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| Pocket Scanner A device that scans for the codes that will open a vehicle's door on command. (From Sagramanda [2006] by Alan Dean Foster) |
| Construction Robot Autonomous robots work on construction sites. (From Runaway [1985] by Michael Crichton) |
| Space Craft Rope Ladder Equipment used for debarking from a space craft. (From Diabologic [1955] by Eric Frank Russell) |
| Automatic-Electric Packing Machine A device able to pack randomly shaped objects combined into a single package automatically. (From Ralph 124c 41 + [1911] by Hugo Gernsback) |
| Iridium Spirals (Street Lights) Streetlights provide sunlight at night. (From Ralph 124c 41 + [1911] by Hugo Gernsback) |
| Alohydrolium The lightest metal. (From Ralph 124c 41 + [1911] by Hugo Gernsback) |
| Alternate Computer Personality A computer system that can take on complete, alternate personalities. (From The Moon is a Harsh Mistress [1966] by Robert Heinlein) |
| TW-55 Spy Conscious control of facial characteristics. (From Babel-17 [1966] by Samuel R. Delany) |
| Tensile Memory Polarized Matter The same piece of material can take pre-determined shapes. (From Babel-17 [1966] by Samuel R. Delany) |
| Goat/Spider Silk High tensile strength fibers from - goats. (From Oryx and Crake [2003] by Margaret Atwood) |
| Email Shirt See your email on your shirt. (From Oryx and Crake [2003] by Margaret Atwood) |
| Self-Cleaning Gym Suit Removes the source of odor. (From Oryx and Crake [2003] by Margaret Atwood) |
| Image-Amps Boost the signal from the eyes to see in the dark. (From Neuromancer [1984] by William Gibson) |
| Pail of Air A small bucket filled with (liquid) air. (From A Pail of Air [1951] by Fritz Leiber) |
| Slug An underwater "barge", consisting of a giant tube for transporting oil. (From Dragon in the Sea [1956] by Frank Herbert) |
| Wimp Vault Lots of spare bodies. (From Millennium [1983] by John Varley) |
| Morgue (Recall Stage) Storage and retrieval of frozen bodies. (From Babel-17 [1966] by Samuel R. Delany) |
| Discorporate Sector An electronic afterlife. (From Babel-17 [1966] by Samuel R. Delany) |
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