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| Vision-Based Autonomous Cars A vehicle that uses a visual sensor to gather information sufficient to safely drive. (From Paradise and Iron [1930] by Miles J. Breuer) |
| Electrical Brain A mechanism that grants memory an intelligence to machines. (From Paradise and Iron [1930] by Miles J. Breuer) |
| Leading Machine An exploratory device; it takes the form of an autonomous motorcycle. (From Paradise and Iron [1930] by Miles J. Breuer) |
| Supervision Robot (Squid) A wheeled device with tentacular grasping limbs. (From Paradise and Iron [1930] by Miles J. Breuer) |
| House Cleaning Device A robotic means of thorough home cleaning. (From Paradise and Iron [1930] by Miles J. Breuer) |
| Autonomous Ship A sea-going vessel that can leave port, traverse vast distances, and then dock, entirely without human assistance. (From Paradise and Iron [1930] by Miles J. Breuer) |
| Aircycle Motorcycle for the air with gravimetric coils instead of wheels. (From Buck Rogers, 2430 AD [1929] by Philip Nowlan (w/D. Calkins)) |
| Spinner Ship Pinwheel rockets created centrifugal forces like gravity. (From Buck Rogers, 2430 AD [1929] by Philip Nowlan (w/D. Calkins)) |
| Gyrocosmically Stabilized Interplanetary Rocket A mouthful, perfect for trips to the larger asteroids. (From Buck Rogers, 2430 AD [1929] by Philip Nowlan (w/D. Calkins)) |
| Circuit Inhibiting Destructiveness Ensuring that robots take on the responsibility of pleasing their masters, and obeying their orders. (From To Please The Master [1958] by Margaret St. Clair) |
| Star-Globe (Ship) A spherical spacecraft. (From Brother Worlds [1951] by Raymond Z. Gallun) |
| Retard-Jets Rockets to slow down. (From Brother Worlds [1951] by Raymond Z. Gallun) |
| BLIT (Secret Basilisk) The Berryman Logical Image Technique can "shock" an AI trained to do pattern recognition. (From Blit [1988] by David Langford) |
| Van Goom's Gambit A chessboard pattern that unhinges the mind of any player who sees it. (From Von Goom's Gambit [1966] by Victor Contoski) |
| Anti-Gravity Drive Electric force curves space. (From The Last Evolution [1932] by John W. Campbell) |
| Tabletop Display A display monitor built into a flat, horizontal table surface. (From An Adventure in Time [1930] by Francis Flagg) |
| Engineless Automobile Hover No engine, no steering wheel, yet it runs. (From An Adventure in Time [1930] by Francis Flagg) |
| Hyperstereoscope A book of three-dimensional pages. (From The Book of Worlds [1929] by Miles J. Breuer) |
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