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| Synthetic Flesh Material resembles human flesh, handy for disguises. (From The Amazon Fights Again [1940] by Thornton Ayre) |
| Synthetic Voice Artificial human speech. (From The Amazon Fights Again [1940] by Thornton Ayre) |
| Pokkecon A device tied into a good will network. (From Maneki Neko [1998] by Bruce Sterling) |
| Sub-C Of ships, older models that travel at speeds below that of light. (From The Impossible Planet [1953] by Philip K. Dick) |
| Distributed Assembly Plant Bringing parts together for assembly in a crowd anonymously. (From Daemon [2006] by Daniel Suarez) |
| Production Prescription A file that can be used to reproduce an object. (From The Magellanic Cloud [1955] by Stanislaw Lem) |
| Pocket Receiver An early visualization of the smartphone. (From The Magellanic Cloud [1955] by Stanislaw Lem) |
| Trion Library An early visualization of the Internet. (From The Magellanic Cloud [1955] by Stanislaw Lem) |
| Skip-Glide A means of using the atmosphere to delicately slow a space craft during re-entry. (From The Planet Strappers [1961] by Raymond Z. Gallun) |
| Food Pills A substitute for ordinary nutrition. (From A Strange Trip [1885] by John Baker Hopkins) |
| Electric-Yacht A surface vessel powered entirely by electricity. (From A Strange Trip [1885] by John Baker Hopkins) |
| Unobtainium A humorous reference to a substance both rare and unlikely. (From Startide Rising [1983] by David Brin) |
| Atomic Engine A motor running on atomic fuel. (From The World Set Free [1914] by H.G. Wells) |
| Robotic Butterfly A tiny, electromechanical flying robot. (From I, Robot: The Movie [1987] by Harlan Ellison) |
| Robotaxi A fully automated, driverless taxi. (From Dugal Was A Spaceman [1953] by Joe Gibson) |
| Robot Music Music created and performed entirely by robots. (From The Robot God [1941] by Ray Cummings) |
| Prosthetic Robotic Arm (Thought-Attuned) A detachable robotic arm, controlled directly through neural linkage. (From Bleekman's Planet [1957] by Ivar Jorgensen) |
| Landing Pit (Drydock and Construction) A cylindrical hole with anti-gravity screens for use in spacecraft landings and repair. (From The Stars My Destination [1956] by Alfred Bester) |
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