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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.

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)
DIY Robotic Content Farming
'The chief wheeled to the master machine and pressed a button.' - Schachner and Zagat, 1931. (5/29/2026)
Reflect Orbital Sunlight On Demand
'I don't have to tell you about the seven two-mile-diameter orbital mirrors that circulate around the satellite, making it habitable.' (5/27/2026)
The Amazing Lightfoot Electric Scooter With Solar Assist
'The steel tortoise gave MacKinnon a feeling of Crusoe- like independence.' - Robert Heinlein, 1940. (5/25/2026)
Fully Electric, Fully Automated Vegetable‑growing Agribots
'...then back to their work, though little enough it was on these automatic cultivators.' - John Campbell, 1931. (5/23/2026)
Vero Robotic Dog With Vacuum Cleaner Feet
'Out of warrens in the wall, tiny robot mice darted.' (5/21/2026)
AI Operates An Excavator
'So far as I could see, the thing was without a directing Martian at all.' - HG Wells, 1898. (5/19/2026)
Boy Makes Biomimetic Turtle Robot
't came out into plain view. Darkington glimpsed a slim body and six short legs of articulated dull metal.' (5/17/2026)
US Army IBEX Exoskeleton Walks Troops Out Of Danger
'The suit stands up and starts walking, gripping me round the calves and waist, taking the bulk of my weight off my throbbing feet.' - Iain Banks, 1987. (5/17/2026)
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Pocket Edition Law Library
A complete reference section in the palm of your hand.
(From Novice [1962] by James  Schmitz)
Wrist-Talker
A communications device worn on the wrist.
(From Novice [1962] by James  Schmitz)
Weather Room
A global weather center.
(From The Weather Man [1961] by Theodore L  Thomas)
Sun Boat
A device to manipulate energy emitted by the sun, to direct the weather of the Earth.
(From The Weather Man [1961] by Theodore L  Thomas)
Terrorartist
An individual that creates anarchic technology.
(From The Robot [2024] by Lavie  Tidhar)
Carer-Type Robot
A general-purpose robot designed to help care for humans.
(From The Robot [2024] by Lavie  Tidhar)
Human-Passing
A robot that is so convincingly human that most people cannot tell.
(From The Robot [2024] by Lavie  Tidhar)
Robotic Undersea Turtle
A sea-going robot that resembles a turtle.
(From Epilogue [1962] by Poul  Anderson)
Culture Mind
A highly advanced, space-borne entirely autonomous intelligence.
(From Consider Phlebas [1987] by Iain M  Banks)
Colloid Dielectric
A non-living receptacle for a human mind.
(From One For The Robot - Two For The Same... [1950] by Rog  Philips)
Synthetic Rubberoid Skin
An artful recreation of a human face, indistinguishable from the original.
(From One For The Robot - Two For The Same... [1950] by Rog  Philips)
Balloon Tree
Also called the "Migratory Tree", it uses a gas-filled bladder to ascend into the sky.
(From The Balloon Tree [1883] by Edward Page  Mitchell)
Index Rating
Understanding what you should do (or not do) is part of the test.
(From Gemini Cavendish [1971] by Gordon  Eklund)
Smart Suit
An autonomous exoskeleton.
(From Descendant [1987] by Iain M  Banks)
Earth-Brain
The intelligence center of the living Earth!
(From The Earth-Brain [1932] by Edmond  Hamilton)
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