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       Nullentropy Bin - world's best salad crisper A compartment in which entropy was halted.  | 
     
       Heretics of Dune (1984)        | 
    
  
   
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       Odalarm - aromatherapy wake-up call An alarm clock that awakens the sleeper with a selected odor.  | 
     
       The Dosadi Experiment (1977)        | 
    
  
   
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       Oil Lens - infinitely adjustable lens Oil held in tension in an enclosing force field, used as an optical component.  | 
     
       Dune (1965)        | 
    
  
   
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       Ornithopter - flies like a bird Also called a 'thopter, it had adjustable wings and was jet-powered. Describes any plane capable of wing-beat flight in the manner of birds.  | 
     
       Dune (1965)        | 
    
  
   
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       Pain Box - testing for humans A small box which induced pain into the nerves of the hand.  | 
     
       Dune (1965)        | 
    
  
   
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       Palm Lock - uses more than a fingerprint A lock or seal which can be opened only by contact with the palm of the human hand to which it has been keyed.    | 
     
       Dune (1965)        | 
    
  
   
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       Paracompass - detects local magnetic anomalies A very specialized compass that makes use of local magnetic anomalies.  | 
     
       Dune (1965)        | 
    
  
   
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       Personality Simulator - game your office politics A device which, when fed enough data about a person, simulated their personality allowing the user to predict behavior in stated circumstances.  | 
     
       The Dosadi Experiment (1977)        | 
    
  
   
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       Plasteel - tough metal for tough times Extremely tough form of steel, stabilized with stravidium fibers grown into its crystal.  | 
     
       Dune (1965)        | 
    
  
   
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       Poison Snooper - be careful, my Duke A device that checked food and drink for poisons.  | 
     
       Dune (1965)        | 
    
  
   
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       Polawindow - change lighting instantly A window-sized polarizer filter that allows changes in light intensity and color.  | 
     
       The Godmakers (1972)        | 
    
  
   
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       Procreative Stump  A woman's torso, kept alive for the purpose of using the womb as an incubator.  | 
     
       Hellstrom's Hive (1972)        | 
    
  
   
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       Pseudoflesh - key to boneless meat Meat (protein) that is produced apart from an animal; great steaks without rumination.  | 
     
       Whipping Star (1969)        | 
    
  
   
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       Pulse-Timer  A watch that uses your visual cortex for a read-out device.  | 
     
       Heretics of Dune (1984)        | 
    
  
   
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       Rachag  A caffeine-style stimulant.  | 
     
       Dune (1965)        | 
    
  
   
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       Remote-Cast Snooper  A small, easily concealed poison snooper.  | 
     
       Dune (1965)        | 
    
  
   
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       Residual Poison  A poison that, once administered, resides in the body; only regular intake of the antidote keeps the person alive.  | 
     
       Dune (1965)        | 
    
  
   
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       Ridulian Crystal Sheets  Exceptionally strong, surpassingly thin material.  | 
     
       God Emperor of Dune (1981)        | 
    
  
   
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       Rotating House - turn the salon A single family home built upon a central pivot; it can be turned at will.  | 
     
       The Godmakers (1972)        | 
    
  
   
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       Sandsnork - breathe under sand A device like a snorkel that would provide air to a tent buried by a sand storm.  | 
     
       Dune (1965)        |