Wallace) |
| 1952 |
Visi-Sonor - emotional brain multi-media (from Foundation and Empire by Isaac Asimov) |
| 1952 |
Automated Wake-Up Call - the hotel wakes you up (from The Kokod Warriors by Jack Vance) |
| 1952 |
Kite-Copter Car (from The Kokod Warriors by Jack Vance) |
| 1952 |
Mnemiphot (from The Kokod Warriors by Jack Vance) |
| 1952 |
Solar-powered Prefab House (from Ring Around the Sun by Clifford Simak) |
| 1952 |
Flavor-Capsule (from Foundation and Empire by Isaac Asimov) |
| 1952 |
Hypnoteleset (from The Space Merchants by Frederik Pohl (w/CM Kornbluth)) |
| 1952 |
Plasticocoon (from The Space Merchants by Frederik Pohl (w/CM Kornbluth)) |
| 1952 |
Water Bulb (from The Space Merchants by Frederik Pohl (w/CM Kornbluth)) |
| 1952 |
Menslator - mental translation (from Troubled Star by George O. Smith) |
| 1952 |
Barytrine Field - planet moving (from Troubled Star by George O. Smith) |
| 1952 |
Beeper (from Islands in the Sky by Arthur C. Clarke) |
| 1952 |
Robot Cab Driver - everybody's got problems (from A Present for Pat by Philip K. Dick) |
| 1952 |
Wall-Light (from Foundation and Empire by Isaac Asimov) |
| 1952 |
Cylinder Space Suit (from Islands in the Sky by Arthur C. Clarke) |
| 1952 |
Panatrope - mutation for survival (from Surface Tension by James Blish) |
| 1952 |
Airplane Window Ads - ads on clouds (from The Space Merchants by Frederik Pohl (w/CM Kornbluth)) |
| 1952 |
Prism Window - better plane window (from The Space Merchants by Frederik Pohl (w/CM Kornbluth)) |
| 1952 |
Hilsch Vortex Tube - Maxwell's demon lives! (from The Space Merchants by Frederik Pohl (w/CM Kornbluth)) |
| 1952 |
Coffiest - coffee plus (from The Space Merchants by Frederik Pohl (w/CM Kornbluth)) |
| 1952 |
Automatic Pilot - a brief history (from The Space Merchants by Frederik Pohl (w/CM Kornbluth)) |
| 1952 |
Zero 'g' (from Islands in the Sky by Arthur C. Clarke) |
| 1952 |
Robodore (from Robot Unwanted by Daniel Keyes) |
| 1952 |
Silencer-Padding - soles for robots (from Robot Unwanted by Daniel Keyes) |
| 1952 |
Monoline - overland sailing (from Big Planet by Jack Vance) |
| 1952 |
Levitating Path (from A Sound of Thunder by Ray Bradbury) |
| 1952 |
Ribbon World (from Foundation and Empire by Isaac Asimov) |
| 1952 |
Nuclear-Field Depressor (from Foundation and Empire by Isaac Asimov) |
| 1952 |
Robotic Law Tape Safety Valve (from Robot Unwanted by Daniel Keyes) |
| 1952 |
Lunocycle (Lunar Bicycle) - better than Bessie the mule (from The Rolling Stones by Robert Heinlein) |
| 1952 |
Flat Cat (from The Rolling Stones by Robert Heinlein) |
| 1952 |
Robot Ramp - just for bots (from Robot Unwanted by Daniel Keyes) |
| 1952 |
Chicken Little - vat-grown protein (from The Space Merchants by Frederik Pohl (w/CM Kornbluth)) |
| 1952 |
Robot Manumission (from Robot Unwanted by Daniel Keyes) |
| 1953 |
Autonomous Car Intercommunication (from Sally by Isaac Asimov) |
| 1953 |
Stardrive - not faster than light (from Childhood's End by Arthur C. Clarke) |
| 1953 |
Planoforming (from The Game of Rat and Dragon by Cordwainer Smith) |
| 1953 |
Plasta-Skin (from Star Rangers (The Last Planet) by Andre Norton) |
| 1953 |
Self-Cleaning Autonomous Car (from Sally by Isaac Asimov) |
| 1953 |
Brains (from The Cosmic Blinker by Eando Binder) |
| 1953 |
Sunlight Blocker (from Childhood's End by Arthur C. Clarke) |
| 1953 |
Planet Buster (from Assignment to Aldebaran by Kendall Foster Crossen) |
| 1953 |
Panoramic Viewer (from Childhood's End by Arthur C. Clarke) |
| 1953 |
Space Wagon (from Space Tug by Murray Leinster) |
| 1953 |
Robot Pianist - robotic virtuoso (from Virtuoso by Herbert Goldstone) |
| 1953 |
Gravity-Simulator Harness - maintain muscle and bone in space (from Space Tug by Murray Leinster) |
| 1953 |
Morality Rating-Computer - spotting the deviant (from Assignment to Aldebaran by Kendall Foster Crossen) |
| 1953 |
Air-Propelled Train - silent mass transit (from Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury) |
| 1953 |
Salamander - it was a pleasure to burn (from Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury) |
| 1953 |
Robotic Conductor (from Paycheck by Philip K. Dick) |
| 1953 |
Vistascreen (from Assignment to Aldebaran by Kendall Foster Crossen) |
| 1953 |
Electronic-Eyed Snake (from Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury) |
| 1953 |
Artificially Pulsating Star (from The Cosmic Blinker by Eando Binder) |
| 1953 |
Torchship - a tail of flame (from Sky Lift by Robert Heinlein) |
| 1953 |
Green Bullet - carry your mentor with you (from Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury) |
| 1953 |
Positronic Motor (from Sally by Isaac Asimov) |
| 1953 |
Leady (from The Defenders by Philip K. Dick) |
| 1953 |
Hypertracer (from Second Foundation by Isaac Asimov) |
| 1953 |
Mechanical Hound - a fireman's best friend (from Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury) |
| 1953 |
Parlor Wall (TV Parlor) - original big screen TV (from Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury) |
| 1953 |
Laws Against Human Drivers (from Sally by Isaac Asimov) |
| 1953 |
Claws (Attack Robot) - screamers! (from Second Variety by Philip K. Dick) |
| 1953 |
Voice-Activated Door - come in (from Assignment to Aldebaran by Kendall Foster Crossen) |
| 1953 |
Control Screen (from Childhood's End by Arthur C. Clarke) |
| 1953 |
Machine Evolution (from Second Variety by Philip K. Dick) |
| 1953 |
Pinlight (from The Game of Rat and Dragon by Cordwainer Smith) |
| 1953 |
Robot Psyche Tester - gestalting device (from Colony by Philip K. Dick) |
| 1953 |
Permanent Skywriting (from Soap Opera by Alan Nelson) |
| 1953 |
Robot Door - stolid decision-maker (from Colony by Philip K. Dick) |
| 1953 |
Thigh Grips (from Space Tug by Murray Leinster) |
| 1953 |
Speedtalk (from Assignment in Eternity by Robert Heinlein) |
| 1953 |
Space Weakness (from Space Tug by Murray Leinster) |
| 1953 |
Seashell Radio (Thimble Radios) - original walkman (or ear buds) (from Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury) |
| 1953 |
Inflatable Air Lock - very early reference (from Space Tug by Murray Leinster) |
| 1953 |
Voice in the Ear (from Childhood's End by Arthur C. Clarke) |
| 1953 |
R. Daneel Olivaw - I, robot (from Caves of Steel by Isaac Asimov) |
| 1953 |
Garbage Screen - chaff in space (from Space Tug by Murray Leinster) |
| 1953 |
Automatobile (from Sally by Isaac Asimov) |
| 1953 |
Dirtside (from Starman Jones by Robert Heinlein) |
| 1953 |
Automatobus (from Sally by Isaac Asimov) |
| 1953 |
Ring Road - mag-lev old-style (from Starman Jones by Robert Heinlein) |
| 1953 |
Automatic Ticket Machine - your ticket to the stars (from Second Foundation by Isaac Asimov) |
| 1953 |
Robant (from The Impossible Planet by Philip K. Dick) |
| 1953 |
Legislation Analyzer - torn from the headlines (from The Trouble With Bubbles by Philip K. Dick) |
| 1953 |
City Ship (from Star of Wonder by Julian May) |
| 1953 |
The Shed - sf predecessor to the VAB (from Space Tug by Murray Leinster) |
| 1953 |
Private Flyer (from Childhood's End by Arthur C. Clarke) |
| 1953 |
Magnetic-Soled Shoes - required for space walks (from Space Tug by Murray Leinster) |
| 1953 |
Pushpot (from Space Tug by Murray Leinster) |
| 1953 |
Space Flight Simulator (from Space Tug by Murray Leinster) |
| 1953 |
Sideglance Robe (from The Trouble With Bubbles by Philip K. Dick) |
| 1953 |
Merc-Pool (from Caves of Steel by Isaac Asimov) |
| 1953 |
Self-Sufficient House (from Childhood's End by Arthur C. Clarke) |
| 1953 |
Pocket Phone (or pocketphone) - invention of the cell phone (from Assignment in Eternity by Robert Heinlein) |
| 1953 |
Sound Analysis (from Assignment in Eternity by Robert Heinlein) |
| 1953 |
Preserving Machine (from The Preserving Machine by Philip K. Dick) |
| 1953 |
Rolov (from Roll Out the Rolov! by Christopher Anvil) |
| 1953 |
Dressing Machine (from Roll Out the Rolov! by Christopher Anvil) |
| 1953 |
Worldcraft Bubble (from The Trouble With Bubbles by Philip K. Dick) |
| 1953 |
Short-Wave Surgical Knife (from Boomerang by Eric Frank Russell) |
| 1953 |
Prime Radiant - the ultimate conference projector (from Second Foundation by Isaac Asimov) |
| 1953 |
Lens Image (from Second Foundation by Isaac Asimov) |
| 1953 |
Big Flue (from Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury) |
| 1953 |
Spot-Wavex Scrambler - personalized mass media (from Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury) |
| 1953 |
Transcriber - an automated transcriptionist (from Second Foundation by Isaac Asimov) |
| 1953 |
Yeast-Culture Vats (from Caves of Steel by Isaac Asimov) |
| 1953 |
Planetary Globe (from Star of Wonder by Julian May) |
| 1953 |
Zero-G Cups (from Space Tug by Murray Leinster) |
| 1953 |
Spacecraft Ejection Seat (from Space Tug by Murray Leinster) |
| 1953 |
Sliver Gun (from The Unreliable Perfumist by Margaret Saint Clair) |
| 1954 |
Boat-Tree (from The Houses of Iszm by Jack Vance) |
| 1954 |
Sales Robot (Robot Salesman) - a robot makes the sales pitch (from Sales Pitch by Philip K. Dick) |
| 1954 |
Airmakers (from The Big Rain by Poul Anderson) |
| 1954 |
House Trees - ultimate tree houses (from The Houses of Iszm by Jack Vance) |
| 1954 |
Universal Dictionary - grandfather of the electronic dictionary (from The Star Beast by Robert Heinlein) |
| 1954 |
Shatter-Gun (from The Houses of Iszm by Jack Vance) |
| 1954 |
Suit-Shield Fabric - protective mesh (from The Golden Man by Philip K. Dick) |
| 1954 |
Tanglefoot Field - non-lethal crowd control (from The Star Beast by Robert Heinlein) |
| 1954 |
Hypno-Motor Control (from Sales Pitch by Philip K. Dick) |
| 1954 |
Trace Web (from Souvenir by Philip K. Dick) |
| 1954 |
Commute Ship (from Sales Pitch by Philip K. Dick) |
| 1954 |
Prethink - seeing the future (from The Golden Man by Philip K. Dick) |
| 1954 |
Jiffi-scuttler (from Prominent Author by Philip K. Dick) |
| 1954 |
Mechanical Tune-Maker (from Last of the Masters by Philip K. Dick) |
| 1954 |
Mecho-Clothing (from Last of the Masters by Philip K. Dick) |
| 1954 |
Sceneshifter (from Last of the Masters by Philip K. Dick) |
| 1954 |
Dermal-Mist Spray (from Prominent Author by Philip K. Dick) |
| 1954 |
Visual Ad (from Sales Pitch by Philip K. Dick) |
| 1954 |
Relay - the total experience of mankind (from Souvenir by Philip K. Dick) |
| 1954 |
Mnemonic Service (from Sucker Bait by Isaac Asimov) |
| 1954 |
Plastirobe - variations in opacity (from Sales Pitch by Philip K. Dick) |
| 1954 |
Web (Data Network) - remarkable first use (from Souvenir by Philip K. Dick) |
| 1954 |
Retinal Vid-Screen - implanted news screen (from Sales Pitch by Philip K. Dick) |
| 1954 |
One-Way Passage (from The Houses of Iszm by Jack Vance) |
| 1954 |
Sentry Trees (from The Houses of Iszm by Jack Vance) |
| 1954 |
Tri-Type Record - 3D reduced to two (from The Houses of Iszm by Jack Vance) |
| 1954 |
Radiant - just like RFID (from The Houses of Iszm by Jack Vance) |
| 1954 |
Histo-Research - best possible evidence (from The Meddler by Philip K. Dick) |
| 1954 |
Consumption Robots (from The Midas Plague by Frederik Pohl) |
| 1954 |
Automatic Companion Robot - better than a puppy (from The Midas Plague by Frederik Pohl) |
| 1954 |
Hopper (from Lucky Starr and the Oceans of Venus by Isaac Asimov) |
| 1954 |
Law Clerk Robot (from The Midas Plague by Frederik Pohl) |
| 1954 |
Reading Plate - 50's style flat panel (from The Star Beast by Robert Heinlein) |
| 1954 |
Mechanical Bride - woman or robot (from The Mechanical Bride by Fritz Leiber) |
| 1954 |
Voicewriter Screen (Computer Monitor) (from Granny Won't Knit by Theodore Sturgeon) |
| 1954 |
Radiant Shield (from The Houses of Iszm by Jack Vance) |
| 1954 |
Copter Harness (from The Star Beast by Robert Heinlein) |
| 1954 |
TBR (Talk Between Robots) Circuit (from The Midas Plague by Frederik Pohl) |
| 1954 |
Self-Selling Robot (from Sales Pitch by Philip K. Dick) |
| 1954 |
The Dip (from The Meddler by Philip K. Dick) |
| 1954 |
Human Quarter (from James P. Crow by Philip K. Dick) |
| 1954 |
Spacelanes Traffic Jam (from Sales Pitch by Philip K. Dick) |
| 1954 |
Mother-Scanner (from The Turning Wheel by Philip K. Dick) |
| 1954 |
Space Capsule (from Space Capsule by E.R. James) |
| 1954 |
Robot Farmer (from The Turning Wheel by Philip K. Dick) |
| 1954 |
Nanomachine Swarm (Black Cloud) - tiny machines work together (from The Invincible by Stanislaw Lem) |
| 1954 |
Repair Robots - helpful droids (from The Invincible by Stanislaw Lem) |
| 1954 |
Metal Insects (from The Invincible by Stanislaw Lem) |
| 1954 |
Inorganic Evolution (from The Invincible by Stanislaw Lem) |
| 1954 |
Robot Guard (from The Turning Wheel by Philip K. Dick) |
| 1954 |
Truth Meter - a 50's lie detector (from The Star Beast by Robert Heinlein) |
| 1954 |
Lash-Tube (from The Golden Man by Philip K. Dick) |
| 1954 |
Central Guide-Beam (from Shell Game by Philip K. Dick) |
| 1954 |
Pod-Chair (from The Houses of Iszm by Jack Vance) |
| 1954 |
Gravity neutralizing paint (from Last of the Masters by Philip K. Dick) |
| 1954 |
Cephaloscope (from The Houses of Iszm by Jack Vance) |
| 1954 |
Synapsis-Coils (from Last of the Masters by Philip K. Dick) |
| 1954 |
Feeler-Planes - sensors for 3D models (from The Houses of Iszm by Jack Vance) |
| 1954 |
Compassion Circuit (from Compassion Circuit by John Wyndham) |
| 1954 |
Anti-Gerasone - drink and look younger (from Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow by Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.) |
| 1955 |
Scout-Base (from Diabologic by Eric Frank Russell) |
| 1955 |
Monocab (from Earthlight by Arthur C. Clarke) |
| 1955 |
Central City (Lunar Habitat) (from Earthlight by Arthur C. Clarke) |
| 1955 |
Guard Robot (from The Hood Maker ('Immunity') by Philip K. Dick) |
| 1955 |
Neck-Phone (from The Chromium Fence by Philip K. Dick) |
| 1955 |
Unit Analyst Robot (from The Chromium Fence by Philip K. Dick) |
| 1955 |
Artigraft (from Solar Lottery by Philip K. Dick) |
| 1955 |
Probe Screen Hood - block the penetration of the mind (from The Hood Maker ('Immunity') by Philip K. Dick) |
| 1955 |
Light-Absorbing Paint (from Earthlight by Arthur C. Clarke) |
| 1955 |
Automatic Factory (from Autofac by Philip K. Dick) |
| 1955 |
Schrieber Analyzer (from Diabologic by Eric Frank Russell) |
| 1955 |
Search-Bug (from Autofac by Philip K. Dick) |
| 1955 |
Multivac (from Franchise by Isaac Asimov) |
| 1955 |
Visual Report Screen (from Nanny by Philip K. Dick) |
| 1955 |
Synthetic Milk (from Autofac by Philip K. Dick) |
| 1955 |
Pizzled (Semantic Garble) (from Autofac by Philip K. Dick) |
| 1955 |
Commute Disk (from The Chromium Fence by Philip K. Dick) |
| 1955 |
Lunar Monorail (from Earthlight by Arthur C. Clarke) |
| 1955 |
Dashboard TV (from The Chromium Fence by Philip K. Dick) |
| 1955 |
Raw Material-Tropic (from Autofac by Philip K. Dick) |
| 1955 |
Generation Ship (from Star Ship by E.C. Tubb) |
