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From Google Answers: An interesting read, but for the time-impaired, here's the list:

• The Geostationary Satellite: Arthur C. Clarke (Not from a book)


• The Computer Worm: John Brunner (from The Shockwave Rider)


• Organlegging: Larry Niven (from the "Gil the ARM" stories)


• The Waldo: Robert A. Heinlein ("Waldo")


• Gyro-Stabilized Personal Conveyance: Robert A. Heinlein ("The Roads Must Roll")


• The Waterbed: Robert A. Heinlein (from Stranger in a Strange Land)


• Home Theater & Wall-Mounted TV: Ray Bradbury (from Fahrenheit 451)


• The Flip-Phone: Gene Roddenberry (Star Trek)


• The Taser: "Victor Appleton" (from the Tom Swift books)


• Multi-User Domains In Cyberspace: Vernor Vinge (from "True Names")

Share: | Posted by John on Monday September 06, 2004 - 8:27 PM | Category: Science and Technology | © 2004 SF Signal

Look for the link on my site for the "Technovelguy". Lots of good SF inventions there.

Posted by Fred Kiesche on Monday September 06, 2004 at 9:17 PM

Ahhh...they have a link to the "Technovelguy" as well. In fact they pretty much lifted most of the answers from there, so just go to the source!!!

Posted by Fred Kiesche on Monday September 06, 2004 at 9:19 PM

Yep. We linked to technovelgy almost a year ago.

Posted by John on Monday September 06, 2004 at 9:36 PM