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Bloodhound Machine Could positively identify a person using their scent alone.
(From Crimes of the Year 2000 [1935] by Ray Cummings) |
Dirtside The surface of a planet.
(From Starman Jones [1953] by Robert Heinlein) |
Automated Drone Probes Human-sized robot probes for exploration.
(From The Man in the Maze [1969] by Robert Silverberg) |
Mole Probe Automated devices that seek underground routes, burrowing as they go.
(From The Man in the Maze [1969] by Robert Silverberg) |
Device Replication Manufacturing devices from a template to save space on space craft.
(From The Man in the Maze [1969] by Robert Silverberg) |
Viewing Tank A display monitor.
(From The Man in the Maze [1969] by Robert Silverberg) |
Automatic City A city designed to protect itself and maintain itself over millions of years.
(From The Man in the Maze [1969] by Robert Silverberg) |
Mass Detector Hunting aid.
(From The Man in the Maze [1969] by Robert Silverberg) |
Mentanical Communication Thinking, learning robots have a special means of communication.
(From The Mentanicals [1934] by Francis Flagg) |
Mentanicals Robots capable of mentation - i.e., thought.
(From The Mentanicals [1934] by Francis Flagg) |
Living Machines Robots that are able to learn.
(From The Mentanicals [1934] by Francis Flagg) |
Magnetic Pinions Remote control electromagnetic handcuffs.
(From Worlds of Origin [1958] by Jack Vance) |
The Hub A large space resort consisting of inhabitable bubbles in a metal framework.
(From Worlds of Origin [1958] by Jack Vance) |
Thermodyne Heat Ray Device focuses, and projects, a heat beam.
(From A Brand New World [1942] by Ray Cummings) |
Voicewriter Screen (Computer Monitor) A screen that displays characters.
(From Granny Won't Knit [1954] by Theodore Sturgeon) |
Silencer-Padding Robots need to have special padding on the bottoms of their lower limbs, so they don't clank as they walk.
(From Robot Unwanted [1952] by Daniel Keyes) |
Robotic Conductor A robot charged with conductor's duties aboard a bus or other public transportation.
(From Paycheck [1953] by Philip K. Dick) |
Robodore A robot specialized for use as a stevedore, emptying the contents of ships in port.
(From Robot Unwanted [1952] by Daniel Keyes) |
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