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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.

Will AIs Give Better Results If You're Rude To Them?
'I said, "Listen up, motherf*cker.' - John Varley, 1983 (9/7/2025)
Cybertruck Robotic Arm F10 Drone Launch!
Drone away! (9/5/2025)
Black Fungus Blocks Radiation
'You were surrounded by Astrophage most of the time' - Andy Weir, 2021. (9/3/2025)
Liuzhi Process Now In Use In China
'He was in a high-ceilinged windowless cell with walls of glittering white porcelain.' - George Orwell, 1984. (9/1/2025)
Reflect Orbital Offers 'Sunlight on Demand' And Light Pollution
'I don't have to tell you about the seven two-mile-diameter orbital mirrors...' (8/29/2025)
Will Robots Become Family Caregivers?
'The robant and the tiny old woman entered the control room slowly...' - Philip K. Dick, 1953. (8/27/2025)
Chinese Tokamak Uses AI To Keep Fusion Plasma Stable
'Guy named Otto Octavius winds up with eight limbs... What are the odds?' (8/25/2025)
Time Crystals Can Now Be Seen Directly
'It is as you thought when you constructed the time crystal, my master Vaylan.' - NK Heming, 1952. (8/23/2025)
RoboBallet The Dance Of Cooperative Robots
'...an integrated seven-unit robot team.' - Isaac Asimov, 1944. (8/21/2025)
Chrysalis Generation Ship to Alpha Centauri
'This was their world, their planet — this swift-traveling, yet seemingly moveless vessel.' - Nat Schachner, 1934 (8/19/2025)
Alexa+ And Its AI Brain Improvements
'What's it do?' he asked. 'It amuses.' Philip K. Dick, 1965. (8/17/2025)
Does CloneRobotics Offer A True Android?
Is this What Little Girls Are Made Of? (8/11/2025)
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End of Cars
Humanity finally sees sense and gets rid of personal cars.
(From Stand on Zanzibar [1968] by John  Brunner)
Prowlie
A police vehicle.
(From Stand on Zanzibar [1968] by John  Brunner)
Replacement of Brain with Computer
Removal of the brain of an ordinary man, and installation of a calculating machine.
(From The Ableist Man in the World [1879] by Edward Page  Mitchell)
Robot Hands
Human-like appendages for the ends of upper limbs.
(From The Iron World [1937] by Otis Adelbert  Kline)
Large Utility Calibrated Yield (LUCY)
Storage of solar and wind power as potential energy.
(From Efficiency [2022] by Paolo  Bacigalupi)
Solar Glass
See-through solar panels.
(From Efficiency [2022] by Paolo  Bacigalupi)
Astrophage
Literally, "star-eating" organism.
(From Project Hail Mary [2021] by Andy  Weir)
Interstellar Storm
A vast body of both matter and anti-matter swirling through the stars.
(From The Storm [1943] by A.E.  van Vogt)
Space Meteorologist
A person who studies storms in space.
(From The Storm [1943] by A.E.  van Vogt)
Time Crystals
Permits indefinite movement forward in time.
(From Rocketeers at Bay [1952] by N.K.  Heming)
Robot Smiles
A robot learns to give a perfect human smile.
(From Helen O'Loy [1938] by Lester  del Rey)
Mirror News DIsplay
The news of the day in a selected country is presented on a readable display before the reader.
(From Caesar's Column: A Story of the Twentieth Century [1890] by Ignatius  Donnelly)
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