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| Moon Hopper A jet-powered single-person vehicle for the Moon. (From Rider in the Sky [1973] by Raymond F. Jones) |
| Electric Boat A surface vessel powered by electricity. (From The Great Drought [1932] by S.P. Meek) |
| Amtal Rule Testing to destruction (From Dune [1965] by Frank Herbert) |
| Tractor Boots Space suit footgear that has atom-driven caterpillar treads. (From Magician of Dream Valley [1938] by Raymond Z. Gallun) |
| Ring-Table A device that creates a 'group mind', a single mind, from the many gathered around it. (From The Universe Wreckers [1930] by Edmond Hamilton) |
| Emergency Repulsion Ray A handheld means of propulsion in space. (From Earth-Venus 12 [1936] by Gabriel Wilson) |
| Space-Walker Tall cylinder with a window at eye-level, and pincer-claws controlled by the wearer. (From The Universe Wreckers [1930] by Edmond Hamilton) |
| Pocket wireless phone An entirely portable, pocket-sized, telephone. (From John Jones's Dollar [1915] by Harry Stephen Keeler) |
| Zoom Call Visaphone System An amazingly early description of a modern zoom call on a big screen monitor. (From John Jones's Dollar [1915] by Harry Stephen Keeler) |
| Transfer Cable Move between two ships in space. (From Dead Star Station [1933] by Jack Williamson) |
| Trolling Tether Cable Simple fishing technique applied to moving cargo off-planet. (From Atom Drive [1956] by Charles Fontenay) |
| Earth Normal Using the earth standard. (From The Pygmy Planet [1932] by Jack Williamson) |
| Doughpot A mass of white, dough-like protoplasm, ranging in size from a single cell to perhaps twenty tons of mushy filth. (From Parasite Planet [1935] by Stanley G. Weinbaum) |
| Robot Fish (Metal Fish) Fake flounders for sport fishermen on Martian canals. (From Atom Drive [1956] by Charles Fontenay) |
| Robot Introspection A robotic brain grows and learns about itself. (From Unforeseen [1949] by Roger P. Graham) |
| Robot Cat A biological feline with mechanical parts. (From The Cat and the King [1946] by Raymond F. Jones) |
| Locatimeter A method for a plane to know its location over the Earth. (From The Iron World [1937] by Otis Adelbert Kline) |
| Stratoplane An airplane that flies up to the edge of the atmosphere. (From Colossus [1934] by Donald Wandrei) |
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