| 1955 |
Robot Taxi (from Solar Lottery by Philip K. Dick) |
| 1955 |
Hand Wave Control (from Solar Lottery by Philip K. Dick) |
| 1955 |
Space Craft Rope Ladder (from Diabologic by Eric Frank Russell) |
| 1955 |
Inflatable Lunar Resort (from Solar Lottery by Philip K. Dick) |
| 1955 |
Agile Recording Robot (from Solar Lottery by Philip K. Dick) |
| 1955 |
Bore-Pellets (from Foster, You're Dead by Philip K. Dick) |
| 1955 |
Robot Surgeon-Hand - attached at the wrist (from War Veteran by Philip K. Dick) |
| 1955 |
Grill-Screen Adaptor (from Foster, You're Dead by Philip K. Dick) |
| 1955 |
Simulacrum Window (from Tunnel in the Sky by Robert Heinlein) |
| 1955 |
Nanny Robot - child-care robot with punch (from Nanny by Philip K. Dick) |
| 1955 |
Human Habit Pattern Machines (from The Tunnel Under The World by Frederik Pohl) |
| 1955 |
Automatized Factory (from The Tunnel Under The World by Frederik Pohl) |
| 1955 |
Diabological Armory (from Diabologic by Eric Frank Russell) |
| 1955 |
Stiletto Beam - mysterious beam in vacuum (from Earthlight by Arthur C. Clarke) |
| 1955 |
Ramsbotham Gate - wormhole (from Tunnel in the Sky by Robert Heinlein) |
| 1955 |
Electronic Analogue of Living Brain (from The Tunnel Under The World by Frederik Pohl) |
| 1955 |
Aircab (from Time Crime by H. Beam Piper) |
| 1955 |
Autofac (Nanorobots) - a factory that can replicate itself (from Autofac by Philip K. Dick) |
| 1955 |
Swibble - mind control machine (from Service Call by Philip K. Dick) |
| 1955 |
Robot Gardener - gardening robot (from War Veteran by Philip K. Dick) |
| 1955 |
Protine (from Solar Lottery by Philip K. Dick) |
| 1955 |
Automatic Ore Cart (from Autofac by Philip K. Dick) |
| 1955 |
Autonomous Truck (from Autofac by Philip K. Dick) |
| 1955 |
Robot Factory Representative (from Autofac by Philip K. Dick) |
| 1955 |
Magnetic Grapple-Beams (from Solar Lottery by Philip K. Dick) |
| 1956 |
Precrime Analytical Wing - precogs babble, machines tabulate (from The Minority Report by Philip K. Dick) |
| 1956 |
Mechanical Jokester (from Jokester by Isaac Asimov) |
| 1956 |
Solido (from Chance of a Lifetime by Milton Lesser) |
| 1956 |
Dental Switchboard - tongue switching (from The Stars My Destination by Alfred Bester) |
| 1956 |
Sympathetic Block - psychological privacy (from The Stars My Destination by Alfred Bester) |
| 1956 |
Empath - first use (from Empath by J.T. McIntosh) |
| 1956 |
Alcoholic Reliever (from Bad Medicine by Robert Sheckley) |
| 1956 |
Rex Regenerator (Mechanotherapist) - heavy duty therapy (from Bad Medicine by Robert Sheckley) |
| 1956 |
Home Therapy Appliances, Inc. (from Bad Medicine by Robert Sheckley) |
| 1956 |
Biltong Life Form (from Pay for the Printer by Philip K. Dick) |
| 1956 |
Maximum-security Booth - high security phone system (from Double Star by Robert Heinlein) |
| 1956 |
Analogue - devolution through chemistry (from The Stars My Destination by Alfred Bester) |
| 1956 |
Virtual Immortality (from The City and the Stars by Arthur C. Clarke) |
| 1956 |
Refurbished Nervous System - rewired for speed (from The Stars My Destination by Alfred Bester) |
| 1956 |
Robotic Hand (from The Door Into Summer by Robert Heinlein) |
| 1956 |
Window-Willie - robot help for dirty windows (from The Door Into Summer by Robert Heinlein) |
| 1956 |
Flexible Frank - the all-purpose household robot (from The Door Into Summer by Robert Heinlein) |
| 1956 |
Vehicle Sleep Sensor (from The Velvet Glove by Harry Harrison) |
| 1956 |
Puddinged (from Pay for the Printer by Philip K. Dick) |
| 1956 |
PyrE - thought explosive (from The Stars My Destination by Alfred Bester) |
| 1956 |
Radioactive Coding for Checks (from The Door Into Summer by Robert Heinlein) |
| 1956 |
Undercover Detective Robot - who am I? (from The Velvet Glove by Harry Harrison) |
| 1956 |
Blue Collar Robot (from The Velvet Glove by Harry Harrison) |
| 1956 |
Diaspar Memory - everyone gets a copy (from The City and the Stars by Arthur C. Clarke) |
| 1956 |
Saga - very early virtual reality reference (from The City and the Stars by Arthur C. Clarke) |
| 1956 |
Matter Organizer (from The City and the Stars by Arthur C. Clarke) |
| 1956 |
Robot Bartender - early mention (from The Stars My Destination by Alfred Bester) |
| 1956 |
Central Computer (from The City and the Stars by Arthur C. Clarke) |
| 1956 |
Regen-Buds (from The Velvet Glove by Harry Harrison) |
| 1956 |
Intelligent Trash Sorting (from The Velvet Glove by Harry Harrison) |
| 1956 |
Internal Body Power Pack - AAAAAAAA size (from The Stars My Destination by Alfred Bester) |
| 1956 |
Planet-Busting Bomb - destroy a planet (from Testing by J.J. Ferrat) |
| 1956 |
Living Advertising Character - meet Mr. Presto (from The Stars My Destination by Alfred Bester) |
| 1956 |
Stasis (Cold Sleep, Hibernation) (from The Door Into Summer by Robert Heinlein) |
| 1956 |
Anti-Heptant (from To Live Forever by Jack Vance) |
| 1956 |
Hired Girl Robot - robotic floor maintenance (from The Door Into Summer by Robert Heinlein) |
| 1956 |
Slug (from Dragon in the Sea by Frank Herbert) |
| 1956 |
Jaunte Stage - a little space to teleport (from The Stars My Destination by Alfred Bester) |
| 1956 |
Whisper Line (from The Stars My Destination by Alfred Bester) |
| 1956 |
Eager Beaver - your friendly robot helper (from The Door Into Summer by Robert Heinlein) |
| 1956 |
Drafting Dan - born before CAD (from The Door Into Summer by Robert Heinlein) |
| 1956 |
Universal Checkbook - radioactive checking (from The Door Into Summer by Robert Heinlein) |
| 1956 |
Landing-Grid (from Exploration Team by Murray Leinster) |
| 1956 |
Disposal-Safe (from Exploration Team by Murray Leinster) |
| 1956 |
Sargasso Asteroid - scavenger planetoid (from The Stars My Destination by Alfred Bester) |
| 1956 |
Mutated Kodiak Bears (from Exploration Team by Murray Leinster) |
| 1956 |
Space-Boat (Rocket Boat) (from Exploration Team by Murray Leinster) |
| 1956 |
Robot Trash Collectors (from The Velvet Glove by Harry Harrison) |
| 1956 |
Floating Lunar Dust (from Dust Rag by Hal Clement) |
| 1956 |
Juvenile - sneaks around (from The Man Who Japed by Philip K. Dick) |
| 1956 |
Eetee (E.T - extraterrestrial) (from Double Star by Robert Heinlein) |
| 1956 |
Bounce Tube - pneumatic tube system for people (from Double Star by Robert Heinlein) |
| 1956 |
Teakettle - booster rocket (from Double Star by Robert Heinlein) |
| 1956 |
Hush Corner - noise reduction (from Double Star by Robert Heinlein) |
| 1956 |
Precog - see the future (from The Minority Report by Philip K. Dick) |
| 1956 |
Thorsen Memory Tube (from The Door Into Summer by Robert Heinlein) |
| 1956 |
Space-Beacon (from Exploration Team by Murray Leinster) |
| 1956 |
Bug (from Brightside Crossing by Alan E. Nourse) |
| 1956 |
Bendix Anxiety Reducer (from Bad Medicine by Robert Sheckley) |
| 1956 |
Human Object Recognition - people making robotic life easier (from The Velvet Glove by Harry Harrison) |
| 1956 |
Planet Rules (from Drop Dead by Clifford Simak) |
| 1956 |
Cider Press - acceleration made bearable (from Double Star by Robert Heinlein) |
| 1956 |
Vacutubes (from Double Star by Robert Heinlein) |
| 1956 |
Fottengill Process (from Gypped by Lloyd Biggle, Jr.) |
| 1956 |
Post-Crime - you're still a criminal (from The Minority Report by Philip K. Dick) |
| 1956 |
Electrotruck (from The Corkscrew of Space by Poul Anderson) |
| 1956 |
Mechanotherapy (from Bad Medicine by Robert Sheckley) |
| 1957 |
Teleoperated Lab Robot (from Cities in Flight by James Blish) |
| 1957 |
Accelerated Schooling (from Cities in Flight by James Blish) |
| 1957 |
Dirac Transmitter (also Tranceiver or Communicator) - instant communication (from Cities in Flight by James Blish) |
| 1957 |
Space Armor (from Cities in Flight by James Blish) |
| 1957 |
Storer-Gulls Wings - recreation for lunar colonists (from The Menace From Earth by Robert Heinlein) |
| 1957 |
Battle Tank Display (from Cities in Flight by James Blish) |
| 1957 |
Eavesdropper - check if it's safe (from Cities in Flight by James Blish) |
| 1957 |
Toposcope (from Cities in Flight by James Blish) |
| 1957 |
Spindizzy - pick up your town and go (from Cities in Flight by James Blish) |
| 1957 |
Peeper - unlock your inner dreams (from Shadow World by Clifford Simak) |
| 1957 |
Inter-Universal Messenger (from Cities in Flight by James Blish) |
| 1957 |
Crop Algae (from Cities in Flight by James Blish) |
| 1957 |
Gravity-Polarized Explosive (TDX) (from Cities in Flight by James Blish) |
| 1957 |
Brood Assembly - first self reproducing automata (from Cities in Flight by James Blish) |
| 1957 |
Teleoperated Beetle Car (from Cities in Flight by James Blish) |
| 1957 |
Bats' Cave (from The Menace From Earth by Robert Heinlein) |
| 1957 |
Roller (from Shadow World by Clifford Simak) |
| 1957 |
Needle-Gun (from Lucky Starr and the Moons of Jupiter by Isaac Asimov) |
| 1957 |
Project X (from Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand) |
| 1957 |
Anti-agathic drugs (from Cities in Flight by James Blish) |
| 1957 |
Tin Cabby (Flying Robotic Taxi) - mechacab (from Cities in Flight by James Blish) |
| 1957 |
Proselytizing Robot (from Cities in Flight by James Blish) |
| 1957 |
Molecular Sieve (from Tales from the White Hart by Arthur C. Clarke) |
| 1957 |
Bethé blasters (from Cities in Flight by James Blish) |
| 1957 |
Machine Surveillance - first mention of idea (from Cities in Flight by James Blish) |
| 1957 |
Magnetic Control of Nebulae - by alien beings (from The Black Cloud by Fred Hoyle) |
| 1957 |
Police Detection Robot (from The Unreconstructed M by Philip K. Dick) |
| 1957 |
Robot Situation Neurosis (from The Unreconstructed M by Philip K. Dick) |
| 1957 |
Manshonyagger - fighting robot (from Mark Elf by Cordwainer Smith) |
| 1957 |
Accelerated Schooling Helmet (from Cities in Flight by James Blish) |
| 1957 |
Gravity Well (from Life Cycle by Poul Anderson) |
| 1957 |
Mechanical Cleaning Device (from The Unreconstructed M by Philip K. Dick) |
| 1957 |
Glass Bees - tiny automatons (from The Glass Bees by Ernst Junger) |
| 1957 |
The Machine (M) (from The Unreconstructed M by Philip K. Dick) |
| 1957 |
Fenton Silencer - early noise cancellation (from Tales from the White Hart by Arthur C. Clarke) |
| 1957 |
Remote Control Taxicab (from The Unreconstructed M by Philip K. Dick) |
| 1957 |
Death-Rattle (from The Unreconstructed M by Philip K. Dick) |
| 1957 |
Neural Door Lock (from The Unreconstructed M by Philip K. Dick) |
| 1957 |
Machine Psychologist - computer psychiatrist (from Cities in Flight by James Blish) |
| 1957 |
City Fathers - AI with centuries of experience (from Cities in Flight by James Blish) |
| 1958 |
Police Robot - a rookie cop bot (from Arm of the Law by Harry Harrison) |
| 1958 |
Flexible Wall Sheet Display - flexy flat panel (from The Mechanical Monarch by E.C. Tubb) |
| 1958 |
Life Detector - I see you! (from Cease Fire by Frank Herbert) |
| 1958 |
Walking Mill (from Bread Overhead! by Fritz Leiber) |
| 1958 |
Impactor Determines Composition (from The Mechanical Monarch by E.C. Tubb) |
| 1958 |
Photosight - sees the highway (from The Sign of the Tiger by Alan Nourse (w/Meyer)) |
| 1958 |
Predictable Crime (from All the Troubles in the World by Isaac Asimov) |
| 1958 |
Machine Suicide (from All the Troubles in the World by Isaac Asimov) |
| 1958 |
Chin Plates - hands-free controls (from Have Space Suit - Will Travel by Robert Heinlein) |
| 1958 |
Message Tree - communication standard for a world (from A Case of Conscience by James Blish) |
| 1958 |
Asteroid-Metal - raw materials from space (from The Mechanical Monarch by E.C. Tubb) |
| 1958 |
Chin Window (from Have Space Suit - Will Travel by Robert Heinlein) |
| 1958 |
Nose Gun (from Arm of the Law by Harry Harrison) |
| 1958 |
Venus Cities Float In Atmosphere (from Bread Overhead! by Fritz Leiber) |
| 1958 |
Pocket Computer - a PDA (from The Feeling of Power by Isaac Asimov) |
| 1958 |
Ethical Suicide Parlor - don't be a drupelet (from Welcome to the Monkey House by Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.) |
| 1958 |
Edge Controls (from The Feeling of Power by Isaac Asimov) |
| 1958 |
Para-Beam - light of paralysis (from The Mechanical Monarch by E.C. Tubb) |
| 1958 |
Self-Service Cafeteria (from The Mechanical Monarch by E.C. Tubb) |
| 1958 |
Tik-Talker (from The Sign of the Tiger by Alan Nourse (w/Meyer)) |
| 1958 |
Espionage Machine - reading minds scientifically (from No, No, Not Rogov! by Cordwainer Smith) |
| 1958 |
Metamen - live in a robot body (from The Mechanical Monarch by E.C. Tubb) |
| 1958 |
Baby Robot - how cute! (from Brother Robot by Henry Slesar) |
| 1958 |
Cone of Silence - the original sound-dampener (from Cease Fire by Frank Herbert) |
| 1958 |
Hypo Arm - tentacle with a needle (from Simulated Trainer by Harry Harrison) |
| 1958 |
Palm Plate - your hand is the key (from The Mechanical Monarch by E.C. Tubb) |
| 1958 |
Pressurized Penthouse (from Bread Overhead! by Fritz Leiber) |
| 1958 |
Computers Improve Computers (from The Feeling of Power by Isaac Asimov) |
| 1958 |
Neutronic Shielding - monomolecular protection (from The Sign of the Tiger by Alan Nourse (w/Meyer)) |
| 1958 |
Gyro Two-Wheeled Truck - a Segway truck (from The Sign of the Tiger by Alan Nourse (w/Meyer)) |
| 1958 |
Life Detector Shield - an early mention of life sensors (from Cease Fire by Frank Herbert) |
| 1958 |
Magnetic Pinions - electromagnetic cuffs (from Worlds of Origin by Jack Vance) |
| 1958 |
The Hub (from Worlds of Origin by Jack Vance) |
| 1959 |
Mark IV Door Keeping Robot - automated rejection (from The Man Who Could Not Stop by A. Bertram Chandler) |
| 1959 |
Magnetically Floating Furniture - like sitting on a cloud (from The Sirens of Titan by Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.) |
| 1959 |
Grass Carpet (from The Sirens of Titan by Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.) |
| 1959 |
Hands Free Helmet - chin up (from Starship Troopers by Robert Heinlein) |
| 1959 |
Toy Testing Dummy (from War Game by Philip K. Dick) |
| 1959 |
Personality Death - you're dead to yourself (from Robot Justice by Harry Harrison) |
| 1959 |
Talking Bomb - psych warfare (from Starship Troopers by Robert Heinlein) |
| 1959 |
Robot Judge - before Dred (from Robot Justice by Harry Harrison) |
| 1959 |
Robot Spectra Analyzer (from The Repairman by Harry Harrison) |
| 1959 |
Hyperspace Beacon - find your way between the stars (from The Repairman by Harry Harrison) |
| 1959 |
Robotic Trash Can - watch it (from Robot Justice by Harry Harrison) |
| 1959 |
Powered Armor (or Powered Suit) - military exoskeleton (from Starship Troopers by Robert Heinlein) |
| 1959 |
Flying Eye - I see you (from The Repairman by Harry Harrison) |
| 1959 |
Memo-Voice (from War Game by Philip K. Dick) |
| 1959 |
Saddle (from The Big Front Yard by Clifford Simak) |
| 1959 |
Metallic Marx (from The Robots Strike by Harry Harrison) |
