Fresh
Technovelgy
(Most Recent Additions - 4037 Total)
|
Beeper A handheld radar set, used to find items that have drifted off.
(From Islands in the Sky [1952] by Arthur C. Clarke) |
Cylinder Space Suit A mostly rigid, cylindrical space suit.
(From Islands in the Sky [1952] by Arthur C. Clarke) |
Tannin-Secretion Pills Artificially darkens skin, for skin protection.
(From Crashlander [1994] by Larry Niven) |
Robobug A cyborg insect.
(From The Golden City [2009] by John Twelve Hawks) |
Crowdcutter A device worn to part crowds.
(From Infomocracy [2016] by Malka Older) |
Gravity Nullifier Shields a large object from the effect of gravity.
(From The Sky Maniac [1929] by Henri Dahl Juve) |
Young Blood - New Blood For Old Replacing the blood plasma of older people with material from younger people.
(From Methuselah's Children [1941] by Robert Heinlein) |
Flip to Brake Maneuver to put the tail end (with rocket output) in the forward direction of travel to use for lowering velocity.
(From Murder on the Asteroid [1933] by Eando Binder) |
Interplanetary Clearance Bureaucratic red tape associated with busy space ports.
(From Methuselah's Children [1941] by Robert Heinlein) |
Protective Field (Safety Field) An static energy field used to protect a city.
(From The Man in the Maze [1969] by Robert Silverberg) |
Panoramic Viewer Permits observation at a distance, as well as the projection of a holographic image.
(From Childhood's End [1953] by Arthur C. Clarke) |
Flying Robot Drone Probe A remote-controlled flying drone used for remote investigation and surveillance.
(From The Man in the Maze [1969] by Robert Silverberg) |
Zero 'g' (Zero Gee) In a ship in orbit, in free fall.
(From Islands in the Sky [1952] by Arthur C. Clarke) |
Leady A radiation-resistant robot.
(From The Defenders [1953] by Philip K. Dick) |
Zero-Gravity A state in which gravity is effectively absent or cancelled out.
(From If Science Reached the Earth's Core [1938] by John R. Binder) |
Robot Strike When robots refuse to work.
(From Robots of the World! Arise! [1952] by Mari Wolf) |
Flesh Men Thinking beings that are not mechanical robots - human beings.
(From Robots of the World! Arise! [1952] by Mari Wolf) |
Lead-Bodied Android A robot designed for use in the nuclear industry.
(From Robots of the World! Arise! [1952] by Mari Wolf) |
|