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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.

3D Printing A 12-Meter Boat Hull
'It makes drawings in the air...' - Murray Leinster, 1945 (1/15/2026)
China Still Working On Rescue Robot That Eats People
Firefighter Rescue Robot Eats Humans - again! (1/13/2026)
Lawyer AIs Create Chaos In Our Legal System
'I want my lawyer program.' - David Brin, 1990. (1/11/2026)
Chinese Hospital Tries Vonnegut's 'Harrison Bergeron' Cosplay
'He wore spectacles with thick wavy lenses. The spectacles were intended to make him not only half blind, but to give him whanging headaches besides.' - Kurt Vonnegut, 1961. (1/9/2026)
Robot Clerks Become A Reality In China
'The robot clerk in the waiting-room checked her number...' - Miriam Allen deFord, 1952. (1/7/2026)
Can One Robot Do Many Tasks?
'... with the Master-operator all you have to do is push one! A remarkable achievement!' - Robert Sheckley, 1952. (1/5/2026)
The New Habitable Zones Include Asimov's Ribbon Worlds
'...there's a narrow belt where the climate is moderate.' - Harl Vincent, 1931. (1/23/2026)
Atlas Robot Makes Uncomfortable Movements
'Not like me. A T-1000, advanced prototype. A mimetic poly-alloy. Liquid metal.' - James Cameron, 1991. (1/3/2026)
Boring Company Drills Asimov's Single Vehicle Tunnels
'It was riddled with holes that were the mouths of tunnels.' - Isaac Asimov, 1951 (1/1/2026)
Humanoid Robots Tickle The Ivories
'The massive feet working the pedals, arms and hands flashing and glinting...' - Herbert Goldstone, 1953. (12/29/2025)
A Remarkable Coincidence
'There is a philosophical problem of some difficulty here...' - Arthur C. Clarke, 1953. (12/27/2025)
Cortex 1 - Today A Warehouse, Tomorrow A Calculator Planet
'There were cubic miles of it, and it glistened like a silvery Christmas tree...' - Clifford Simak, 1949. (12/25/2025)
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Automated City
A fully automated, complete town.
(From Mechanopolis [1913] by Miguel de  Unamuno)
Autonomous Crane Truck
Multipurpose self-actuated truck with crane and chain.
(From Paradise and Iron [1930] by Miles J.  Breuer)
Sunpower Station
An orbiting solar collector, beaming energy down to Earth.
(From The Last Question [1956] by Isaac  Asimov)
Autonomous Lifeboat
A water-going craft whose AI is devoted to the safety of its passengers.
(From The Lifeboat Mutiny [1955] by Robert  Sheckley)
Planetary Defense
Keeping the Earth safe!
(From When the Green Star Waned [1925] by Nictzin  Dyalhis)
Giant Outdoor Display
Projecting a building-sized image.
(From The Shape of Things To Come [1936] by H.G.  Wells)
Mechanical Calculator
A device capable of extraordinary feats of computation
(From The Thousand-and-Second Tale of Scheherazade [1845] by Edgar Allen  Poe)
Automaton Chess Master
A man-shaped device that plays flawless chess.
(From The Thousand-and-Second Tale of Scheherazade [1845] by Edgar Allen  Poe)
Kinematograph
A vast public screen or theater.
(From A Story of the Days to Come [1899] by H.G.  Wells)
Piggyback-Slurp Terminal
Interception of a live data stream using an interposed terminal.
(From Congo [1980] by Michael  Crichton)
Martian Iceboat
When the open water on your planet has frozen all the way to the bottom, you need to travel on ice.
(From A Martian Romance [1999] by Kim Stanley  Robinson)
Moving Platform
Long moving sidewalk bands that provided transportation.
(From A Visitor From The Twentieth Century [1928] by Harold  Donitz)
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