| 1959 |
Electromechanical Educator (from The Fourth R by George O. Smith) |
| 1959 |
Neodog - smarter than Fido (from Starship Troopers by Robert Heinlein) |
| 1960 |
Dixon Pump (from Dr. Futurity by Philip K. Dick) |
| 1960 |
Metal BIrds (from Vulcan's Hammer by Philip K. Dick) |
| 1960 |
Domed Mapviewer (from Dorsai! by Gordon R. Dickson) |
| 1960 |
Adiabatic Pods - personal cold sleep (from The Lady Who Sailed The Soul by Cordwainer Smith) |
| 1960 |
Robot Tracking Device - preferred surveillance tool of AIs (from Vulcan's Hammer by Philip K. Dick) |
| 1960 |
Cold-Pack - death temporarily denied (from Dr. Futurity by Philip K. Dick) |
| 1960 |
Transdermal Drug Capsule - slap it on (from Vulcan's Hammer by Philip K. Dick) |
| 1960 |
Bacteria-Destroying Radiation (from Dr. Futurity by Philip K. Dick) |
| 1960 |
Dermal Spray (from Dr. Futurity by Philip K. Dick) |
| 1960 |
Guide-Beam (from Dr. Futurity by Philip K. Dick) |
| 1960 |
Pencil Beam (from Vulcan's Hammer by Philip K. Dick) |
| 1960 |
Art-Derm - spray-on skin (from Dr. Futurity by Philip K. Dick) |
| 1960 |
Fluid Metal Letters (from Vulcan's Hammer by Philip K. Dick) |
| 1960 |
Vulcan 3 - endless self-modifying computer (from Vulcan's Hammer by Philip K. Dick) |
| 1960 |
Ball and Hammer Ship (from Dorsai! by Gordon R. Dickson) |
| 1960 |
Starlight Sail (Light Sail) - very early reference (from The Lady Who Sailed The Soul by Cordwainer Smith) |
| 1960 |
Hammer - weapon of AIs (from Vulcan's Hammer by Philip K. Dick) |
| 1960 |
Self-Charging Robot (from Callahan and the Wheelies by Stephen Barr) |
| 1960 |
Learning Robot - learn from experience (from Callahan and the Wheelies by Stephen Barr) |
| 1960 |
Power Holster (from Deathworld by Harry Harrison) |
| 1960 |
Chameleon Battle-Dress (from Dorsai! by Gordon R. Dickson) |
| 1960 |
Spring-Rifle - just a sliver (from Dorsai! by Gordon R. Dickson) |
| 1960 |
Indestructible Contract (from Dorsai! by Gordon R. Dickson) |
| 1960 |
Bolo (from Combat Unit by Keith Laumer) |
| 1960 |
Semi-Conducting Graphite-Gel (from Callahan and the Wheelies by Stephen Barr) |
| 1960 |
Interactive Blackboard (from Vulcan's Hammer by Philip K. Dick) |
| 1960 |
Time Dredge (from Dr. Futurity by Philip K. Dick) |
| 1961 |
Waterbed (Hydraulic Bed) - a waterbed (from Stranger in a Strange Land by Robert Heinlein) |
| 1961 |
Transo - teleportation (from Time is the Simplest Thing by Clifford Simak) |
| 1961 |
Gobathian - full body healing (from Time is the Simplest Thing by Clifford Simak) |
| 1961 |
Dimensino - alien entertainment center (from Time is the Simplest Thing by Clifford Simak) |
| 1961 |
Butcher Plant - a plant that grows steaks (from Time is the Simplest Thing by Clifford Simak) |
| 1961 |
Jump Harness - rocket pack (from Stranger in a Strange Land by Robert Heinlein) |
| 1961 |
Star Machine - explore the stars (from Time is the Simplest Thing by Clifford Simak) |
| 1961 |
Taper - interstellar portable (from Time is the Simplest Thing by Clifford Simak) |
| 1961 |
Lyle Drive (from Stranger in a Strange Land by Robert Heinlein) |
| 1961 |
Space Bubble (Bubb) (from The Planet Strappers by Raymond Z. Gallun) |
| 1961 |
Reading Machine - read while reclining (from Stranger in a Strange Land by Robert Heinlein) |
| 1961 |
Mental Radio-Handicap (from Harrison Bergeron by Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.) |
| 1961 |
Stereo Tank - 3D TV receiver (from Stranger in a Strange Land by Robert Heinlein) |
| 1961 |
Mind Destroyer (from A Planet Named Shayol by Cordwainer Smith) |
| 1961 |
Dromozoa (from A Planet Named Shayol by Cordwainer Smith) |
| 1961 |
Emotional Register (ER) (from The Primal Urge by Brian Aldiss) |
| 1961 |
Self-Guided Rocket Bullets (from The Planet Strappers by Raymond Z. Gallun) |
| 1961 |
Hydroponics in Space (from The Planet Strappers by Raymond Z. Gallun) |
| 1961 |
Stellene (from The Planet Strappers by Raymond Z. Gallun) |
| 1961 |
Chlorophane (from The Planet Strappers by Raymond Z. Gallun) |
| 1961 |
Air-Restorer Capsule (from The Planet Strappers by Raymond Z. Gallun) |
| 1961 |
Pleasure Cap (from A Planet Named Shayol by Cordwainer Smith) |
| 1961 |
Recording Radio (from Four-Day Planet by H. Beam Piper) |
| 1961 |
Spray-On Clothing - dresses in a can (from Return from the Stars by Stanislaw Lem) |
| 1961 |
Calster - portable cash printer (from Return from the Stars by Stanislaw Lem) |
| 1961 |
Interactive Map - very early concept (from Return from the Stars by Stanislaw Lem) |
| 1961 |
Opton - electronic book (from Return from the Stars by Stanislaw Lem) |
| 1961 |
Sky Ceiling - long before Hogwarts (from Return from the Stars by Stanislaw Lem) |
| 1961 |
Crystal Corn - tiny crystal books (from Return from the Stars by Stanislaw Lem) |
| 1961 |
Farside (from A Fall of Moondust by Arthur C. Clarke) |
| 1961 |
Betrization (from Return from the Stars by Stanislaw Lem) |
| 1961 |
Parastatics (from Return from the Stars by Stanislaw Lem) |
| 1961 |
Hunting Robe - a very thin hunting dog (from Time is the Simplest Thing by Clifford Simak) |
| 1961 |
Transmit Camera (from Four-Day Planet by H. Beam Piper) |
| 1961 |
Screensaver (Inventor of) - the original idea (from Stranger in a Strange Land by Robert Heinlein) |
| 1961 |
Teleprinter (from Four-Day Planet by H. Beam Piper) |
| 1961 |
Electronic Book Store (from Return from the Stars by Stanislaw Lem) |
| 1961 |
Electrosecretary - automatic transcription machine (from A Fall of Moondust by Arthur C. Clarke) |
| 1961 |
Dust-Cruiser (from A Fall of Moondust by Arthur C. Clarke) |
| 1961 |
Gravitics (from Tricky Tonnage by Malcom Jameson) |
| 1961 |
Lecton - be read to (from Return from the Stars by Stanislaw Lem) |
| 1961 |
Living Grass Carpet - not AstroTurf (from Stranger in a Strange Land by Robert Heinlein) |
| 1961 |
Stereovision Tank - 3D TV tank (and first screen saver) (from Stranger in a Strange Land by Robert Heinlein) |
| 1961 |
Moondozer - moonmover (from A Fall of Moondust by Arthur C. Clarke) |
| 1961 |
Carniculture Plants - grow your own meat (from Four-Day Planet by H. Beam Piper) |
| 1961 |
Dust-Ski - ski-doo for lunar powder (from A Fall of Moondust by Arthur C. Clarke) |
| 1961 |
Sun-Powered Ionic Drive Motor (from The Planet Strappers by Raymond Z. Gallun) |
| 1961 |
Igloo Inflatable Moon Habitat - inflate and use (from A Fall of Moondust by Arthur C. Clarke) |
| 1961 |
Grok - a Martian sees and knows (from Stranger in a Strange Land by Robert Heinlein) |
| 1962 |
Robot Earthworm - spaghettibot (from War With The Robots by Harry Harrison) |
| 1962 |
Plastex - self-healing material (from The Thousand Dreams of Stellavista by J.G. Ballard) |
| 1962 |
Self-Healing Building - building materials (from The Thousand Dreams of Stellavista by J.G. Ballard) |
| 1962 |
Celestial Armamentarium - the mechanism of star movements (from The Dragon Masters by Jack Vance) |
| 1962 |
Diamagnetic Levitation (from The Currents of Space by Isaac Asimov) |
| 1962 |
Psychotropic House (from The Thousand Dreams of Stellavista by J.G. Ballard) |
| 1962 |
Laminated Mouse Brain Computer - extra fast computer (from Think Blue, Count Two by Cordwainer Smith) |
| 1962 |
Luminescent Vial - Galadriel gave these out in LOTR (from The Dragon Masters by Jack Vance) |
| 1962 |
Senso-Cells - read the quirks (from The Thousand Dreams of Stellavista by J.G. Ballard) |
| 1962 |
Cataclysmite - high explosive (from Little Fuzzy by H. Beam Piper) |
| 1962 |
Static House - frozen personality (from The Thousand Dreams of Stellavista by J.G. Ballard) |
| 1962 |
Robot Librarian Filer (from The Robot Who Wanted to Know by Harry Harrison) |
| 1962 |
Alcodote (from Space Viking by H. Beam Piper) |
| 1962 |
Tand - an abstract venerated sculpture (from The Dragon Masters by Jack Vance) |
| 1962 |
Veridicator - lie detector that works (from Little Fuzzy by H. Beam Piper) |
| 1962 |
Carniculture Vat - cultured meat (from Space Viking by H. Beam Piper) |
| 1962 |
Rat-Robot (from Anything You Can Do by Gordon Randall Garrett) |
| 1962 |
Dumbler (from Hothouse by Brian Aldiss) |
| 1962 |
Lunar Web (from Hothouse by Brian Aldiss) |
| 1962 |
Light Sail (or Solar Sail) - propulsion for spacecraft (from Sail 25 by Jack Vance) |
| 1962 |
Serving Robot - a smooth ovoid (from Space Viking by H. Beam Piper) |
| 1963 |
Rifle Range (Virtual Shooting Range) - virtual skeet shooting designed by aliens (from Way Station by Clifford Simak) |
| 1963 |
Solar Yacht Periscope (from Sunjammer by Arthur C. Clarke) |
| 1963 |
Solar Yacht (from Sunjammer by Arthur C. Clarke) |
| 1963 |
Sleep-Inducer (from Sunjammer by Arthur C. Clarke) |
| 1963 |
Ice-Nine - the final form of water (from Cat's Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.) |
| 1963 |
Multiverse (from The Sundered Worlds by Michael Moorcock) |
| 1963 |
Perky Pat Layout - playset for grownups (from The Days of Perky Pat by Philip K. Dick) |
| 1963 |
Way Station Materializer (from Way Station by Clifford Simak) |
| 1963 |
Fold Box (from Glory Road by Robert Heinlein) |
| 1963 |
Unicephalon 40-D - yes, mr. president (from Stand-By by Philip K. Dick) |
| 1963 |
Alcohol-Sensing System (from The Game Players of Titan by Philip K. Dick) |
| 1963 |
News Clown - they're all the rage (from Stand-By by Philip K. Dick) |
| 1963 |
Subliminal Billboards (from The Subliminal Man by J.G. Ballard) |
| 1963 |
Free Telephone Call (from The Subliminal Man by J.G. Ballard) |
| 1963 |
Homotropic News Vending Machine (from The Game Players of Titan by Philip K. Dick) |
| 1963 |
Tattletale - predicts the ankle monitor (from The Game Players of Titan by Philip K. Dick) |
| 1963 |
Rabbit-Paper - pregnancy test strip (from The Game Players of Titan by Philip K. Dick) |
| 1963 |
Desk Secretary (from The Long Result by John Brunner) |
| 1963 |
Homeostatic Newspaper - a homeopape (from If There Were No Benny Cemoli by Philip K. Dick) |
| 1963 |
News Receptor - listens for news (from If There Were No Benny Cemoli by Philip K. Dick) |
| 1963 |
Transparent, Frictionless Coating - no stick before teflon (from Way Station by Clifford Simak) |
| 1963 |
Field-Minder (from Who Can Replace A Man by Brian Aldiss) |
| 1963 |
Jump Drive (from Ethical Engineer by Harry Harrison) |
| 1963 |
Talisman - focus on your hopes (from Way Station by Clifford Simak) |
| 1963 |
Way Station - galactic station master (from Way Station by Clifford Simak) |
| 1964 |
Universal Technical Consultative Service (from The Star King by Jack Vance) |
| 1964 |
Cephalotropic Dart (from Lies, Inc. by Philip K. Dick) |
| 1964 |
Boulder (from Cantata 140 by Philip K. Dick) |
| 1964 |
Single Seat Scooter (from The Star King by Jack Vance) |
| 1964 |
Color Generator (from The Killing Machine by Jack Vance) |
| 1964 |
Skin Toning (from The Star King by Jack Vance) |
| 1964 |
Chalf (Quick-Scribe Powder) - wave the stick (from The Tactful Saboteur by Frank Herbert) |
| 1964 |
Undersea Restaurant (from The Star King by Jack Vance) |
| 1964 |
Autonomic Plow (from Clans of the Alphane Moon by Philip K. Dick) |
| 1964 |
Court Robo-Clerk - hear ye, hear ye! (from The Tactful Saboteur by Frank Herbert) |
| 1964 |
Word Tab - find out more info. (from Cantata 140 by Philip K. Dick) |
| 1964 |
Fake-Meter - counterfeit detector (from The Killing Machine by Jack Vance) |
| 1964 |
Walking Fort - a fort with robotic legs (from The Killing Machine by Jack Vance) |
| 1964 |
Ident-Key (from The Penultimate Truth by Philip K. Dick) |
| 1964 |
Flexible Stem (from The Killing Machine by Jack Vance) |
| 1964 |
Solar Updraft Tower (from Shortstack by Leigh and Walt Richmond) |
| 1964 |
Artif-Org - mechanical replacement organ (from Cantata 140 by Philip K. Dick) |
| 1964 |
Autonomic Food-Processing System - untouched by humans (from Cantata 140 by Philip K. Dick) |
| 1964 |
Robot Busboy (from Lies, Inc. by Philip K. Dick) |
| 1964 |
Rhetorizer - the writer's assistant (from The Penultimate Truth by Philip K. Dick) |
| 1964 |
Identificator - holographic signage (from The Star King by Jack Vance) |
| 1964 |
Stick-Tight (from The Star King by Jack Vance) |
| 1964 |
Housefly Monitor - flies with sensors (from Lies, Inc. by Philip K. Dick) |
| 1964 |
Time-Warping Construct (from Lies, Inc. by Philip K. Dick) |
| 1964 |
Jet-Powered Aquaplane (from The Star King by Jack Vance) |
| 1964 |
Chairdog - the ultimate ergonomic chair (from The Tactful Saboteur by Frank Herbert) |
| 1964 |
Poison-Bearing Invisible Glove - let's shake on it (from Lies, Inc. by Philip K. Dick) |
| 1964 |
Suicide Tooth (from Lies, Inc. by Philip K. Dick) |
| 1964 |
Creditor Jet-Balloon - bane of debtors (from Lies, Inc. by Philip K. Dick) |
| 1964 |
Surgical Hand (from Clans of the Alphane Moon by Philip K. Dick) |
| 1964 |
Auto Course-Finding Pilot (from Clans of the Alphane Moon by Philip K. Dick) |
| 1964 |
Cephalic Sniffer (from Clans of the Alphane Moon by Philip K. Dick) |
| 1964 |
Pry-Vie (Robotic Detective) (from Clans of the Alphane Moon by Philip K. Dick) |
| 1964 |
Empathy Box - TV for your emotional brain (from The Little Black Box by Philip K. Dick) |
| 1964 |
Manual Closet - old-style storage (from Clans of the Alphane Moon by Philip K. Dick) |
| 1964 |
Agfom Potent-Shot - picture the future (from Clans of the Alphane Moon by Philip K. Dick) |
| 1964 |
Bibs - cold storage for people (from Cantata 140 by Philip K. Dick) |
| 1964 |
Weary Deep-Sleep (from Lies, Inc. by Philip K. Dick) |
| 1964 |
Syn-Cof (from Cantata 140 by Philip K. Dick) |
| 1964 |
Courtarena - trial by fire (from The Tactful Saboteur by Frank Herbert) |
| 1964 |
Bug Chasers (from Lies, Inc. by Philip K. Dick) |
| 1964 |
Cholinesterase-Destroying Gas (from Lies, Inc. by Philip K. Dick) |
| 1964 |
Platform Flyer (from The Star King by Jack Vance) |
| 1964 |
Surface Slider (from The Star King by Jack Vance) |
| 1964 |
Chalf-Memory Stick (from The Tactful Saboteur by Frank Herbert) |
| 1964 |
Nipple-Assist (from Lies, Inc. by Philip K. Dick) |
| 1965 |
Catchpocket (from Dune by Frank Herbert) |
| 1965 |
Filt-Plug - lose no moisture (from Dune by Frank Herbert) |
| 1965 |
Dr. Smile - psychiatrist in a suitcase (from The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch by Philip K. Dick) |
| 1965 |
Commuter Cooling Unit - portable air conditioning (from The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch by Philip K. Dick) |
| 1965 |
Truffle Skins - genetically unique money (from The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch by Philip K. Dick) |
| 1965 |
Rachag (from Dune by Frank Herbert) |
| 1965 |
Bubblehead - big-head brainiacs (from The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch by Philip K. Dick) |
| 1965 |
Voice (from Dune by Frank Herbert) |
| 1965 |
Personalized Fashion Display (from Bill the Galactic Hero by Harry Harrison) |
| 1965 |
Pain Box - testing for humans (from Dune by Frank Herbert) |
| 1965 |
