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Explore the inventions, technology and ideas of science fiction writers at Technovelgy (that's tech-novel-gee!) - over 2,200 are available. Use the Timeline of Science Fiction Invention or the alphabetic Glossary of Science Fiction Technology to see them all, look for the category that interests you, or browse by favorite author / book. Browse more than 3,700 Science Fiction in the News articles.

Golf Ball Test Robot Wears Them Out
"The robot solemnly hit a ball against the wall, picked it up and teed it, hit it again, over and again...' - Frederik Poh, 1954. (12/19/2025)
Boring Company Vegas Loop Like Asimov Said
'There was a wall ahead... It was riddled with holes that were the mouths of tunnels.' Isaac Asimov, 1951. (12/17/2025)
Rigid Metallic Clothing From Science Fiction To You
'...support the interior human structure against Jupiter’s pull.' - Edmond Hamilton, 1932. (12/15/2025)
Is The Seattle Ultrasonics C-200 A Heinlein Vibroblade?
'It ain't a vibroblade. It's steel. Messy.' - Robert Heinlein, 1940. (12/13/2025)
Roborock Saros Z70 Is A Robot Vacuum With An Arm
'Anything larger than a BB shot it picked up and placed in a tray...' - Robert Heinlein, 1956. (12/11/2025)
A Beautiful Visualization Of Compact Food
'The German chemists have discovered how to supply the needed elements in compact, undiluted form...' - Edward Page Mitchell (1879). (12/9/2025)
Bone-Building Drug Evenity Approved
'Compounds devised by the biochemists for the rapid building of bone...' - Edmond Hamilton, 1932. (12/7/2025)
Secret Kill Switch Found In Yutong Buses
'The car faltered as the external command came to brake...' - Keith Laumer, 1965. (12/5/2025)
Inmotion Electric Unicycle In Combat
'It is about the size and shape of a kitchen stool, gyro-stabilized...' - Robert Heinlein, 1940. (12/3/2025)
Grok Scores Best In Psychological Tests
'Try to find out how he ticks...' - Isaac Asimov, 1941. (12/1/2025)
PaXini Supersensitive Robot Fingers
'My fingers are not that sensitive...' - Ray Cummings, 1931. (11/29/2025)
Congress Considers Automatic Emergency Braking, One Hundred Years Too Late
'The greatest problem of all was the elimination of the human element of braking together with its inevitable time lag.' - Bernhard Brown, 1934. (11/27/2025)
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Car Caravan
A set of cars that will follow a lead car autonomously.
(From Carry Me Home [1954] by Gordon R.  Dickson)
Quarry Shell
An automated rocket used to search for and destroy escaped prisoners once located.
(From The Unforeseen [1946] by Mark  Champion)
Ro-Eye
A drone used for surveillance - a robot-eye.
(From The Unforeseen [1946] by Mark  Champion)
Robot Watchdog
A mechanical and mostly autonomous pet.
(From The Rivals [1956] by Robert  Silverberg)
Birth of Alien to Human
The birth of an alien individual to a human woman.
(From Freedom of the Race [1953] by Anne  McCaffrey)
Extee
An uncommon abbreviation for "extraterrestrial"
(From Mother [1953] by Philip Jose  Farmer)
Human Head Transplant
Putting a human head on a new body, surgically.
(From Professor Dowell's Head [1925] by Alexander  Belaev)
Robot Farm
A farm staffed and run entirely by robots.
(From Let Freedom Ring [1950] by Fritz  Leiber)
Personality For Robots
Making each robot distinctive.
(From Reunion on Ganymede [1938] by Clifford  Simak)
Oblong
A smartphone.
(From Klara and the Sun [2021] by Kazuo  Ishiguro)
Fishcam
Seeing through the eyes of a robotic fish.
(From Slow Life [2002] by Michael  Swanwick)
Machine Birds
Flock of mechanical winged birds.
(From Klara and the Sun [2021] by Kazuo  Ishiguro)
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