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Explore the inventions, technology and ideas of science fiction writers at Technovelgy (that's tech-novel-gee!) - over 3,200 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 5,800 Science Fiction in the News articles. Kelly Clarkson Show Like Black Mirror '15 Million Merits' 'These people are pieces of software called avatars.' Neal Stephenson, 1992. (9/25/2020) Salto Jumping Robot Now Sticks Landing! 'Lucky touched the leap knob and the hopper's leg retracted.' - Isaac Asimov, 1954. (9/23/2020) Gyroscopic Median-Straddling Mass Transit Vehicles 'It was among these leviathans that the little gyrocar was daring to thrust its puny self...' - Kenneth Brown, 1911. (9/21/2020) Bigrating Laser Beam-Riding Light Sail Is Self-Correcting 'That sail will be twenty thousand miles at the wide part.' - Cordwainer Smith, 1960. (9/19/2020) ISS Astronauts Test Estee Lauder 'Advanced Night Repair' Skin Serum 'Out in the New Moon, just ask for what you want...' - Jack Williamson, 1939. (9/17/2020) LG Wing Twisting Smartphone Might Be Fun 'A polycarbon screen unfurled...' - William Gibson, 1986. (9/15/2020) Mushroom Coffin Returns You To Nature, Naturally 'She touched the leaf. She was wanted.' - Philip K Dick, 1954. (9/13/2020) Will ATT Offer Ad-Subsidized Cellphone Service 'For long-distance calls the ratio of commercial to conversation was as high as 10 to 1...' - JG Ballard, 1963. (9/11/2020) Gyro-X Self-Balancing Two-Wheeler Car 'Indeed, the gyrocar was a sight to make a man look twice.' - Kenneth Brown, 1911. (9/9/2020) Moon As Prison The moon is a prison without bars. (From The Moon is a Harsh Mistress [1966] by Robert Heinlein) Buttered Toast Robot What it says on the tin. (From Fahrenheit 451 [1953] by Ray Bradbury) Gyrocar A two-wheeled, self-balancing automobile. (From Two Boys in a Gyrocar the story of a New York to Paris motor race [1911] by Kenneth Brown) Gom Jabbar A needle with deadly poison, used to test for humans. (From Dune [1965] by Frank Herbert) Stone Burner Atomic weapon which burrows deep into a planet; its radiation also attacks selected nerve tissues. (From Dune Messiah [1969] by Frank Herbert) Alcatraz of Space A planetoid prison. (From Reunion on Ganymede [1938] by Clifford Simak) Robotic Animals Artificial animals created using robotic elements. (From Reunion on Ganymede [1938] by Clifford Simak) Comsole (Home Communications Console) A home computer, connected to data services. (From Imperial Earth [1976] by Arthur C. Clarke) Painted Masks Children choose to decorate otherwise uniform equipment masks. (From Red Planet [1949] by Robert Heinlein) Pacification Drones Surveillance drones that emit calming notes. (From The Breach [2020] by M.T. Hill) Sloth Pill A medication to induce a kind of somnolence like short-term hibernation; used in air travel. (From The Breach [2020] by M.T. Hill) Analogue Treatment Hypnotic drug treatment that normalizes behavior in humans. (From Ticket to Anywhere [1952] by Damon Knight) Burner Modem A connection device that can be thrown away if necessary. (From The Breach [2020] by M.T. Hill) DNA Swab Palate Adheres to the palate, and provides false material for DNA swabs. (From The Breach [2020] by M.T. Hill) Stem Cells From Fat May Heal Bones Dr. Leach will use stem cells derived from human adipose tissue to stimulate the formation of microvascular networks within developing bone. (Re: Clifford Simak) Paro Robot Seal Helps Grandma Paro learns to behave in a way that its user prefers. (re: Philip K. Dick) Hyperion Robot Walking Chair Video Spider-like walking chair created at the Chiba Institute of Technology in Japan. (re: George Lucas) EPI Life First ECG Mobile Phone The EPI Life cell phone is the first handset with a built-in electrocardiogram (ECG) function linked 24 hours per day to a team of cardiologists. (re: Arthur C. Clarke) Google Seeks Pohl's Joymaker Voice Recognition Vic Gundotra, vice-president of Engineering for Google, talked at some length about exactly this sort of smartphone feature at the Google IO conference. (re: Frederik Pohl) Large Flexible Plastic Sheet Video Displays Take a look at this 33-centimeter- wide roll of plastic covered with amorphous-silicon transistor arrays designed to control pixels in displays. (re: EC Tubb)

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