Smart Dust - intelligent sand (from The Cyberiad: Fables for the Cybernetic Age by Stanislaw Lem) |
| 1965 |
Electronic Bard (from The Cyberiad: Fables for the Cybernetic Age by Stanislaw Lem) |
| 1965 |
Cephalic Pattern Door (from The Zap Gun by Philip K. Dick) |
| 1965 |
Gigagnostotron (from The Cyberiad: Fables for the Cybernetic Age by Stanislaw Lem) |
| 1965 |
Police Control-Override (from A Plague of Demons by Keith Laumer) |
| 1965 |
Spatial-Postal Card (from Bill the Galactic Hero by Harry Harrison) |
| 1965 |
Golden Lights - track lighting without the track (from Dune by Frank Herbert) |
| 1965 |
Leybyrdite - Perfect for space axes (from Subspace Explorers by E.E. 'Doc' Smith) |
| 1965 |
Suspensor Chair - ultimate office chair (from Dune by Frank Herbert) |
| 1965 |
Ego-Likeness - a true portrait (from Dune by Frank Herbert) |
| 1965 |
Wakeshot (from Dune by Frank Herbert) |
| 1965 |
Remote-Cast Snooper (from Dune by Frank Herbert) |
| 1965 |
Poison Snooper - be careful, my Duke (from Dune by Frank Herbert) |
| 1965 |
Servok (from Dune by Frank Herbert) |
| 1965 |
Dispensing Tooth - remember the tooth! (from Dune by Frank Herbert) |
| 1965 |
Water Repellent Surface - non-wetting surface (from Dune by Frank Herbert) |
| 1965 |
Plasteel - tough metal for tough times (from Dune by Frank Herbert) |
| 1965 |
Robot Bar - ancestor of R2D2 (from Bill the Galactic Hero by Harry Harrison) |
| 1965 |
Teddy Bear Robot (from I Always Do What Teddy Says by Harry Harrison) |
| 1965 |
Sandsnork - breathe under sand (from Dune by Frank Herbert) |
| 1965 |
Optical-Effect Suit (from A Plague of Demons by Keith Laumer) |
| 1965 |
Mnemonic Pulse (from Dune by Frank Herbert) |
| 1965 |
Heighliner (from Dune by Frank Herbert) |
| 1965 |
Gnostotron (from The Cyberiad: Fables for the Cybernetic Age by Stanislaw Lem) |
| 1965 |
Watertube (from Dune by Frank Herbert) |
| 1965 |
Doorseal - retain moisture (from Dune by Frank Herbert) |
| 1965 |
Robomule (from Bill the Galactic Hero by Harry Harrison) |
| 1965 |
Suspensor Lamp - descendant of the lava lamp (from Dune by Frank Herbert) |
| 1965 |
Sietch (from Dune by Frank Herbert) |
| 1965 |
Filmbook (from Dune by Frank Herbert) |
| 1965 |
Implanted Steel Teeth (from The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch by Philip K. Dick) |
| 1965 |
Suspensor - suspend gravity (from Dune by Frank Herbert) |
| 1965 |
Heat-Removing Staff (from The Dead Lady of Clown Town by Cordwainer Smith) |
| 1965 |
Filterable Virus (from The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch by Philip K. Dick) |
| 1965 |
Cutteray - mining laser (from Dune by Frank Herbert) |
| 1965 |
Carryall - giant ornithopter (from Dune by Frank Herbert) |
| 1965 |
Model the Universe (from The Cyberiad: Fables for the Cybernetic Age by Stanislaw Lem) |
| 1965 |
Steel Teeth - all stainless (from The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch by Philip K. Dick) |
| 1965 |
Ornithopter - flies like a bird (from Dune by Frank Herbert) |
| 1965 |
Dekon Type DCQ - radiation decontamination (from Subspace Explorers by E.E. 'Doc' Smith) |
| 1965 |
Cardioplate - outta time (from 'Repent Harlequin' Said the Ticktockman by Harlan Ellison) |
| 1965 |
Oil Lens - infinitely adjustable lens (from Dune by Frank Herbert) |
| 1965 |
Dew Gatherers (from Dune by Frank Herbert) |
| 1965 |
Garbage-can Banger (from The Zap Gun by Philip K. Dick) |
| 1965 |
Hunter-seeker - floats like a butterfly
(from Dune by Frank Herbert) |
| 1965 |
Antithermal Shield (from The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch by Philip K. Dick) |
| 1965 |
Battle Language (from Dune by Frank Herbert) |
| 1965 |
Residual Poison (from Dune by Frank Herbert) |
| 1965 |
Thumper - rhythmic vibration (from Dune by Frank Herbert) |
| 1965 |
Mentat (from Dune by Frank Herbert) |
| 1965 |
Windtrap - pure water source (from Dune by Frank Herbert) |
| 1965 |
Inter-Vehicle Communication (from The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch by Philip K. Dick) |
| 1965 |
Femfatalatron (from The Cyberiad: Fables for the Cybernetic Age by Stanislaw Lem) |
| 1965 |
Palm Lock - uses more than a fingerprint (from Dune by Frank Herbert) |
| 1965 |
Autonomic Cab - all on its own (from The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch by Philip K. Dick) |
| 1965 |
Medical Mech (from Warrior by Gordon R. Dickson) |
| 1965 |
Factory Crawler (or Harvester Crawler) - sift the sands of Arrakis (from Dune by Frank Herbert) |
| 1965 |
Filament Paper Book - small for space travel (from Dune by Frank Herbert) |
| 1965 |
Lasgun - laser weapon (from Dune by Frank Herbert) |
| 1965 |
Semuta - eerie music (from Dune by Frank Herbert) |
| 1965 |
Krimskell Fiber - better than zip strips (from Dune by Frank Herbert) |
| 1965 |
Autonomic Interviewer - pape's proxy (from The Zap Gun by Philip K. Dick) |
| 1965 |
Imperial Handicraft Globe (from Dune by Frank Herbert) |
| 1965 |
Sapho Juice - juice of Mentats (from Dune by Frank Herbert) |
| 1965 |
Fanmetal - build temporary shelters (from Dune by Frank Herbert) |
| 1965 |
CAN-D (from The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch by Philip K. Dick) |
| 1965 |
Glowglobe - the original track lighting (from Dune by Frank Herbert) |
| 1965 |
Paracompass - detects local magnetic anomalies (from Dune by Frank Herbert) |
| 1965 |
Jubba Cloak (from Dune by Frank Herbert) |
| 1965 |
Minimic Film one micron thick recording medium (from Dune by Frank Herbert) |
| 1965 |
Shigawire - high tensile strength wire (from Dune by Frank Herbert) |
| 1965 |
Crysknife - knife from a sandworm's tooth (from Dune by Frank Herbert) |
| 1965 |
Fencing Mirror - fencing instructor (from Dune by Frank Herbert) |
| 1965 |
Chromoplastic Dew Collector - when every drop counts (from Dune by Frank Herbert) |
| 1965 |
Stillsuit - when you want water retention (from Dune by Frank Herbert) |
| 1965 |
Sheep Dip Isolator (from The Zap Gun by Philip K. Dick) |
| 1965 |
Ramscoop - pull in hydrogen (from World of Ptavvs by Larry Niven) |
| 1965 |
Maula Pistol (from Dune by Frank Herbert) |
| 1965 |
Handicloset - self-organizing (from The Zap Gun by Philip K. Dick) |
| 1965 |
Stilltent - a tent that distills water (from Dune by Frank Herbert) |
| 1965 |
Solido Projector - envy of presenters (from Dune by Frank Herbert) |
| 1965 |
Luxvid Eyes (Jensen Wide-Angle) - unusual eye slits (from The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch by Philip K. Dick) |
| 1965 |
Interchangeable Hands - mechanical variety (from The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch by Philip K. Dick) |
| 1965 |
'Thopter - wing-beat plane (from Dune by Frank Herbert) |
| 1965 |
Civic Notification Distorter - bit-rot weaponry (from The Zap Gun by Philip K. Dick) |
| 1965 |
Death-rattle File (from The Zap Gun by Philip K. Dick) |
| 1965 |
Distrans - talk to the animals (from Dune by Frank Herbert) |
| 1965 |
Poison Tongue Dart - just squeeze (from The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch by Philip K. Dick) |
| 1965 |
Kingdom in a Box (from The Cyberiad: Fables for the Cybernetic Age by Stanislaw Lem) |
| 1965 |
Battery-Powered 3D Comic Book (from The Zap Gun by Philip K. Dick) |
| 1965 |
Message Cylinder - locked capsule (from Dune by Frank Herbert) |
| 1965 |
Slow Pellet Stunner (from Dune by Frank Herbert) |
| 1965 |
N-e (Needle-eyeification) Weapon - absolute positioning precision (from The Zap Gun by Philip K. Dick) |
| 1966 |
Tensile Memory Polarized Matter (from Babel-17 by Samuel R. Delany) |
| 1966 |
Virtual Kiss (Tactile Net) - affection by wire (from The Age of The Pussyfoot by Frederik Pohl) |
| 1966 |
Virtual Reality Construct - VR without headgear (from The Age of The Pussyfoot by Frederik Pohl) |
| 1966 |
Reciprocal Name - cellphone nickname (from The Age of The Pussyfoot by Frederik Pohl) |
| 1966 |
TW-55 Spy (from Babel-17 by Samuel R. Delany) |
| 1966 |
Caller Contact List - very early use (from The Age of The Pussyfoot by Frederik Pohl) |
| 1966 |
Interests Profile - an intelligent agent (from The Age of The Pussyfoot by Frederik Pohl) |
| 1966 |
Joymaker - the ultimate PDA (from The Age of The Pussyfoot by Frederik Pohl) |
| 1966 |
Specialized Prosthetic Arm (from The Moon is a Harsh Mistress by Robert Heinlein) |
| 1966 |
Virtual Keyboard (from The Age of The Pussyfoot by Frederik Pohl) |
| 1966 |
Virtual Reality Video Game - very early description (from The Age of The Pussyfoot by Frederik Pohl) |
| 1966 |
TANSTAAFL - and there isn't (from The Moon is a Harsh Mistress by Robert Heinlein) |
| 1966 |
Tru-Mem Systems (from We Can Remember It For You Wholesale by Philip K. Dick) |
| 1966 |
Decorative Implant - gadget surgery (from Babel-17 by Samuel R. Delany) |
| 1966 |
Alternate Computer Personality (from The Moon is a Harsh Mistress by Robert Heinlein) |
| 1966 |
Cyborg - man plus machine (from The Moon is a Harsh Mistress by Robert Heinlein) |
| 1966 |
Stellarimeter (from Babel-17 by Samuel R. Delany) |
| 1966 |
Hush Hood - privacy when you need it (from The Moon is a Harsh Mistress by Robert Heinlein) |
| 1966 |
Big Screen Control - right from your personal device (from The Age of The Pussyfoot by Frederik Pohl) |
| 1966 |
Laser Rifle - earliest use of term (from Door to Anywhere by Poul Anderson) |
| 1966 |
Cellphone Tranquilizing Spray (from The Age of The Pussyfoot by Frederik Pohl) |
| 1966 |
Voice Dialing (from The Age of The Pussyfoot by Frederik Pohl) |
| 1966 |
Rolem (Wrestling Robot) - robot wrestler (from This Immortal by Roger Zelazny) |
| 1966 |
Networked Personal Device - the backend is more important (from The Age of The Pussyfoot by Frederik Pohl) |
| 1966 |
Computer Humorist (from The Moon is a Harsh Mistress by Robert Heinlein) |
| 1966 |
Dream Console - used by he who shapes (from The Dream Master by Roger Zelazny) |
| 1966 |
Ro-Womb - enfold the patient. (from The Dream Master by Roger Zelazny) |
| 1966 |
Lunar Greenhouse Tunnel (from The Moon is a Harsh Mistress by Robert Heinlein) |
| 1966 |
Auto-Driven Auto (Spinner) - it drives itself (from The Dream Master by Roger Zelazny) |
| 1966 |
Online Employability Profile Testing - get the right job first (from The Age of The Pussyfoot by Frederik Pohl) |
| 1966 |
Vision Implant (from The Dream Master by Roger Zelazny) |
| 1966 |
Lunar Ice Mining - water on the moon (from The Moon is a Harsh Mistress by Robert Heinlein) |
| 1966 |
Mass-Driver Catapult - mass driver for the Moon (from The Moon is a Harsh Mistress by Robert Heinlein) |
| 1966 |
Mike (Mycroft Holmes - Fair Dinkum Thinkum) - artificial intelligence early on (from The Moon is a Harsh Mistress by Robert Heinlein) |
| 1966 |
Babel-17 - words are telling (from Babel-17 by Samuel R. Delany) |
| 1966 |
Drinking Bulb - best drinking container (from The Warriors by Larry Niven) |
| 1966 |
Chemelectric Afferent Nerve-Analogues (from This Immortal by Roger Zelazny) |
| 1966 |
Life Recorder - records your life automatically (from The Dream Master by Roger Zelazny) |
| 1966 |
Discorporaphone (from Babel-17 by Samuel R. Delany) |
| 1966 |
Radar Mesentery - sensitive robot skin (from This Immortal by Roger Zelazny) |
| 1966 |
Flexible Armor Suit - now you're Superman (from Neutron Star by Larry Niven) |
| 1966 |
Eyes - semi-autonomous surveillance drones (from This Moment of the Storm by Roger Zelazny) |
| 1966 |
Auto-Scan (from This Moment of the Storm by Roger Zelazny) |
| 1966 |
Adam Selene (from The Moon is a Harsh Mistress by Robert Heinlein) |
| 1966 |
Sunshades - a transition (from This Immortal by Roger Zelazny) |
| 1966 |
Diptray (from This Immortal by Roger Zelazny) |
| 1966 |
Cellphone Credit Card - mobile phone wallet (from The Age of The Pussyfoot by Frederik Pohl) |
| 1966 |
Morgue (Recall Stage) (from Babel-17 by Samuel R. Delany) |
| 1966 |
Online Job Search - via cellphone (from The Age of The Pussyfoot by Frederik Pohl) |
| 1966 |
Filing Crystal (from Babel-17 by Samuel R. Delany) |
| 1966 |
Discorporate Sector (from Babel-17 by Samuel R. Delany) |
| 1966 |
Auto-Navigation (from The Dream Master by Roger Zelazny) |
| 1966 |
Garbage Device (from The Age of The Pussyfoot by Frederik Pohl) |
| 1966 |
Sand-Yacht (Land Schooner) (from Cry Hope, Cry Fury! by J.G. Ballard) |
| 1966 |
Photosensitive Pigment (from Cry Hope, Cry Fury! by J.G. Ballard) |
| 1966 |
Cellphone Voice Mail - very early use of concept (from The Age of The Pussyfoot by Frederik Pohl) |
| 1966 |
Death-Reversal Equipment (from The Age of The Pussyfoot by Frederik Pohl) |
| 1966 |
Simicolor (from This Immortal by Roger Zelazny) |
| 1966 |
Vivatape (from Babel-17 by Samuel R. Delany) |
| 1966 |
Bubbleworld (from At the Bottom of a Hole by Larry Niven) |
| 1966 |
Right Angle Projectile (from The Mad Metropolis by Philip E. High) |
| 1966 |
Sprung-Samser Treatment (from This Immortal by Roger Zelazny) |
| 1966 |
Morphogen (from Fantastic Voyage (Novel) by Isaac Asimov) |
| 1966 |
Laser Cannon - ground-based power for space craft (from Neutron Star by Larry Niven) |
| 1966 |
Antigravity Globe Arena (from Babel-17 by Samuel R. Delany) |
| 1966 |
Gravity Planer (from The Warriors by Larry Niven) |
| 1966 |
Extra-Factual Memory - an implanted memory (from We Can Remember It For You Wholesale by Philip K. Dick) |
| 1966 |
Voice-Enabled Smartphone - I talk, it listens (from The Age of The Pussyfoot by Frederik Pohl) |
| 1966 |
Belter (from The Warriors by Larry Niven) |
| 1966 |
Radson Skimmer (from This Immortal by Roger Zelazny) |
| 1966 |
Corpsicle - thaw and fix (from The Age of The Pussyfoot by Frederik Pohl) |
| 1966 |
Neuristor (from The Moon is a Harsh Mistress by Robert Heinlein) |
| 1966 |
Erased Memory - forget about it (from We Can Remember It For You Wholesale by Philip K. Dick) |
| 1966 |
Cloaking Device - invisibility for your whole ship (from Balance of Terror by Paul Schneider) |
| 1966 |
Magnetic Sandals - stick around (from The Warriors by Larry Niven) |
| 1966 |
Ansible - the ultimate long distance phone (from Rocannon's World by Ursula LeGuin) |
| 1966 |
Confinement Asteroid (from At the Bottom of a Hole by Larry Niven) |
| 1966 |
Robant Bill Collector Automated bill collection (from Now Wait For Last Year by Philip K. Dick) |
| 1966 |
Multi-View Surveillance Display (from This Moment of the Storm by Roger Zelazny) |
| 1966 |
Telepathic Transmitter (Telep-transmitter) (from We Can Remember It For You Wholesale by Philip K. Dick) |
| 1966 |
Self-Guided Tractors (from At the Bottom of a Hole by Larry Niven) |
| 1966 |
Martian Print Amoeba - unicellular organism (from Now Wait For Last Year by Philip K. Dick) |
| 1966 |
Artificial Gill Outfit (from We Can Remember It For You Wholesale by Philip K. Dick) |
| 1966 |
Gauzy - a tent whose fabric is one molecule thick. (from This Immortal by Roger Zelazny) |
| 1966 |
Ebony Teeth (from Now Wait For Last Year by Philip K. Dick) |
| 1966 |
Self-Assembling Robots - robot, configure thyself (from The Witches of Karres by James Schmitz) |
