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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.

'If Anyone Is Watching Earth...'
'Our study of your race has convinced us that you are not fitted to leave your planet in the present state of your civilization.' - Arthur C. Clarke, 1946. (9/3/2026)
Epirus High-Power Microwave Defeats Drones
'...the spreading beam of the deranging ray struck them, and Then one toppled and fell. Then another.' - Ray Cummings, 1931. (9/1/2026)
Cloud Of Space Rubbish From China's Long March Rocket
'Within seconds the material was spread out over fifty yards, in a matter of hours it might occupy several cubic miles of space...' (8/29/2026)
Biomimetic Tendons From Rochu Robotics
'... the curious parallelism to animal motions.' - HG Wells, 1898. (8/27/2026)
Living Human Neuron Biological Compute Rack
'The men are dead, but their acquired wisdom lives on and I am the beneficiary.' - Dr. David H. Keller, 1931 (8/25/2026)
Martha Stewart Approves Ojai 'Living Room On Wheels'
'Young people found the driverless car admirable for petting.' - David H. Keller, 1935. (8/23/2026)
ESA's Draco To Study Heat Of Reentry
'...a synthetic which air-friction would erode.' - EE Doc Smith, 1934. (8/21/2026)
Buy A Galaxy? Maybe Start Smaller
'The sky is the limit' just got higher. (8/19/2026)
The United States Space Academy Is Official
'Is our orbit to Space Academy clear?' - Carey Rockwell (8/17/2026)
Is There A Global Problem With Who Is Having Children?
'After twenty generations of shillyshallying...' - CM Kornbluth, 1950. (8/15/2026)
You Will Eat The Cookies Made From Plastic...
'Our planes are going to start bringing in bales of discarded plastics...' - Rick Shelley, 1989. (8/13/2026)
It's A Giant Robot! You Reporters Have Been Warned!
'... completely forgetting the ship at sight of the awesome figure and great head of the giant Gaut...' (8/11/2026)
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Sun Shutters
A mechanical means of limiting the amount of sunshine coming into a spacecraft.
(From SOS in Space [1937] by Eando  Binder)
Space Fear
Space travel can be terrifying.
(From SOS in Space [1937] by Eando  Binder)
Electrostatic Disturbance in Space
An unnavigable area in space inundated with electron streams from sun spots.
(From SOS in Space [1937] by Eando  Binder)
Legged Space Suits
Individual space suits consisting of large observation bubbles and robotic legs for movement.
(From Master of the Asteroid [1932] by Clark Ashton  Smith)
Bipedomobile
A two-legged vehicle.
(From Warrior Queen of Lolarth [1943] by Ross  Rocklynne)
Yardsticks
Smaller people take up less space.
(From This Crowded Earth [1958] by Robert  Bloch)
Great Change
Humans are reduced to one foot in height, to take up less space and use fewer resources.
(From The Giant [1942] by Basil E.  Wells)
Interactive Toy
A sophisticated computer concealed in some sort of toy, with a wireless connection to the Cloud
(From Certainty [2026] by John Twelve  Hawks)
Burrow
A place for a person to connect to the global computer network for months at a time.
(From Certainty [2026] by John Twelve  Hawks)
Associators
Computer system finds correlations.
(From Against the Fall of Night [1948] by Arthur C.  Clarke)
Artificial Hand
An entirely artificial human hand.
(From L’Ève future (Tomorrow’s Eve) [1885] by Jean-Marie  Villiers de l’Isle-Adam)
Andréide (Andraiad)
An entirely artificial human-imitation, a synthetic person.
(From L’Ève future (Tomorrow’s Eve) [1885] by Jean-Marie  Villiers de l’Isle-Adam)
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