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Bot The first use of this contraction for "robot".
(From We All Died At Breakaway Station [1969] by Richard Meredith) |
Space Force That branch of the military with a presence outside the atmosphere.
(From Wandl, The Invader [1932] by Ray Cummings) |
Home Planet Usually the birthplace of your species or simply your planet of origin.
(From In the Deep of Time [1897] by George Parsons Lathrop) |
Single Vehicle Tunnel A small diameter tunnel that accepts a single vehicle to a single destination.
(From Foundation [1951] by Isaac Asimov) |
Dropshaft An elevator shaft with no elevator - the "lift" is from gravity or suppressed inertia.
(From Deeper Than the Darkness [1957] by Harlan Ellison) |
Ugly T-Shirt Uses disruptive patterning to make the wearer invisible to computerized surveillance techniques.
(From Zero History [2010] by William Gibson) |
Communinet A public data network.i
(From Dune [1965] by Brian Herbert) |
Electronic Cash A digital currency, like Bitcoin.
(From Heavy Weather [1994] by Bruce Sterling) |
Burn the Ship Utilize parts of the ship as fuel for forward movement.
(From Around the World in 80 days [1868] by Jules Verne) |
Voicecorder A device that records verbal output and determines truth or falsehood.
(From Whipping Star [1969] by Brian Herbert) |
Substance D An addictive, psychoactive drug.
(From A Scanner Darkly [1977] by Philip K. Dick) |
Logical Pathogen Malware concealed in DNA.
(From The Medusa Chronicles [2016] by Alastair Reynolds (w/S. Baxter)) |
Roboticist A person who works on robots.
(From Evidence [1946] by Isaac Asimov) |
Negative Matter Space Drive A reactionless space drive using negative matter.
(From Timemaster [1992] by Robert Forward) |
Rat-Robot A small remotely-operated surveillance robot.
(From Anything You Can Do [1962] by Gordon Randall Garrett) |
Third Eye An output device that uses the skin of the user.
(From Daemon [2006] by Daniel Suarez) |
Test Box A remote-controlled device for capturing small objects from open space.
(From The Devil's Pocket [1940] by F.E. Hardart) |
Sun Dome Used on Venus to give relief from the endless rain.
(From The Illustrated Man [1951] by Ray Bradbury) |
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