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Living Machines Robots that are able to learn.
(From The Mentanicals [1934] by Francis Flagg) |
Magnetic Pinions Remote control electromagnetic handcuffs.
(From Worlds of Origin [1958] by Jack Vance) |
The Hub A large space resort consisting of inhabitable bubbles in a metal framework.
(From Worlds of Origin [1958] by Jack Vance) |
Thermodyne Heat Ray Device focuses, and projects, a heat beam.
(From A Brand New World [1942] by Ray Cummings) |
Voicewriter Screen (Computer Monitor) A screen that displays characters.
(From Granny Won't Knit [1954] by Theodore Sturgeon) |
Robodore A robot specialized for use as a stevedore, emptying the contents of ships in port.
(From Robot Unwanted [1952] by Daniel Keyes) |
Robotic Conductor A robot charged with conductor's duties aboard a bus or other public transportation.
(From Paycheck [1953] by Philip K. Dick) |
Silencer-Padding Robots need to have special padding on the bottoms of their lower limbs, so they don't clank as they walk.
(From Robot Unwanted [1952] by Daniel Keyes) |
Robot Ramp A special means of ingress and egress solely for use by mechanical help.
(From Robot Unwanted [1952] by Daniel Keyes) |
Robotic Law Tape Safety Valve A specific impulse that warns robots contemplating breaking the laws set forth for their behavior.
(From Robot Unwanted [1952] by Daniel Keyes) |
Xenephrene Interstellar World A planet not attached to a solar system.
(From A Brand New World [1942] by Ray Cummings) |
Robot Manumission The freeing of a robotic being from a state of being owned property.
(From Robot Unwanted [1952] by Daniel Keyes) |
Jonnytruck A movable bathroom for hire; cost is offset by reclamation.
(From The Water Knife [2015] by Paolo Bacigalupi) |
Public Urine Collection Arcologies offer public latrines, then collect for reclamation.
(From The Water Knife [2015] by Paolo Bacigalupi) |
CAN-D Illegal narcotic chewed to alter the state of colonists.
(From The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch [1965] by Philip K. Dick) |
Command Bracelet A wrist-borne device with a variety of capabilities.
(From Sagramanda [2006] by Alan Dean Foster) |
Vivatape Perfectly seals cuts also helps through-skin implants heal.
(From Babel-17 [1966] by Samuel R. Delany) |
Stellarimeter Used by space navigators.
(From Babel-17 [1966] by Samuel R. Delany) |
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