Sci-Fi Concepts continued: Technology

Technology:
Newly imagined technologies have been an important aspect of science fiction more or less since it's beginnings. When Mary Shelly wrote Frankenstein, she conceived of a device capable of reanimating dead flesh, and imagined the aftermath of it's use. When writing 1984, George Orwell imagined a television screen with a camera built into it, as a part of a society without privacy. In Star Trek, Captain Kirk beamed down to planets using a teleporter, a device able to turn a person into an energy pattern, transmit them at the speed of light to a location, and then re-solidify them, because the show did not include the budget to film a shuttle ride to the surface of a planet.

When writing new technologies into a setting, it is important to maintain a sense of consistently, and to keep track of the scientific laws which you have allowed your characters to break. Here's a primer on a few technological concepts that you might think to include.

Gravity Control: sometimes called inertics, a technology that allows the control of gravity has many implications. The use of artificial gravity on starships and space stations is one common aspect of gravity control. Inertial compensators, which allow pilots to survive incredibly high speed turns, are important for light starships and "space fighters", which require a great deal of maneuverability to have a chance to survive. Gravity could also be used as a form of propulsion, making an object "fall" in the direction you pilot it. Gravity control technology can also be weaponized, allowing it to be used to immobilize or crush people, or to tear structures apart.