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From: wex@ittvax.UUCP (Alan Wexelblat)
Newsgroups: net.sf-lovers
Subject: Heinlein and predictions in general
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Date: Fri, 5-Aug-83 09:46:54 EDT
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Posted: Fri Aug  5 09:46:54 1983
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Daniel Dern's mention of Heinlein's novella "Waldo" brought to mind an
interesting fact.  In that story, a character uses artificial hands that
are controlled by glove-like items in which he puts his real hands.  This
device is now widely used (eg for handling radioactives, and other dangerous
items), and they are called "waldoes" after the story.  So, in a sense,
Heinlein "invented" these things.  Can other people find examples of
unique items that were first propounded in SF, and were later brought to
reality?  Are any others named after their SF progenitors?  Mail your
ideas to me, and I will post a summary.  Please include the story where
the idea appeared, as well as the author and device (or idea, or theory,
or whatever).

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