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| Gait-Cam A surveillance camera system that analyzes the unique way in which people walk, to identify them. (From Little Brother [2008] by Cory Doctorow) |
| Light Traps (Dyson Sphere) Surrounding a sun, a set of devices to capture or focus solar power. (From Star Maker [1937] by Olaf Stapledon) |
| Trans-Oceanic Rocket Also, a rocket-plane. (From The Worlds of If [1935] by Stanley G. Weinbaum) |
| Subjunctivisor Projects a possible future, based on your own impressions. (From The Worlds of If [1935] by Stanley G. Weinbaum) |
| Home Ad Blocker Device insulates house against intrusion by 3D advertisements. (From The Computer Connection [1974] by Alfred Bester) |
| Cushion Fence Gentle force field (From The Computer Connection [1974] by Alfred Bester) |
| Fruit-Picking Machine An humanoid machine for automatic fruit picking. (From The Hidden Colony [1935] by Otfrid von Hanstein) |
| Unattended Factory A factory that works entirely automatically, without human guidance. (From The Hidden Colony [1935] by Otfrid von Hanstein) |
| Conscious Farm Machines Farm machinery that worked on their own. (From The Hidden Colony [1935] by Otfrid von Hanstein) |
| Emotion Meter A device for empirically determining human emotion. (From The Emotion Meter [1935] by W. Varick Nevins, III) |
| Undersea City A great city under the sea, covered by a crystal dome. (From The Crystal City Under the Sea [1895] by Andre Laurie) |
| Flexible Sprung Boots Boots designed to be flexible when walking, but upon a hard step, will have a spring characteristic. (From Inherit the Stars [1977] by James P. Hogan) |
| Identification Beacon Radio pulse to identify orbiting craft. (From Methuselah's Children [1941] by Robert Heinlein) |
| Heliocar Ground vehicle that can also lift off like a helicopter. (From The Prince of Space [1931] by Jack Williamson) |
| FTL Abbreviation for "faster than light". (From The Enchanted Forest [1950] by Fritz Leiber) |
| Search-Bug An exploratory robot. (From Autofac [1955] by Philip K. Dick) |
| Rocket Tug The equivalent of a tug boat for space ships. (From Crystalized Thought [1937] by Nat Schachner) |
| Repulsor Screen Diverts troublesome asteroids. (From Crystalized Thought [1937] by Nat Schachner) |
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