| 1966 |
Sleeping Plates - null gravity as a sleep aid (from Neutron Star by Larry Niven) |
| 1966 |
Fusion Sunlight Tube (from At the Bottom of a Hole by Larry Niven) |
| 1966 |
Sheem Spider Robot (from The Witches of Karres by James Schmitz) |
| 1966 |
Surgical Homeostatic Unit (from Now Wait For Last Year by Philip K. Dick) |
| 1966 |
Transparent Platisplasm Cage (from Babel-17 by Samuel R. Delany) |
| 1966 |
General Products Hull - impervious key to space travel (from Neutron Star by Larry Niven) |
| 1966 |
Miniaturization (from Fantastic Voyage (Novel) by Isaac Asimov) |
| 1967 |
Syrup Sac - kind of like those gravity flow beer hats (from The Last Castle by Jack Vance) |
| 1967 |
Palm Flower - what color (from Logan's Run by William Nolan (w/G.C. Johnson)) |
| 1967 |
Organlegging - first mention of organ smuggling (from The Jigsaw Man by Larry Niven) |
| 1967 |
AM - an Agressive Menace (from I Have No Mouth And I Must Scream by Harlan Ellison) |
| 1967 |
Cloud Sculpting - remake the clouds (from The Cloud Sculptors of Coral D by J.G. Ballard) |
| 1967 |
Embryonic Robots - early sci-fi nanobots? (from Counter Clock World by Philip K. Dick) |
| 1967 |
Pray-o-Mat - coin-based religion (from Lord of Light by Roger Zelazny) |
| 1967 |
Full-Shift Set Variable - early mention in gaming (from Return Match by Philip K. Dick) |
| 1967 |
Power-Wagon - legless beast of burden (from The Last Castle by Jack Vance) |
| 1967 |
Skycycle (from Handicap by Larry Niven) |
| 1967 |
Mining Disintegrator (from The Arsenal Out of Time by David McDaniel) |
| 1967 |
Pray-Machine - megawatts of prayer (from Lord of Light by Roger Zelazny) |
| 1967 |
Win-Reducing Gambling Circuit - very sneaky (from Return Match by Philip K. Dick) |
| 1967 |
Energy-Cannon (from The Last Castle by Jack Vance) |
| 1967 |
Dolphin's Hands (from Handicap by Larry Niven) |
| 1967 |
Floating Booths (from Handicap by Larry Niven) |
| 1967 |
Scientific Reincarnation (from Lord of Light by Roger Zelazny) |
| 1967 |
Mechanical Cobra - slither and destroy (from Lord of Light by Roger Zelazny) |
| 1967 |
Fornixation (from Riders of the Purple Wage by Philip Jose Farmer) |
| 1967 |
Purple Wage (from Riders of the Purple Wage by Philip Jose Farmer) |
| 1967 |
Rogue Planet (from Satan's World by Poul Anderson) |
| 1967 |
Soft Weapon (from The Soft Weapon by Larry Niven) |
| 1967 |
Sub-microscopic Medical Robots (from These Savage Futurians by Philip E. High) |
| 1967 |
Shuttlecraft (from Star Trek by Author Unknown) |
| 1967 |
Homer (from Logan's Run by William Nolan (w/G.C. Johnson)) |
| 1967 |
Fido (from Riders of the Purple Wage by Philip Jose Farmer) |
| 1968 |
Mercy Rifle (from Grendel by Larry Niven) |
| 1968 |
Hibernaculum - nap time (from 2001: A Space Odyssey by Arthur C. Clarke) |
| 1968 |
Icon Thumbsized Image - first reference? (from 2001: A Space Odyssey by Arthur C. Clarke) |
| 1968 |
Newspad Electronic Newspaper (from 2001: A Space Odyssey by Arthur C. Clarke) |
| 1968 |
Flex-Wheels (from 2001: A Space Odyssey by Arthur C. Clarke) |
| 1968 |
Electric Sheep - livestock as consumer electronics (from Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. Dick) |
| 1968 |
Grip Shoes - velcro space gear (from 2001: A Space Odyssey by Arthur C. Clarke) |
| 1968 |
Loitering Micro-Missile (from Invader on My Back by Philip E. High) |
| 1968 |
Steam Rifle - a cup of water (from Omnivore by Piers Anthony) |
| 1968 |
Ramrobot - automated space exploration (from A Gift From Earth by Larry Niven) |
| 1968 |
Panic Alarm (from Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. Dick) |
| 1968 |
HAL 9000 - prototypical AI (from 2001: A Space Odyssey by Arthur C. Clarke) |
| 1968 |
Nexus-7 Android (from Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. Dick) |
| 1968 |
Android Safety Mechanism (from Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. Dick) |
| 1968 |
Total Environmental and Mental Simulator - accelerated machine intelligence (from Crown of Infinity by John M. Faucette) |
| 1968 |
Wholographik (from Stand on Zanzibar by John Brunner) |
| 1968 |
Mood Organ - play your partner (from Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. Dick) |
| 1968 |
TMA-1 - the Tycho monolith (from 2001: A Space Odyssey by Arthur C. Clarke) |
| 1968 |
Newspad - flat panel news display (from 2001: A Space Odyssey by Arthur C. Clarke) |
| 1968 |
Mobile Lab (from 2001: A Space Odyssey by Arthur C. Clarke) |
| 1968 |
Slow Glass (Scenedow) - a scendow for your apartment (from Light of Other Days by Bob Shaw) |
| 1968 |
Artificially Grown Organs (from A Gift From Earth by Larry Niven) |
| 1968 |
Andy - an artificial human (from Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. Dick) |
| 1968 |
Penfield Wave Transmitter - an emotional brain remote control (from Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. Dick) |
| 1968 |
Kipple - non-recycled paper. (from Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. Dick) |
| 1968 |
Replicant - an artificial human (from Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. Dick) |
| 1968 |
Sinclair Molecule Chain - one molecule thick (from A Gift From Earth by Larry Niven) |
| 1968 |
Crackers (from The Time Mercenaries by Philip E. High) |
| 1968 |
Synthesist - the Dilettante Dept (from Stand on Zanzibar by John Brunner) |
| 1968 |
Robot Bird - voice recognition and surveillance (from Invader on My Back by Philip E. High) |
| 1968 |
False Animal Repairman (from Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. Dick) |
| 1968 |
Architectural Coral - build to any shape (from A Gift From Earth by Larry Niven) |
| 1968 |
Karatand (from Stand on Zanzibar by John Brunner) |
| 1968 |
Stasis Box - infinite storage (from There is a Tide by Larry Niven) |
| 1968 |
Mining Worm (Organic) - living miners (from A Gift From Earth by Larry Niven) |
| 1968 |
Disease Circuit (from Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. Dick) |
| 1968 |
Oat-Tropic Circuit (from Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. Dick) |
| 1968 |
Exoskeleton (Medical) - first look (from A Specter is Haunting Texas by Fritz Leiber) |
| 1968 |
Voight-Kampff Empathy Test - can you pass? (from Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. Dick) |
| 1968 |
Nexus-6 Brain Unit - meet my friend Roy (from Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. Dick) |
| 1968 |
Cyborg Collar - controlled work gangs (from A Specter is Haunting Texas by Fritz Leiber) |
| 1968 |
Cheekplate Container - exoskeleton accessory (from A Specter is Haunting Texas by Fritz Leiber) |
| 1968 |
Auto-Seal (from Stand on Zanzibar by John Brunner) |
| 1968 |
Sun Goggles (from Grendel by Larry Niven) |
| 1969 |
Protophason Amplifier (from Ubik by Philip K. Dick) |
| 1969 |
Teep Rod - give me your thoughts (from Galactic Pot-Healer by Philip K. Dick) |
| 1969 |
Automated Drone Probes (from The Man in the Maze by Robert Silverberg) |
| 1969 |
Webfoam Cradle (from The Man in the Maze by Robert Silverberg) |
| 1969 |
Spray-Foam Blouse - spray and wear (from Galactic Pot-Healer by Philip K. Dick) |
| 1969 |
Padre Booth (from Galactic Pot-Healer by Philip K. Dick) |
| 1969 |
Weightless Work Area - the ideal workbench (from Galactic Pot-Healer by Philip K. Dick) |
| 1969 |
Moratorium (from Ubik by Philip K. Dick) |
| 1969 |
Geriatric Rooming-House - swept aside (from Galactic Pot-Healer by Philip K. Dick) |
| 1969 |
Axolotl Tank - device for regeneration (from Dune Messiah by Frank Herbert) |
| 1969 |
Stillsuit Desert Boots (from Dune Messiah by Frank Herbert) |
| 1969 |
Rapid-Transit Hover Blimp (from Galactic Pot-Healer by Philip K. Dick) |
| 1969 |
Plastic-Eating Bacteria - that's the good news (from The Andromeda Strain by Michael Crichton) |
| 1969 |
Disruptor Bomb (from The Man in the Maze by Robert Silverberg) |
| 1969 |
Mass Detector (from The Man in the Maze by Robert Silverberg) |
| 1969 |
Mole Probe (from The Man in the Maze by Robert Silverberg) |
| 1969 |
Ersatz Window - fake view of outside (from Galactic Pot-Healer by Philip K. Dick) |
| 1969 |
SSA Machine (from Galactic Pot-Healer by Philip K. Dick) |
| 1969 |
Viewing Tank (from The Man in the Maze by Robert Silverberg) |
| 1969 |
Device Replication (from The Man in the Maze by Robert Silverberg) |
| 1969 |
Crosswell Tape Worm (from Super-Toys Last All Summer Long by Brian Aldiss) |
| 1969 |
Automatic Gun - targets without human intervention (from The Andromeda Strain by Michael Crichton) |
| 1969 |
Psycho-Lease Encephalic Gadget (from Galactic Pot-Healer by Philip K. Dick) |
| 1969 |
Book of the Kalends - no author, no title (from Galactic Pot-Healer by Philip K. Dick) |
| 1969 |
Automatic City (from The Man in the Maze by Robert Silverberg) |
| 1969 |
Ghola - night of the living Duncan (from Dune Messiah by Frank Herbert) |
| 1969 |
Automatic Vein Finder (from The Andromeda Strain by Michael Crichton) |
| 1969 |
Pseudoflesh - key to boneless meat (from Whipping Star by Frank Herbert) |
| 1969 |
Memory Plastic (from Death by Ecstasy by Larry Niven) |
| 1969 |
Recording Eye - interplanetary surveillance (from The Man in the Maze by Robert Silverberg) |
| 1969 |
Multi-function Living Room - extrude from the wall (from Death by Ecstasy by Larry Niven) |
| 1969 |
Teddy (from Super-Toys Last All Summer Long by Brian Aldiss) |
| 1969 |
Gyrocar (Gyro) (from The Ring by Piers Anthony (w/R. Margroff)) |
| 1969 |
Synthetic Flesh (from Super-Toys Last All Summer Long by Brian Aldiss) |
| 1969 |
Voice Encyclopedia - a robot has answers (from Galactic Pot-Healer by Philip K. Dick) |
| 1969 |
Protective Field (Safety Field) (from The Man in the Maze by Robert Silverberg) |
| 1969 |
Cold-Pac Bin (from Ubik by Philip K. Dick) |
| 1969 |
Drop-Capsule (from The Man in the Maze by Robert Silverberg) |
| 1969 |
Whologram - word play (from Super-Toys Last All Summer Long by Brian Aldiss) |
| 1969 |
Remote-Control Slavery (from The Man in the Maze by Robert Silverberg) |
| 1969 |
Electrical Grandmother (Robot Grandma) - more than a machine (from I Sing The Body Electric! by Ray Bradbury) |
| 1969 |
Tleilaxu Eyes (Metal Eyes) - insectile mechanical eyes (from Dune Messiah by Frank Herbert) |
| 1969 |
Singleship (from Death by Ecstasy by Larry Niven) |
| 1969 |
Tranquilizing Gum (from Ubik by Philip K. Dick) |
| 1969 |
Project Scoop (from The Andromeda Strain by Michael Crichton) |
| 1969 |
'Pape Machine - name your news (from Ubik by Philip K. Dick) |
| 1969 |
Artiforg (from Ubik by Philip K. Dick) |
| 1969 |
Flight Stick (from The Flight of the Horse by Larry Niven) |
| 1969 |
Membrane Balloon Helmet (from The Flight of the Horse by Larry Niven) |
| 1969 |
Physiognomic Template (from Ubik by Philip K. Dick) |
| 1969 |
Ultraflash (from The Andromeda Strain by Michael Crichton) |
| 1969 |
Reality Tape (from The Electric Ant by Philip K. Dick) |
| 1969 |
Flying Robot Drone Probe (from The Man in the Maze by Robert Silverberg) |
| 1969 |
Nothing - just holes (from It was Nothing - Really! by Theodore Sturgeon) |
| 1969 |
Self-Powered Broom (from Ubik by Philip K. Dick) |
| 1969 |
Automated Apartment Maintenance (from Ubik by Philip K. Dick) |
| 1969 |
Window Wavelength (from Super-Toys Last All Summer Long by Brian Aldiss) |
| 1969 |
Toll Door - pay for entry (from Ubik by Philip K. Dick) |
| 1969 |
Parenthood Lottery (from Super-Toys Last All Summer Long by Brian Aldiss) |
| 1969 |
Robotic Horse - Faithful Cybernetic Companion - magical (from The Warlock in Spite of Himself by Christopher Stasheff) |
| 1969 |
Vortal Tube (from Whipping Star by Frank Herbert) |
| 1969 |
Ident Darts -track your brain (from The Electric Ant by Philip K. Dick) |
| 1969 |
Ecstasy Plug (from Death by Ecstasy by Larry Niven) |
| 1969 |
Droud - wire your pleasure center (from Death by Ecstasy by Larry Niven) |
| 1969 |
Electronic Body Analyzer (from The Andromeda Strain by Michael Crichton) |
| 1969 |
Vision Cube (from The Man in the Maze by Robert Silverberg) |
| 1969 |
Jumpdoor - entrance to the rabbit hole (from Whipping Star by Frank Herbert) |
| 1969 |
Diagnostat (from The Man in the Maze by Robert Silverberg) |
| 1969 |
Voicecorder (from Whipping Star by Brian Herbert) |
| 1969 |
Homeopape - news just you can use (from Ubik by Philip K. Dick) |
| 1969 |
Caliban Beachball - home to the stars (from Whipping Star by Frank Herbert) |
| 1969 |
Gravity Web - keep gravity to a minimum (from Whipping Star by Frank Herbert) |
| 1969 |
Face Dancer (from Dune Messiah by Frank Herbert) |
| 1969 |
Sniggertrance - caught between the stars (from Whipping Star by Frank Herbert) |
| 1969 |
Float-home - living houseboat (from Whipping Star by Frank Herbert) |
| 1970 |
Trumps (from Nine Princes in Amber by Roger Zelazny) |
| 1970 |
Scrith - tensile strength (from Ringworld by Larry Niven) |
| 1970 |
Osmosis Generator (Cziltang Brone) - the air lock (from Ringworld by Larry Niven) |
| 1970 |
Airmaker - breathe it (from Ringworld by Larry Niven) |
| 1970 |
Electromagnetic Cannon (from Ringworld by Larry Niven) |
| 1970 |
Flashlight Laser (from Ringworld by Larry Niven) |
| 1970 |
Shadow Square Wire - hold shadow squares in position (from Ringworld by Larry Niven) |
| 1970 |
Food Brick - tasty cubes (from Ringworld by Larry Niven) |
| 1970 |
Unichapel (Robotic Confession Booth) - automated religion (from THX 1138 by George Lucas) |
| 1970 |
Translator Discs (from Ringworld by Larry Niven) |
| 1970 |
Crash Balloons (from Ringworld by Larry Niven) |
| 1970 |
Slaver Stasis Field - where time does not pass (from Ringworld by Larry Niven) |
| 1970 |
Flycycle - if a Harley could fly (from Ringworld by Larry Niven) |
| 1970 |
Nerve Machine (from The Stainless Steel Rat's Revenge by Harry Harrison) |
| 1970 |
Screamer (from The Stainless Steel Rat's Revenge by Harry Harrison) |
| 1970 |
Refrigeration Tape - ground cooling (from Tower of Glass by Robert Silverberg) |
| 1970 |
Robotnik Automated Hotel - no human interaction (from The Stainless Steel Rat's Revenge by Harry Harrison) |
| 1970 |
Slaver Disintegrator - ultimate plasma arc tool (from Ringworld by Larry Niven) |
| 1970 |
Sound Deadener (from Ringworld by Larry Niven) |
| 1970 |
Light-Sword - not an epee (from Ringworld by Larry Niven) |
| 1970 |
Transmat - instant transport (from Tower of Glass by Robert Silverberg) |
| 1970 |
Robutler (from The Stainless Steel Rat's Revenge by Harry Harrison) |
| 1970 |
Great Ear (from Our Friends From Frolix 8 by Philip K. Dick) |
| 1970 |
Neck Radio (from Our Friends From Frolix 8 by Philip K. Dick) |
| 1970 |
Tasp - right where you live (from Ringworld by Larry Niven) |
| 1970 |
Autodoc - automated medical device (from Ringworld by Larry Niven) |
| 1970 |
Jack In - first use of term (from Tower of Glass by Robert Silverberg) |
| 1970 |
Squib (from Our Friends From Frolix 8 by Philip K. Dick) |
| 1970 |
Variable Sword - better than Ginsu (from Ringworld by Larry Niven) |
| 1970 |
