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Explore the inventions, technology and ideas of science fiction writers at Technovelgy (that's tech-novel-gee!) - over 4,250 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 6,800 Science Fiction in the News articles.

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Pole-Dancing Stripperbot Robot
'Why, a clockwork dancer, or, better still, one that would go by electricity and never run down...' - Jerome K. Jerome, 1893. (6/29/2026)
Collective Superintelligence Is At Hand!
'Maybe the individual intelligence of each Cubic pools into a group intelligence...' - Edmond Hamilton, 1942. (6/27/2026)
Instant Journalists: Ordinary People With Cell Phones
'We'll show them whose planet this is!' - David Brin, 1990. (6/25/2026)
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)
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Living Space Ship
A space ship animated by a transplanted human brain.
(From Solar Plexus [1941] by James  Blish)
Wall Panel Mosaic
A wall-sized checkerboard-style display showing the status of dozens of robots.
(From The Fatal Quadrant [1938] by Arthur J.  Burks)
Solar Window
A transparent material that also collects solar energy.
(From Noah [1954] by Charles B.  Beckman, Jr.)
Weather Integration Room
A single networked location bringing together all weather data.
(From Cold Front [1946] by Hal  Clement)
Computer Table Map
A table the top surface of which is a computer display, with computer consoles to run it.
(From Cold Front [1946] by Hal  Clement)
Computer Globe
Spherical computer display.
(From Cold Front [1946] by Hal  Clement)
Iron Scorpion
An autonomous war machine, in the shape and form of a scorpion.
(From Shadow of the Scorpion [2008] by Neal  Asher)
Scorpion
A war machine with a deadly tail gun, perfect for downing drones in the skies.
(From World of the Drone [1955] by Robert  Abernathy)
Spider-Vehicle
A multi-legged vehicle shaped like a spider, that is piloted by a person.
(From World of the Drone [1955] by Robert  Abernathy)
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)
Mob Violence Against Robots
Humans band together to damage or destroy robots.
(From Autofac [1955] by Philip K.  Dick)
Man 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)
Messaging Lens
A contact lens that enables text messaging.
(From All I Care About Is You [2017] by M.T.  Hill)
Portable G-ray
A backpack device that shields its wearer against gravitation force.
(From Vagabonds of Space [1930] by Harl  Vincent)
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