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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.

Health Kiosk Has No Human Doctor
'The electronic body analyzer had been developed...' - Michael Crichton, 1969. (6/23/2026)
Meta's Horizon Studio's Unique Avatars From Text Prompts
'Looks like she has bought the Avatar Construction Set and put together her own...' (6/22/2026)
VaMEx Biomimetic Mars Robot Inspired By Skink
'Across the ground something small and metallic came, flashing in the dull sunlight of midday.' - Philip K. Dick, 1953. (6/21/2026)
NEO Brain Computer Interface (BCI)
'The remains of the lace took on the rough shape of a brain...' - Iain Banks, 2010. (6/19/2026)
Did Frank Herbert Predict Bistable Displays Like E-Ink?
'A broken circle with arrows pointing to a right-hand flow appeared in the chalf.' - Frank Herbert, 1964. (6/17/2026)
Monolith One Giant Industrial Metal 3D-printer
'The object seemed melted together like wax — nothing was distinguishable.' - Philip K. Dick, 1956. (6/15/2026)
'Mooncrete' Lunar Regolith Concrete (LRC)
'And here they began to build...' - William Gibson, 1988. (6/13/2026)
China's 'Magpie Drone' Ornithopter
'Midges have many capabilities. To the untrained eye, they look like sparrows.' - Greg Bear, 2007. (6/11/2026)
MAI-Voice-2 Microsoft Text-To-Speech
'I made disks of my own voice to the number of five hundred very carefully chosen words.' - Nat Schachner, 1937. (6/9/2026)
Tumblin' Tumbleweed Rovers To Eplore Mars
'His sensors out and working, and the whirring of the tape that sucked up sight and sound and shape and smell and form...' - Clifford Simak, (6/5/2026)
Tentacled Robot Captures Space Debris
Preventing annoying space debris build-up. (6/3/2026)
Prufrock-MB2 Ready In Nashville
'It sounds to me as though you had invented a kind of metal earthworm.' - Paul Ernst, 1936. (6/1/2026)
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Coin-Op Clockwork Friend
A robot for hire, for companionship and help.
(From All I Care About Is You [2017] by Joe  Hill)
Resurrection Man (Murdergame)
A person who hires themselves out to be killed.
(From All I Care About Is You [2017] by Joe  Hill)
Master Kills Servant Robot
When a robot's master has come to the end of his rope.
(From The Miserly Robot [1958] by R.J.  Rice)
Mob Violence Against Robots
Humans band together to damage or destroy robots.
(From Autofac [1955] by Philip K.  Dick)
Messaging Lens
A contact lens that enables text messaging.
(From All I Care About Is You [2017] by M.T.  Hill)
Hop
Actually "the hop", going above the ecliptic so as to avoid asteroids.
(From Marooned Off Vesta [1939] by Isaac  Asimov)
Water Tank Reaction Mass
Using the ship's water supply as a reaction mass to propel the ship.
(From Marooned Off Vesta [1939] by Isaac  Asimov)
Artificial Coral
Coral grown under special conditions.
(From The City That Walked [1939] by Ed Earl  Repp)
Sargasso Sea Space Creature
Given its name because it is responsible for the loss of space ships.
(From Vagabonds of Space [1930] by Harl  Vincent)
Portable G-ray
A backpack device that shields its wearer against gravitation force.
(From Vagabonds of Space [1930] by Harl  Vincent)
Time Warp
Provides a kind of foothold for time travel.
(From The Time Bender [1937] by Oliver  Saari)
Sparkler
Packs quite a charge.
(From Seasoned Traveler [1953] by F.L.  Wallace)
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