Powdered Alcohol (from The Stainless Steel Rat's Revenge by Harry Harrison) |
| 1970 |
Kemplerer (Klemperer) Rosette - planets without a sun (from Ringworld by Larry Niven) |
| 1970 |
Transparent Overalls (from The Stainless Steel Rat's Revenge by Harry Harrison) |
| 1970 |
Killalc Pills (from The Stainless Steel Rat's Revenge by Harry Harrison) |
| 1970 |
Luggage Robot (from The Stainless Steel Rat's Revenge by Harry Harrison) |
| 1970 |
Riding Robot (from The Stainless Steel Rat's Revenge by Harry Harrison) |
| 1970 |
Sonic Fold (from Ringworld by Larry Niven) |
| 1970 |
Bio-Fabric - living cloth (from Say Goodby to the Wind by J.G. Ballard) |
| 1970 |
Inert-Wear - unfashionably static (from Say Goodby to the Wind by J.G. Ballard) |
| 1970 |
Tower of Glass - SETI architecture (from Tower of Glass by Robert Silverberg) |
| 1970 |
Sleep Set (Sleep Headset) (from Ringworld by Larry Niven) |
| 1970 |
Blackout Gas (from The Stainless Steel Rat's Revenge by Harry Harrison) |
| 1970 |
Ringworld - sun-girdling artifact (from Ringworld by Larry Niven) |
| 1970 |
Flywheel Cycle (from The Stainless Steel Rat's Revenge by Harry Harrison) |
| 1970 |
Floating Castle (from Ringworld by Larry Niven) |
| 1970 |
Sigfrid von Shrink - computer shrink (from Gateway by Frederik Pohl) |
| 1970 |
Stepping Discs - open teleportation pads (from Ringworld by Larry Niven) |
| 1970 |
Shadow Square - provider of darkness (from Ringworld by Larry Niven) |
| 1970 |
Holo (from Ringworld by Larry Niven) |
| 1970 |
Computer Virus (from The Scarred Man by Gregory Benford) |
| 1970 |
Gaussrifle (from The Stainless Steel Rat's Revenge by Harry Harrison) |
| 1971 |
Skin Suit - a second skin (from Dinosaur Beach by Keith Laumer) |
| 1971 |
Impact Suit - shear-thickening armor (from The Flying Sorcerers by David Gerrold (w/L, Niven)) |
| 1971 |
Selektrogel (from And All The Stars A Stage by James Blish) |
| 1971 |
Verse Transcriber (from Studio 5, The Stars by J.G. Ballard) |
| 1971 |
Launching Laser - power your craft with light (from The Fourth Profession by Larry Niven) |
| 1971 |
Robot Pope - Urbi et Orbi et Digiti (from Good News From the Vatican by Robert Silverberg) |
| 1971 |
Pocket Display Projector - a nano-projector (from The Anome by Jack Vance) |
| 1971 |
Batacitor (from The Fabulous Riverboat by Philip Jose Farmer) |
| 1972 |
Procreative Stump (from Hellstrom's Hive by Frank Herbert) |
| 1972 |
Transmit-Paper - first use of this idea (from The Godmakers by Frank Herbert) |
| 1972 |
Bionic Legs (from Cyborg by Martin Caidin) |
| 1972 |
Cyborg (from Cyborg by Martin Caidin) |
| 1972 |
Chemical Orders (from Hellstrom's Hive by Frank Herbert) |
| 1972 |
Implant-Watch - this is so cool (from Cloak of Anarchy by Larry Niven) |
| 1972 |
Bionic Arm - $6M man arm (from Cyborg by Martin Caidin) |
| 1972 |
Tickler - clears smog (from Eurema's Dam by R.A. Lafferty) |
| 1972 |
P-Terminal Implant - turn yourself on (from The Terminal Man by Michael Crichton) |
| 1972 |
Ilse - first intelligent ship brain (from Long Shot by Vernor Vinge) |
| 1972 |
Go-Buggy (from The Godmakers by Frank Herbert) |
| 1972 |
Implanted Tranceiver - totally hands free phone (from The Godmakers by Frank Herbert) |
| 1972 |
Copseye - a surveillance drone (from Cloak of Anarchy by Larry Niven) |
| 1972 |
Crechepod - full life support (from The Godmakers by Frank Herbert) |
| 1972 |
Ultraminiature Spy-Circuit (from The Unknown by Christopher Anvil) |
| 1972 |
Atlotl/Gibiril Regimen - regrow and rejuvenate (from The Godmakers by Frank Herbert) |
| 1972 |
Selectacol - automating interior design (from The Godmakers by Frank Herbert) |
| 1972 |
Polawindow - change lighting instantly (from The Godmakers by Frank Herbert) |
| 1972 |
Nightmask (from Hellstrom's Hive by Frank Herbert) |
| 1972 |
Displacement Booth - instant transport via teleportation (from Flash Crowd by Larry Niven) |
| 1972 |
Flash Crowd (Flash Mob) - or flash mob (from Flash Crowd by Larry Niven) |
| 1972 |
King's Free Park - a long narrow park (from Cloak of Anarchy by Larry Niven) |
| 1972 |
Hubrizine (from We Can Build You by Philip K. Dick) |
| 1972 |
Stunwand (from Hellstrom's Hive by Frank Herbert) |
| 1972 |
Artificial Muscles - for cyborgs (from Cyborg by Martin Caidin) |
| 1972 |
WatchdĜg (Watchdog) - guardian for a planet (from WatchdĜg by Jack C. Haldeman) |
| 1972 |
Mini-Sneaker (from The Godmakers by Brian Herbert) |
| 1972 |
Spider Tripod Robot - three-legged cleaning bot (from Rendezvous With Rama by Arthur C. Clarke) |
| 1972 |
Ironing Robot (from Iron (утюг) by Mikhail Mikheev) |
| 1972 |
Window-Cleaner Robots (from Rendezvous With Rama by Arthur C. Clarke) |
| 1972 |
The Krang - instrument or weapon? (from The Tar-Aiym Krang by Alan Dean Foster) |
| 1972 |
Key Club - by booth id only (from Flash Crowd by Larry Niven) |
| 1972 |
Rotating House - turn the salon (from The Godmakers by Frank Herbert) |
| 1972 |
Newstaper Gear (from Flash Crowd by Larry Niven) |
| 1972 |
Biot (from Rendezvous With Rama by Arthur C. Clarke) |
| 1973 |
Light-Sculpture (from Light Verse by Isaac Asimov) |
| 1973 |
Slowboat (from Protector by Larry Niven) |
| 1973 |
Gravity Lens - see the stars (from Protector by Larry Niven) |
| 1973 |
Softener Key (from Protector by Larry Niven) |
| 1973 |
Twing - twine by NASA (from Protector by Larry Niven) |
| 1973 |
Monopole Mining (from Protector by Larry Niven) |
| 1973 |
Decibel Alarms - shhh! we're protesting (from A Bridle for Pegasus by Anne McCaffrey) |
| 1973 |
Ultramicrominiature Waldo (from Time Enough For Love by Robert Heinlein) |
| 1973 |
Implanted Interface With Retinal Nerves (from The Continuous Katherine Mortenhoe (The Unsleeping Eye) by D.G. Compton) |
| 1973 |
Artificial Gravity-Assisted Childbirth (from Time Enough For Love by Robert Heinlein) |
| 1973 |
Frictionless Cups (from Protector by Larry Niven) |
| 1973 |
Ram Field - tweaked Bussard Ramjet (from Protector by Larry Niven) |
| 1973 |
Welton Cube - fine grain storage (from Time Enough For Love by Robert Heinlein) |
| 1974 |
Langston Field - energy shield (from The Mote in God's Eye by Larry Niven (w/J. Pournelle)) |
| 1974 |
Metal Paste (from The Mote in God's Eye by Larry Niven (w/J. Pournelle)) |
| 1974 |
Acceleration Couch (from The Mote in God's Eye by Larry Niven (w/J. Pournelle)) |
| 1974 |
Flesh Gun (from The Computer Connection by Alfred Bester) |
| 1974 |
KR-3 (from Flow My Tears, The Policeman Said by Philip K. Dick) |
| 1974 |
Robot Gas Station (from Flow My Tears, The Policeman Said by Philip K. Dick) |
| 1974 |
Tramline (from The Mote in God's Eye by Larry Niven (w/J. Pournelle)) |
| 1974 |
Hand Computer (from The Mote in God's Eye by Larry Niven (w/J. Pournelle)) |
| 1974 |
Home Ad Blocker (from The Computer Connection by Alfred Bester) |
| 1974 |
Molemen (from The Computer Connection by Alfred Bester) |
| 1974 |
Gee Bath - waterbeds for space craft (from The Mote in God's Eye by Larry Niven (w/J. Pournelle)) |
| 1974 |
Acceleration Chair (from The Mote in God's Eye by Larry Niven (w/J. Pournelle)) |
| 1974 |
Laser Finger (from The Forever War by Jack C. Haldeman) |
| 1974 |
Cushion Fence (from The Computer Connection by Alfred Bester) |
| 1974 |
Time Dingbat - time machine welfare (from The Computer Connection by Alfred Bester) |
| 1974 |
Atmosphere Control (from The Mote in God's Eye by Larry Niven (w/J. Pournelle)) |
| 1974 |
Alderson Point - a wormhole to the stars (from The Mote in God's Eye by Larry Niven (w/J. Pournelle)) |
| 1974 |
Superconductor of Heat (from The Mote in God's Eye by Larry Niven (w/J. Pournelle)) |
| 1974 |
Microtransmitter Dot (from Flow My Tears, The Policeman Said by Philip K. Dick) |
| 1974 |
Pressor Field (from The Forever War by Joe Haldeman) |
| 1974 |
Projection - be in two places at once (from The Computer Connection by Alfred Bester) |
| 1974 |
Stimtab - stay alert (from The Forever War by Joe Haldeman) |
| 1974 |
Harvesting Saturn's Rings (from The Computer Connection by Alfred Bester) |
| 1974 |
Eccentric Projection (from The Girl Who Was Plugged In by James Tiptree, Jr.) |
| 1974 |
Armor Cloth (from The Mote in God's Eye by Larry Niven (w/J. Pournelle)) |
| 1974 |
Floating Building (from Flow My Tears, The Policeman Said by Philip K. Dick) |
| 1974 |
Assault Ship (from The Forever War by Joe Haldeman) |
| 1974 |
Powered Suit with Trauma Maintenance (from The Forever War by Joe Haldeman) |
| 1974 |
Phone-Grid Transex Network (from Flow My Tears, The Policeman Said by Philip K. Dick) |
| 1974 |
Placental Decanters (from The Girl Who Was Plugged In by James Tiptree, Jr.) |
| 1974 |
EEG-Gram Projection (from Flow My Tears, The Policeman Said by Philip K. Dick) |
| 1974 |
Collapsar Jump (from The Forever War by Joe Haldeman) |
| 1974 |
Seed Bomb (from Flow My Tears, The Policeman Said by Philip K. Dick) |
| 1974 |
Numbitol (from The Mote in God's Eye by Larry Niven (w/J. Pournelle)) |
| 1974 |
Acceleration Shell (from The Forever War by Joe Haldeman) |
| 1974 |
Picphone (from Flow My Tears, The Policeman Said by Philip K. Dick) |
| 1974 |
Skull Bug - implanted RFID monitor (from The Computer Connection by Alfred Bester) |
| 1974 |
Talking Pamphlet - maybe too convenient (from Ellison Wonderland by Harlan Ellison) |
| 1974 |
Projection Commercials - 3D advertisements (from The Computer Connection by Alfred Bester) |
| 1974 |
Pressure Curtain (from The Mote in God's Eye by Larry Niven (w/J. Pournelle)) |
| 1975 |
Modded Dog (from The Shockwave Rider by John Brunner) |
| 1975 |
Government Data Transparency (from The Shockwave Rider by John Brunner) |
| 1975 |
Inflatable Church (from The Shockwave Rider by John Brunner) |
| 1975 |
Coley Group (from The Shockwave Rider by John Brunner) |
| 1975 |
Delphi Pool (from The Shockwave Rider by John Brunner) |
| 1975 |
Electronic Voting (from The Shockwave Rider by John Brunner) |
| 1975 |
National Network Surveillance (from The Shockwave Rider by John Brunner) |
| 1975 |
Retaliatory Tapeworm (Counter-Worm) - take that! (from The Shockwave Rider by John Brunner) |
| 1975 |
Data-Retrieval Mode - data recovery for brains (from The Shockwave Rider by John Brunner) |
| 1975 |
Personal Smelter - make your own ingot (from The Shockwave Rider by John Brunner) |
| 1975 |
Tiered Internet (from The Shockwave Rider by John Brunner) |
| 1975 |
Computer Worm (Tapeworm) - first use of the concept (from The Shockwave Rider by John Brunner) |
| 1975 |
Autoporter - personal baggage handler (from The Shockwave Rider by John Brunner) |
| 1975 |
Net Shutdown Worm - computer tapeworm project (from The Shockwave Rider by John Brunner) |
| 1975 |
Hearing Aid - someone to listen (from The Shockwave Rider by John Brunner) |
| 1975 |
Paid Avoidance Zone - primitive on purpose (from The Shockwave Rider by John Brunner) |
| 1975 |
Data-Net (from The Shockwave Rider by John Brunner) |
| 1976 |
Ixian Sight Mask (from Children of Dune by Frank Herbert) |
| 1976 |
Keyboard With Changing Keys (from Imperial Earth by Arthur C. Clarke) |
| 1976 |
Sandtrout Glove (from Children of Dune by Frank Herbert) |
| 1976 |
Asymptotic Drive (from Imperial Earth by Arthur C. Clarke) |
| 1976 |
Anabolic Protoplaser (from Spock, Messiah! by Theodore Cogswell (w/C. Spano)) |
| 1976 |
Automatic Control Car (from Imperial Earth by Arthur C. Clarke) |
| 1976 |
3D 'Chess' Game Board - let the wookie win (from Star Wars by George Lucas) |
| 1976 |
T.I.E. Fighter (Tie Fighter) - the bane of the rebel resistance in Star Wars (from Star Wars by George Lucas) |
| 1976 |
Deflector Shield (from Star Wars by George Lucas) |
| 1976 |
Bubble City (from My Name is Legion by Roger Zelazny) |
| 1976 |
Bubble Car - does it come in moiré? (from A World Out of Time by Larry Niven) |
| 1976 |
Sensor Arm (from Star Wars by George Lucas) |
| 1976 |
Dog Suit - costumes for aliens that work (from Doorways in the Sand by Roger Zelazny) |
| 1976 |
Star Stone (Speicus) - this is a recording (from Doorways in the Sand by Roger Zelazny) |
| 1976 |
Zero-Time Jail - no time off for good behavior (from A World Out of Time by Larry Niven) |
| 1976 |
Minisec (from Imperial Earth by Arthur C. Clarke) |
| 1976 |
Young-Forever (from A World Out of Time by Larry Niven) |
| 1976 |
Stimic - instrument for cool disapproval (from The Moon Moth by Jack Vance) |
| 1976 |
Moon Moth - a plain and timid mask (from The Moon Moth by Jack Vance) |
| 1976 |
Dray-Fish - harness fish power (from The Moon Moth by Jack Vance) |
| 1976 |
Neuristor Brain (from My Name is Legion by Roger Zelazny) |
| 1976 |
Smother-Charge (from My Name is Legion by Roger Zelazny) |
| 1976 |
Sonic Curtain (Sound Lock) - undersea door (from My Name is Legion by Roger Zelazny) |
| 1976 |
Strakh - prestige in payment (from The Moon Moth by Jack Vance) |
| 1976 |
Rhennius Machine - reverse yourself (from Doorways in the Sand by Roger Zelazny) |
| 1976 |
Supralight Drive (from Star Wars by George Lucas) |
| 1976 |
Lightsaber - the original light saber (from Star Wars by George Lucas) |
| 1976 |
Hangman - robot telefactor (from My Name is Legion by Roger Zelazny) |
| 1976 |
RUMOKO - island builder (from My Name is Legion by Roger Zelazny) |
| 1976 |
Vaporator (from Star Wars by George Lucas) |
| 1976 |
Landspeeder - the future of hovercraft (from Star Wars by George Lucas) |
| 1976 |
Death Star - that's no moon (from Star Wars by George Lucas) |
| 1976 |
Trans-Space Transmission (from The Moon Moth by Jack Vance) |
| 1976 |
Restraining Bolt - keeps robots in check (from Star Wars by George Lucas) |
| 1976 |
Sandcrawler - Jawa condo (from Star Wars by George Lucas) |
| 1976 |
Remote (or Seeker Remote) - Jedi training device (from Star Wars by George Lucas) |
| 1976 |
R2-D2 (Artoo-Detoo) - the original (from Star Wars by George Lucas) |
| 1976 |
Empty Man - a body ready for a mind (from A World Out of Time by Larry Niven) |
| 1976 |
RNA Shots - don't read Cliff notes; eat Cliff (from A World Out of Time by Larry Niven) |
| 1976 |
Womb Room - return to the control room (from A World Out of Time by Larry Niven) |
| 1976 |
Gravity-assisted Subway - the shortest possible distance (from A World Out of Time by Larry Niven) |
| 1976 |
Poster TV - flattest of flat screen TVs (from A World Out of Time by Larry Niven) |
| 1976 |
Ion Cannon (from Star Wars by George Lucas) |
| 1976 |
Tagalong (from In the Bowl by John Varley) |
| 1976 |
Bussard Ramjet - hydrogen ramscoop (from A World Out of Time by Larry Niven) |
| 1976 |
Nemourlon (from West of Honor by Jerry Pournelle) |
| 1976 |
Biological Package Probe - automaton Johnny Appleseed (from A World Out of Time by Larry Niven) |
| 1976 |
Lunar Disneyland - underground playground (from The Phantom of Kansas by John Varley) |
| 1976 |
Escape Pod - check the pod, Darth (from Star Wars by George Lucas) |
| 1976 |
Comlink (from Star Wars by George Lucas) |
| 1976 |
Skyhook - unique lifter (from West of Honor by Jerry Pournelle) |
| 1976 |
