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| Automatic Refueling Screen Repels objects that are too big, and gathers small ones for fuel. (From Biddiver [1941] by Theodore Sturgeon) |
| Delayed Action Stereoscopic Principle Distinguishing far off space craft by relative speed against the fixed stars. (From Methuselah's Children [1941] by Robert Heinlein) |
| Space Rush The Outer Space equivalent of the gold rush. (From Jurisdiction [1941] by Nat Schachner) |
| Asteroid Lanes Regular routes traversed by asteroids. (From Jurisdiction [1941] by Nat Schachner) |
| Spaceways A set route though space. (From Shambleau [1933] by C.L. Moore) |
| Generate New Phone Number A software program that creates a new phone number for each call. (From Press Enter [1984] by John Varley) |
| Transparent Platisplasm Cage A replacement framework for a body joint - in this case, the shoulder. (From Babel-17 [1966] by Samuel R. Delany) |
| Pilot Beam A signalling device that space craft in orbit descending to Earth could home in on and land. (From Methuselah's Children [1941] by Murray Leinster) |
| No Steering Wheel Autonomous Car An autonomous vehicle without a wheel for human drivers. (From Paradise and Iron [1930] by Miles J. Breuer) |
| Multi-View Surveillance Display Lots of different video sources combined into one display. (From This Moment of the Storm [1966] by Roger Zelazny) |
| Nurse Drone A larger flying platform to provide power to smaller drones. (From The Diamond Age [1995] by Neal Stephenson) |
| Vehicle Sleep Sensor Better stay awake, the machines know if you're sleeping. (From The Velvet Glove [1956] by Harry Harrison) |
| Oxygen Concentrator Gathers oxygen from a thin atmosphere until it is breathable, supporting life. (From Duel on Syrtis [1951] by Poul Anderson) |
| Suspensine Slows biological functions enough to survive in airless space - for a time. (From Duel on Syrtis [1951] by Poul Anderson) |
| Windmill Mast Enclosed machinery in large masts powers ships. (From A Journey In Other Worlds [1894] by John Jacob Astor IV) |
| Oxygen Space Flare A flare that burns inside a glass bulb with oxygen. (From Brigands of the Moon [1930] by Ray Cummings) |
| Asteroid From Outside Solar System An asteroid or similar body that comes from outside the solar system; an interstellar body. (From Brigands of the Moon [1930] by Ray Cummings) |
| Electronic Analogue of Living Brain Imposing the abilities of a human brain into a computer (From The Tunnel Under The World [1955] by Frederik Pohl) |
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