ORBITAL VECTOR

The Speculative Technology Database


This site is meant to be an online encyclopedia for the technology of the future. Technology that may exist ten years or ten centuries from now, as imagined by scientists, engineers, authors, and artists alike.

Orbital Vector is a work in progress dedicated to collecting and cataloging speculative technology ideas, and to function as a bridge between real science and science fiction for the layman. On the hub pages and articles, technology is arranged from lowest tech to highest, so that the further down the page you scroll, the deeper into the future you go.

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AQUATIC

AQUATIC Exploring and exploiting watery environments.

MEDICAL

DIAGNOSTIC TOOLS Reading the human body.

MEGASTRUCTURES

MEGASTRUCTURES Constructs that challenge the scale of the universe.

MILITARY

MISC. WEAPONS Armament oddballs.
NON-LETHAL WEAPONS Taking the enemy without killing.
FIREARMS The small arms of the future.
TACTICAL WEAPONS Artillery and vehicle weapons.
SPACE WEAPONS Warfare on the High Frontier.
DEFENSES & COUNTERMEASURES Protective Measures.


POWER

POWER Energy production, transfer, and storage.

SPACE

ORBITAL TRAVEL From Earth to Space and back again.
DEEP SPACE PROPULSION Tooling around the Solar Sytem.
INTERSTELLAR FLIGHT Crossing the vast gulfs between the stars.
FTL Outracing a beam of light.
SPACE STRUCTURES Outposts in the Great Dark.
SPACE EQUIPMENT Personal gear for the final frontier.
THE MOON Earth's natural satellite.
MARS The red planet.
ASTEROIDS AND COMETS Cosmic debris.


RECENT ADDITIONS

Megastations (Megastructures, added 6/5/09)

Rocket Guns (Firearms, added 6/4/09)

Ansible (FTL, added 5/17/09)

Advanced Monofins (Aquatic, added 3/7/09)

Explosive Power Generators (Power, added 2/14/09)

Plasma Acoustic Shield System (Defenses & Countermeasures, added 2/12/09)

Manned Asteroid Missions (Asteroid And Comets, added 2/03/09)

Cruising The Infinite (Essays, added 1/31/09)