Robot Surgeon (from The Bicentennial Man by Isaac Asimov) |
| 1976 |
Environmental Happening (from The Phantom of Kansas by John Varley) |
| 1976 |
Droid (Star Wars) - lucas trademark (from Star Wars by George Lucas) |
| 1977 |
Glowstone - great at parties (from Dying of the Light by George RR Martin) |
| 1977 |
High Kavalaan Aircar - superbad SUV of the air (from Dying of the Light by George RR Martin) |
| 1977 |
Alien Zoo (from The Dosadi Experiment by Frank Herbert) |
| 1977 |
Sonabarrier - keep the vultures out (from The Dosadi Experiment by Frank Herbert) |
| 1977 |
Rogue World (from Dying of the Light by George RR Martin) |
| 1977 |
Zoo Fences - made of acid (from The Dosadi Experiment by Frank Herbert) |
| 1977 |
Uniflesh - skin for every occasion (from The Dosadi Experiment by Frank Herbert) |
| 1977 |
Holo-Printing (from A Scanner Darkly by Philip K. Dick) |
| 1977 |
Sky-Scoot - flying foils (from Dying of the Light by George RR Martin) |
| 1977 |
Transmitter Eyes (from The Dosadi Experiment by Frank Herbert) |
| 1977 |
Taprisiot - galactic long distance calling (from The Dosadi Experiment by Frank Herbert) |
| 1977 |
Odalarm - aromatherapy wake-up call (from The Dosadi Experiment by Frank Herbert) |
| 1977 |
Bedog - a comfy canine (from The Dosadi Experiment by Frank Herbert) |
| 1977 |
Tracked Vehicle - better than Hummer (from The Dosadi Experiment by Frank Herbert) |
| 1977 |
Swimming Tubes - water-filled for frog people (from The Dosadi Experiment by Frank Herbert) |
| 1977 |
Caleban Contact - listen to the stars (from The Dosadi Experiment by Frank Herbert) |
| 1977 |
Substance D (from A Scanner Darkly by Philip K. Dick) |
| 1977 |
Armored Clothing - modern armor (from The Dosadi Experiment by Frank Herbert) |
| 1977 |
Chameleon Cloth - great camouflage (from Dying of the Light by George RR Martin) |
| 1977 |
Pork Tree - long and lean (from The Ophiuchi Hotline by John Varley) |
| 1977 |
Scramble Suit - instant anonymity (from A Scanner Darkly by Philip K. Dick) |
| 1977 |
Briefcase Computer - early reference (from Inherit the Stars by James P. Hogan) |
| 1977 |
Holomist (from The Ophiuchi Hotline by John Varley) |
| 1977 |
Ghostsmoke (from The Ophiuchi Hotline by John Varley) |
| 1977 |
Genoprinter (from The Ophiuchi Hotline by John Varley) |
| 1977 |
Antiholo Generator (from The Ophiuchi Hotline by John Varley) |
| 1977 |
Centrifuge Room (from The Ophiuchi Hotline by John Varley) |
| 1977 |
Nullfield (from The Ophiuchi Hotline by John Varley) |
| 1977 |
Null-Suit (from The Ophiuchi Hotline by John Varley) |
| 1977 |
Holo-Cube (from A Scanner Darkly by Philip K. Dick) |
| 1977 |
Life Bank (from The Ophiuchi Hotline by John Varley) |
| 1977 |
Network Monitoring Detection - why the slowdown? (from The Dosadi Experiment by Frank Herbert) |
| 1977 |
Memory Recording (from The Ophiuchi Hotline by John Varley) |
| 1977 |
Symb (from The Ophiuchi Hotline by John Varley) |
| 1977 |
Gravity Train (from The Ophiuchi Hotline by John Varley) |
| 1977 |
Cephalochromoscope (Cephscope) - see what's going on in there (from A Scanner Darkly by Philip K. Dick) |
| 1977 |
Flexible Sprung Boots (from Inherit the Stars by James P. Hogan) |
| 1977 |
Personality Simulator - game your office politics (from The Dosadi Experiment by Frank Herbert) |
| 1977 |
Graluz - breeding pond for frog people (from The Dosadi Experiment by Frank Herbert) |
| 1977 |
Darkdawn City - the venue is musical (from Dying of the Light by George RR Martin) |
| 1977 |
Holo-Scanner (from A Scanner Darkly by Philip K. Dick) |
| 1977 |
Trimagniscope - see inside any object (from Inherit the Stars by James P. Hogan) |
| 1977 |
Skitter - electric carts on Dosadi (from The Dosadi Experiment by Frank Herbert) |
| 1977 |
Grapple Tracks - auto parking (from The Dosadi Experiment by Frank Herbert) |
| 1977 |
Daily Schedule (DS) - intelligent day planner (from The Dosadi Experiment by Frank Herbert) |
| 1977 |
Taprisiot Monitor Bead - last chance to surveil (from The Dosadi Experiment by Frank Herbert) |
| 1978 |
Holopad (from The Fountains of Paradise by Arthur C. Clarke) |
| 1978 |
1D Diamond Crystal - might be a carbon fullerene molecule (from The Fountains of Paradise by Arthur C. Clarke) |
| 1978 |
Spinnerettes - handling nanofibers (from The Fountains of Paradise by Arthur C. Clarke) |
| 1978 |
Space Elevator (Orbital Tower) - best novel reference (from The Fountains of Paradise by Arthur C. Clarke) |
| 1978 |
Hyperfilament (from The Fountains of Paradise by Arthur C. Clarke) |
| 1978 |
Operation Cleanup - remove orbital debris the brute force way (from The Fountains of Paradise by Arthur C. Clarke) |
| 1978 |
Spider Space Elevator Test Vehicle - test the cables (from The Fountains of Paradise by Arthur C. Clarke) |
| 1978 |
CORA - Coronary Alarm (from The Fountains of Paradise by Arthur C. Clarke) |
| 1978 |
Personal Interest Profile (PIP) - invention of Google Alerts (from The Fountains of Paradise by Arthur C. Clarke) |
| 1978 |
Structural Scanning (from Assassin by James P. Hogan) |
| 1978 |
Orbiting Factories (from The Fountains of Paradise by Arthur C. Clarke) |
| 1978 |
Deposition (3D Printing) (from Assassin by James P. Hogan) |
| 1979 |
GPP Genuine People Personalities (from The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams) |
| 1979 |
Mobile Armor (from Mobile Suit Gundam by Yoshiyuki Tomino) |
| 1979 |
Solar Flare System (from Mobile Suit Gundam by Yoshiyuki Tomino) |
| 1979 |
Minovsky Particles (from Mobile Suit Gundam by Yoshiyuki Tomino) |
| 1979 |
Powergun (from Hammer's Slammers by David Drake) |
| 1979 |
Wire-Gun (from Mobile Suit Gundam by Yoshiyuki Tomino) |
| 1979 |
Needles (Chocolate and Vanilla) (from Sundiver by David Brin) |
| 1979 |
Mobile Suit (from Mobile Suit Gundam by Yoshiyuki Tomino) |
| 1979 |
Whale Waldo (from Sundiver by David Brin) |
| 1979 |
Repair Drones - flying fix-it bot (from The Two Faces of Tomorrow by James P. Hogan) |
| 1979 |
Marvin the Robot - brain the size of a planet (from The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams) |
| 1979 |
Spider (from The Web Between the Worlds by Charles Sheffield) |
| 1979 |
Whoopee Drive (from Space Angel by John Maddox Roberts) |
| 1979 |
Gundarium (from Mobile Suit Gundam by Yoshiyuki Tomino) |
| 1979 |
Receptor Tape - very thin microphone (from The Face by Jack Vance) |
| 1979 |
Gesture-Controlled Device (from The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams) |
| 1979 |
Conductive Film - spray on wire (from The Face by Jack Vance) |
| 1979 |
Computer Generated DigItal Music (from The Moon Goddess and the Son by Donald Kingsbury) |
| 1979 |
Supertank (from Hammer's Slammers by David Drake) |
| 1979 |
Towel - massively useful (from The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams) |
| 1979 |
Electronic Book - more massively useful than a towel (from The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams) |
| 1979 |
Sub-Etha Sens-O-Matic - better range than your thumb (from The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams) |
| 1979 |
Self-Satisfied Door - aaaahh! (from The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams) |
| 1979 |
Deep Thought - second largest computer (from The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams) |
| 1979 |
Babel Fish - improbable translator (from The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams) |
| 1979 |
Infinite Improbability Drive - what are the odds it exists? (from The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams) |
| 1979 |
Nutri-Matic - not quite tea (from The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams) |
| 1979 |
Joo Janta 200 Super-Chromatic Peril Sensitive Sunglasses (from The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams) |
| 1980 |
Deep-Radar (from Ringworld Engineers by Larry Niven) |
| 1980 |
Wristband Viewer (from Changeling by Roger Zelazny) |
| 1980 |
Optic Prosthesis (from Changeling by Roger Zelazny) |
| 1980 |
Fuligin (from The Shadow of the Torturer by Gene Wolfe) |
| 1980 |
Solar-Powered UAV (from Changeling by Roger Zelazny) |
| 1980 |
Jumble-Box (from Changeling by Roger Zelazny) |
| 1980 |
Wunderland Treatymaker - peace through power mining (from Ringworld Engineers by Larry Niven) |
| 1980 |
Boosterspice - anti geriatric drug (from Ringworld Engineers by Larry Niven) |
| 1980 |
Tracer-Bird - the birdie watches you (from Changeling by Roger Zelazny) |
| 1980 |
Absolute Black - so dark, you can't see it (from Restaurant at the End of the Universe by Douglas Adams) |
| 1980 |
Oort Cloud Processor - fast food from outer space (from Beyond the Blue Event Horizon by Frederik Pohl) |
| 1980 |
Autonomously Recharging UAV (from Changeling by Roger Zelazny) |
| 1980 |
Watercouch (from Beyond the Blue Event Horizon by Frederik Pohl) |
| 1980 |
Artificial Butterfly (from Changeling by Roger Zelazny) |
| 1981 |
Dream Park - theme park ancestor (from Dream Park by Larry Niven (w/S. Barnes)) |
| 1981 |
Personality Simulator (from True Names by Vernor Vinge) |
| 1981 |
Data Space (from True Names by Vernor Vinge) |
| 1981 |
Monitored In-Home Security Camera (from Oath of Fealty by Jerry Pournelle (w/L. Niven)) |
| 1981 |
Tapeworm Tranquilizer (from Revolution from Rosinante by Alexis Arnaldus Gilliland) |
| 1981 |
Virtual World Kiss (from True Names by Vernor Vinge) |
| 1981 |
Virtual world metaphor - early use (from True Names by Vernor Vinge) |
| 1981 |
Sensory Skinsuit (from Dream Park by Larry Niven (w/S. Barnes)) |
| 1981 |
Telepresence Bulldozer - robotics for remote operation (from Oath of Fealty by Jerry Pournelle (w/L. Niven)) |
| 1981 |
Cyborg Dolphin (Jones) - war surplus named Jones (from Johnny Mnemonic by William Gibson) |
| 1981 |
Underground MagLev Train (from Dream Park by Larry Niven (w/S. Barnes)) |
| 1981 |
Gravity Whip - zero g on a budget (from Dream Park by Larry Niven (w/S. Barnes)) |
| 1981 |
Communications Implant - I think therefore I network (from Oath of Fealty by Jerry Pournelle (w/L. Niven)) |
| 1981 |
Sleeve Watch - multipurpose clothing (from Dream Park by Larry Niven (w/S. Barnes)) |
| 1981 |
Black square (from God Emperor of Dune by Frank Herbert) |
| 1981 |
Ridulian Crystal Sheets (from God Emperor of Dune by Frank Herbert) |
| 1981 |
Dictatel (from God Emperor of Dune by Frank Herbert) |
| 1981 |
Mattress Sleep Sensor - foolproof anti-sleep (from Dream Park by Larry Niven (w/S. Barnes)) |
| 1981 |
Briefcase Console - the original notebook computer (from Oath of Fealty by Jerry Pournelle (w/L. Niven)) |
| 1981 |
Iceberg Water Tub - fresh water mountain (from Oath of Fealty by Jerry Pournelle (w/L. Niven)) |
| 1981 |
Todos Santos Independency - maximize your green space (from Oath of Fealty by Jerry Pournelle (w/L. Niven)) |
| 1981 |
Robot Probes (Arr-twos) - remote-controlled eyes and ears (from Oath of Fealty by Larry Niven (w/J. Pournelle)) |
| 1981 |
International Fantasy Gaming Society (IFGS) - the fictional basis for the real one (from Dream Park by Larry Niven (w/S. Barnes)) |
| 1981 |
Big Noodle (from The Divine Invasion by Philip K. Dick) |
| 1981 |
Portal (from True Names by Vernor Vinge) |
| 1981 |
Mechanical Mole - Underground vehicle (from Oath of Fealty by Jerry Pournelle (w/L. Niven)) |
| 1982 |
Matrix - shared virtual reality (from Burning Chrome by William Gibson) |
| 1982 |
Mindwipe - you may not want your mind (from Mindkiller by Spider Robinson) |
| 1982 |
Voight-Kampff Test - are you human? (from Blade Runner by Ridley Scott) |
| 1982 |
Trip-Box (from Eye of Cat by Roger Zelazny) |
| 1982 |
UHF Shower (from Eye of Cat by Roger Zelazny) |
| 1982 |
Cyberspace - the original consensual hallucination (from Burning Chrome by William Gibson) |
| 1982 |
Cutoff Switch - a cable guillotine (from 2010 by Arthur C. Clarke) |
| 1982 |
Virtual Reality (Virtual Matrix) - early usage (from The Judas Mandala by Damien Broderick) |
| 1982 |
Full-Motion Building Advertising Facade - a new life awaits (from Blade Runner by Ridley Scott) |
| 1982 |
Shipstone - lots of power (from Friday by Robert Heinlein) |
| 1982 |
Flying Car (from Blade Runner by Ridley Scott) |
| 1982 |
Public Eye (from Friday by Robert Heinlein) |
| 1982 |
Heritable Memories Bloodline (from The Time of the Dark by Barbara Hambly) |
| 1982 |
Automated Travel Bureau (from Friday by Robert Heinlein) |
| 1982 |
Genetically Tailored Trees (from Eye of Cat by Roger Zelazny) |
| 1982 |
Command Microphone - for Battle Commanders (from Diplomat At Arms by Keith Laumer) |
| 1982 |
Advertising Airship (from Blade Runner by Ridley Scott) |
| 1982 |
Call Notification Unit (from Eye of Cat by Roger Zelazny) |
| 1982 |
Hunter Program (from Mindkiller by Spider Robinson) |
| 1982 |
SAL 9000 (from 2010 by Arthur C. Clarke) |
| 1982 |
Micro Label (from Blade Runner by Ridley Scott) |
| 1982 |
Esper Photo Analysis - zoom way in (from Blade Runner by Ridley Scott) |
| 1982 |
Beanstalk (from Friday by Robert Heinlein) |
| 1982 |
Designer Eyes (from Blade Runner by Ridley Scott) |
| 1983 |
No Human Programmers (from Millenium by John Varley) |
| 1983 |
Time Capsule - time traveler's use them (from Millenium by John Varley) |
| 1983 |
Timepress - time in a bottle (from Millenium by John Varley) |
| 1983 |
Gnome - built into life support (from Millenium by John Varley) |
| 1983 |
Spark Plug (Systematician) (from Dream Thief by Stephen Lawhead) |
| 1983 |
AM-280 Needle Rifle (from A Matter For Men by David Gerrold) |
| 1983 |
People-Sorter - catalog them quickly (from Millenium by John Varley) |
| 1983 |
Handbag Computer (from The Futurological Congress by Stanislaw Lem) |
| 1983 |
Skinsuit (from Millenium by John Varley) |
| 1983 |
Post Office - special package delivery (from Millenium by John Varley) |
| 1983 |
Cerebral Microprocessors (from Millenium by John Varley) |
| 1983 |
Scooter - zipping around the moon (from Against Infinity by Gregory Benford) |
| 1983 |
Nullboxing Bubble (from Streetlethal by Steven Barnes) |
| 1983 |
Luggage - sentient container (from The Color of Magic by Terry Pratchett) |
| 1983 |
Tether Space Station (from Tank Farm Dynamo by David Brin) |
| 1983 |
Wimp Vault (from Millenium by John Varley) |
| 1983 |
Twonky - trashes the time stream (from Millenium by John Varley) |
| 1983 |
Wimp - body without a mind (from Millenium by John Varley) |
| 1983 |
Big Computer - wide-screen Jehovah (from Millenium by John Varley) |
| 1983 |
Revitalizer Console. - perk up your bloodstream (from Millenium by John Varley) |
| 1983 |
Speedcap - late? Go ballistic! (from Millenium by John Varley) |
| 1984 |
Meat Puppet (from Neuromancer by William Gibson) |
| 1984 |
Display-Induced Epileptic Seizure - you looked, you looked (from Press Enter by John Varley) |
| 1984 |
Robot Crab - robot gardener (from Neuromancer by William Gibson) |
| 1984 |
Interactive Suicide Note (from Press Enter by John Varley) |
| 1984 |
Electromagnetic Shotgun - take out an AI (from Neuromancer by William Gibson) |
| 1984 |
JAL Shuttle (from Neuromancer by William Gibson) |
| 1984 |
Temporary Quarters - interior tents (from Neuromancer by William Gibson) |
| 1984 |
Joeboy (Muscle Grafts) - got muscles? (from Neuromancer by William Gibson) |
| 1984 |
Ghost Trap (from Ghostbusters by Harold Ramis) |
| 1984 |
Biologics - organic computing (from Blood Music by Greg Bear) |
| 1984 |
Toothbud Transplant - implanted teeth (from Neuromancer by William Gibson) |
| 1984 |
Intellectual Cell - cellular computing (from Blood Music by Greg Bear) |
| 1984 |
Microsoft - the cool kind (from Neuromancer by William Gibson) |
| 1984 |
Panther Modern (from Neuromancer by William Gibson) |
| 1984 |
No-Ship (from Heretics of Dune by Frank Herbert) |
| 1984 |
Nikon Eyes - cultivated eyes (from Neuromancer by William Gibson) |
| 1984 |
Proton Pack - don't cross the streams (from Ghostbusters by Harold Ramis) |
| 1984 |
Low-Gravity Velodrome (from Neuromancer by William Gibson) |
| 1984 |
Privacy Screen (from Neuromancer by William Gibson) |
| 1984 |
Contact Venom (from Twenty Evocations by Bruce Sterling) |
| 1984 |
Neural Cut Out Chip - makes a meat puppet (from Neuromancer by William Gibson) |
| 1984 |
Datacase - a status-thin briefcase for electronics (from Heretics of Dune by Frank Herbert) |
| 1984 |
Sparkers - tasty watts for aliens (from Niven's Laws by Larry Niven) |
| 1984 |
Chirpsithra Supercomputer - build your own (from Niven's Laws by Larry Niven) |
| 1984 |
Nullentropy Bin - world's best salad crisper (from Heretics of Dune by Frank Herbert) |
| 1984 |
Planck Juice - pre-quark beverage (from Master of Space and Time by Rudy Rucker) |
| 1984 |
Comeye - portable video camera (from Heretics of Dune by Frank Herbert) |
| 1984 |
Coffin Rack - coffin hotel (from The Science Fiction Yearbook (ed. Jerry Pournelle) by William Gibson) |
| 1984 |
Selected Melanin Boosting - designer tan (from Neuromancer by William Gibson) |
| 1984 |
No-Globe (from Heretics of Dune by Frank Herbert) |
| 1984 |
Repair Drone (from Neuromancer by William Gibson) |
| 1984 |
Biological Circuit Fabrication (from The Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe by Author Unknown) |
| 1984 |
Pulse-Timer (from Heretics of Dune by Frank Herbert) |
| 1984 |
SimStim - playback your internal experience (from Neuromancer by William Gibson) |
| 1984 |
Shere - beat the brain scan (from Heretics of Dune by Frank Herbert) |
| 1984 |
Composite Expert System - interface with a heart (from Twenty Evocations by Bruce Sterling) |
| 1984 |
Wintermute (from Neuromancer by William Gibson) |
| 1984 |
Optic Television (from Twenty Evocations by Bruce Sterling) |
| 1984 |
House Records -10K years of information management (from Heretics of Dune by Frank Herbert) |
| 1984 |
Agony Box - testing for humans (from Heretics of Dune by Frank Herbert) |
| 1984 |
Edgar (from Electric Dreams by Rusty Lemorande) |
| 1984 |
Medically Applicable Biochip - a microarray (from Blood Music by Greg Bear) |
| 1984 |
Flexitime - you've had enough, pal (from Master of Space and Time by Rudy Rucker) |
| 1984 |
Life-shield Blanket - save from sensors (from Heretics of Dune by Frank Herbert) |
| 1984 |
House Records Archivist - forget holographic memories (from Heretics of Dune by Frank Herbert) |
| 1984 |
Tug Space-going version of the ocean vehicle (from Neuromancer by William Gibson) |
| 1984 |
Generate New Phone Number (from Press Enter by John Varley) |
| 1984 |
Ixian Probe (from Heretics of Dune by Frank Herbert) |
| 1984 |
Kuang Grade Mark Eleven Penetration Program (from Neuromancer by William Gibson) |
| 1984 |
Freeside Orbital Resort (from Neuromancer by William Gibson) |
| 1984 |
Vat Grown Meat - no animals harmed (from Neuromancer by William Gibson) |
| 1984 |
Image-Amps (from Neuromancer by William Gibson) |
| 1984 |
Mimetic Polycarbon Suit - urban camouflage (from Neuromancer by William Gibson) |
| 1984 |
Mirrorshades - Surgically Inset Glasses - why buy expensive frames? (from Neuromancer by William Gibson) |
| 1984 |
Implanted Microprocessor Monitor (from Neuromancer by William Gibson) |
| 1984 |
ICE (intrusion countermeasures electronics) - anti-hacker (from Neuromancer by William Gibson) |
| 1984 |
Construct - persona in software (from Neuromancer by William Gibson) |
| 1984 |
Talking Head - retro output device (from Neuromancer by William Gibson) |
| 1984 |
Computer-Created Dub (from Neuromancer by William Gibson) |
| 1985 |
Wire Act (from Freezone by John Shirley) |
| 1985 |
Car Sound Tape - what does a hybrid sound like? (from The Cat Who Walks Through Walls by Robert Heinlein) |
| 1985 |
Freezone - artificial island community (from Freezone by John Shirley) |
| 1985 |
Battleroom - ultimate antigrav gaming (from Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card) |
| 1985 |
Car Dashboard Drone Controller (from Runaway by Michael Crichton) |
| 1985 |
Fieldstim (from Freezone by John Shirley) |
| 1985 |
Flash Suit - laser game suit (from Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card) |
| 1985 |
Survival Bubble (Beach Ball) - personal rescue enclosure (from Footfall by Larry Niven (w/J. Pournelle)) |
| 1985 |
Bat Wings - enable personal flight (from Limits by Larry Niven) |
| 1985 |
Big Push - miles long slingshot (from Limits by Larry Niven) |
| 1985 |
Beta Beam Satellite (from Limits by Larry Niven) |
| 1985 |
Resting Pits (from Limits by Larry Niven) |
| 1985 |
Microwave Beamer (from Limits by Larry Niven) |
| 1985 |
Sniffer Robot (from Runaway by Michael Crichton) |
| 1985 |
Adnix (from Contact by Carl Sagan) |
| 1985 |
Smart Bullet - self-guided microshell (from Runaway by Michael Crichton) |
| 1985 |
Drone Floater Camera - fly and spy (from Runaway by Michael Crichton) |
| 1985 |
Free Play (The Mind Game) (from Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card) |
| 1985 |
Imp Personal Robot (from Rocheworld by Robert Forward) |
| 1985 |
Visor - personal screen (from Freezone by John Shirley) |
| 1985 |
Millipede Train - lotsa little legs (from Eon by Greg Bear) |
| 1985 |
Desk (Personal Computer) (from Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card) |
| 1985 |
Tube Rack (from Solstice by James Patrick Kelly) |
| 1985 |
Skyball (from A Day For Damnation by David Gerrold) |
| 1985 |
Plug-Ups (from Passage at Arms by Glen Cook) |
| 1985 |
Police Sketch Artist Software - pc-based police art (from Runaway by Michael Crichton) |
| 1985 |
Earmite (from Freezone by John Shirley) |
| 1985 |
Christmas Bush Motile Robot - very fine fingers (from Rocheworld by Robert Forward) |
| 1985 |
Security Guard Robot (Sentry Robot) (from Runaway by Michael Crichton) |
| 1985 |
Military Spider (from A Day For Damnation by David Gerrold) |
| 1985 |
Michael (Orion Ship) - atomic pulse rocket (from Footfall by Larry Niven (w/J. Pournelle)) |
| 1985 |
Digger Worm - mining robot (from With Friends Like These by Connie Willis) |
| 1985 |
Self-Propelled Road Mine (from Runaway by Michael Crichton) |
| 1985 |
Agricultural Robot Pest Controller - picking off the pests (from Runaway by Michael Crichton) |
| 1985 |
Sleep Tube (from Solstice by James Patrick Kelly) |
| 1985 |
Sours (from Schismatrix by Bruce Sterling) |
| 1985 |
Video-Manicuring Program (from Schismatrix by Bruce Sterling) |
| 1985 |
Construction Robot (from Runaway by Michael Crichton) |
| 1985 |
Sentient Room - not the Radisson (from Schismatrix by Bruce Sterling) |
| 1985 |
Spetsdöd (from The Man Who Never Missed by Steve Perry) |
| 1985 |
Circumlunar - home with lunar views (from Schismatrix by Bruce Sterling) |
| 1985 |
Deceleration Paste - antidote for deceleration trauma (from Schismatrix by Bruce Sterling) |
| 1985 |
Spider Robot (from Runaway by Michael Crichton) |
| 1985 |
Orbital Retirement Hotel (from Contact by Carl Sagan) |
| 1985 |
Reactive Walls - club scene 2020 (from Freezone by John Shirley) |
| 1985 |
CCD Eyes - metal eyes (from Stone Lives by Paul Di Filippo) |
| 1985 |
Subdermal Microchannels - dayglo body mod (from Stone Lives by Paul Di Filippo) |
| 1985 |
Mnemotropin - helps you build memory (from Stone Lives by Paul Di Filippo) |
| 1985 |
Flying Crowbars - speed kills (from Footfall by Larry Niven (w/J. Pournelle)) |
| 1985 |
Mechanist Drogue (from Schismatrix by Bruce Sterling) |
| 1986 |
Orbital Terminus - airport in orbit (from Count Zero by William Gibson) |
| 1986 |
Uterine Replicator (from Shards of Honor by Lois McMaster Bujold) |
| 1986 |
Blaupunkt Holostage - a tabletop 3D projector (from Snake-Eyes by Tom Maddox) |
| 1986 |
Dustplug - cover your Microsoft slot (from Count Zero by William Gibson) |
| 1986 |
Effective Human Implant Technology (EHIT) (from Snake-Eyes by Tom Maddox) |
| 1986 |
Biosoft (from Count Zero by William Gibson) |
| 1986 |
Ghostwheel (from Blood of Amber by Roger Zelazny) |
| 1986 |
Polycarbon Phone Screen (from Count Zero by William Gibson) |
| 1986 |
Slamhound (from Count Zero by William Gibson) |
| 1986 |
Shiftsuit (from Matadora by Steve Perry) |
| 1986 |
Memory Biochip (from Shards of Honor by Lois McMaster Bujold) |
| 1986 |
Robot Gun (from Aliens by Alan Dean Foster) |
| 1987 |
Robot Cells (Crystal-Shaped Modules) - robot building blocks (from Isaac Asimov's Odyssey : Robot City: Book1 by Michael P. Kube-McDowell) |
| 1987 |
Superacid - smart acid (from Nanotime by Bart Kosko) |
| 1987 |
Birthing egg - IVF without the bother (from Nanotime by Bart Kosko) |
| 1987 |
Boomer Park - where we're going (from Nanotime by Bart Kosko) |
| 1987 |
Chiphead - circuits rule, neurons drool (from Nanotime by Bart Kosko) |
| 1987 |
Ice Dart - shot with an icicle (from Nanotime by Bart Kosko) |
| 1987 |
Webcast - first use (from Armageddon Blues by D.K. Moran) |
| 1987 |
Smart Lanes - my way IS the highway (from Nanotime by Bart Kosko) |
| 1987 |
Hushicopter (from Fantastic Voyage II: Destination Brain by Isaac Asimov) |
| 1987 |
Hostage Gas (from The Uplift War by David Brin) |
| 1987 |
Electric Monk - belief on demand (from Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency by Douglas Adams) |
| 1987 |
Moddy - no personality? No problem! (from When Gravity Fails by George Alec Effinger) |
| 1987 |
Raisin - intelligent hearing aid (from Nanotime by Bart Kosko) |
| 1987 |
Predator Wrist Display (from Predator by John McTiernan) |
| 1988 |
Boppers - robots do their own thing (from Wetware by Rudy Rucker) |
| 1988 |
Week Trees - quick bonsai (from Wetware by Rudy Rucker) |
| 1988 |
High Orbit Archipelago (from Mona Lisa Overdrive by William Gibson) |
| 1988 |
Polycarbon Exo - a military exoskeleton (from Mona Lisa Overdrive by William Gibson) |
| 1988 |
Flickercladding - light emission and absorption (from Wetware by Rudy Rucker) |
| 1988 |
Sculpted Teeth (from Mona Lisa Overdrive by William Gibson) |
| 1988 |
Lunar Concrete (from Mona Lisa Overdrive by William Gibson) |
| 1988 |
Recorded Personalities (from Mona Lisa Overdrive by William Gibson) |
| 1988 |
Brainlock - life in the now (from Mona Lisa Overdrive by William Gibson) |
| 1988 |
Hovercraft - rides on a cushion of air (from Mona Lisa Overdrive by William Gibson) |
| 1988 |
Digital Running Shoes - just measure it (from Islands in the Net by Bruce Sterling) |
| 1988 |
Automated Space Factories (from Mona Lisa Overdrive by William Gibson) |
| 1988 |
High Tech Trash Can - every beach should have one (from Islands in the Net by Bruce Sterling) |
| 1988 |
Bank Chip - a smart credit card (from Mona Lisa Overdrive by William Gibson) |
| 1988 |
Scop - the future of food? (from Islands in the Net by Bruce Sterling) |
| 1988 |
Data Haven - an alternative web host (from Islands in the Net by Bruce Sterling) |
| 1988 |
Steel Drugs - in a tank (from Islands in the Net by Bruce Sterling) |
| 1988 |
Video-Glasses - see in all directions at once (from Islands in the Net by Bruce Sterling) |
| 1988 |
Inert Resin - resinous coatings (from Islands in the Net by Bruce Sterling) |
| 1988 |
Jackleg - dodge the data cops (from Islands in the Net by Bruce Sterling) |
| 1988 |
Didge-Ital - (from Islands in the Net by Bruce Sterling) |
| 1988 |
Projection Rig - envy of presenters (from Mona Lisa Overdrive by William Gibson) |
| 1988 |
Watchphone (from Islands in the Net by Bruce Sterling) |
| 1988 |
Suit Designer (from Mona Lisa Overdrive by William Gibson) |
| 1988 |
Cleaning Machine Warren (from Mona Lisa Overdrive by William Gibson) |
| 1988 |
Twist-Box - hack your own reality (from Wetware by Rudy Rucker) |
| 1988 |
Trode-Net - electrode webbing (from Mona Lisa Overdrive by William Gibson) |
| 1988 |
Dornier - VTOL surveillance drone (from Mona Lisa Overdrive by William Gibson) |
| 1988 |
Vizzyprint - phone printer (from Wetware by Rudy Rucker) |
| 1988 |
House Voice - Thurber's nightmare (from Mona Lisa Overdrive by William Gibson) |
| 1988 |
SIN (Single Identification Number) - national ID (from Mona Lisa Overdrive by William Gibson) |
| 1988 |
Korsakov's - mind control (from Mona Lisa Overdrive by William Gibson) |
| 1988 |
People-Mover (from Wetware by Rudy Rucker) |
| 1988 |
Heartshirt - wear your pulse on your sleeve (from Wetware by Rudy Rucker) |
| 1988 |
Videoshades - be sure to get wraparound style (from Islands in the Net by Bruce Sterling) |
| 1988 |
Head-Molding Skincaps - (from Prelude to Foundation by Isaac Asimov) |
| 1988 |
Gravitic Lift (from Prelude to Foundation by Isaac Asimov) |
| 1988 |
Dainties - tasty spheres (from Prelude to Foundation by Isaac Asimov) |
| 1988 |
Microfarm (from Prelude to Foundation by Isaac Asimov) |
| 1988 |
Jet-Down - explore planets (from Prelude to Foundation by Isaac Asimov) |
| 1988 |
Air-Taxi - hail the skies (from Prelude to Foundation by Isaac Asimov) |
| 1988 |
Maas-Neotek Biochip (from Mona Lisa Overdrive by William Gibson) |
| 1988 |
Book-Film - literary storage (from Prelude to Foundation by Isaac Asimov) |
| 1989 |
Credit Wake - credit card transaction blog (from Hyperion by Dan Simmons) |
| 1989 |
Flat Photo (from Hyperion by Dan Simmons) |
| 1989 |
Datumplane (from Hyperion by Dan Simmons) |
| 1989 |
Rotated Solid Space Habitat - a solid can city (from Iron by Poul Anderson) |
| 1989 |
Treeship (from Hyperion by Dan Simmons) |
| 1989 |
Fatline - FTL communication (from Hyperion by Dan Simmons) |
| 1989 |
Internet Addiction (from Hyperion by Dan Simmons) |
| 1989 |
Lifezone - biosphere (from Tides of Light by Gregory Benford) |
| 1989 |
Wrist Command - very trek (from Tides of Light by Gregory Benford) |
| 1989 |
Micromind - just a little AI (from Tides of Light by Gregory Benford) |
| 1989 |
Universal Card - every planet you want to be (from Hyperion by Dan Simmons) |
| 1989 |
Kamikaze Andy - not Threepio (from Tekwar by William Shatner) |
| 1989 |
Voxbox - talking back (from Tekwar by William Shatner) |
| 1989 |
TechnoCore (from Hyperion by Dan Simmons) |
| 1989 |
Can City - spinning space habitat (from Hyperion by Dan Simmons) |
| 1989 |
Orbiting Penal Colony - Alcatraz in orbit |
