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Ghostwheel
A sentient computer partially built with magic.
(From Blood of Amber [1986] by Roger Zelazny)
UHF Shower
And ultra high frequency shower, which do used energy instead of water to wash off.
(From Eye of Cat [1982] by Roger Zelazny)
Genetically Tailored Trees
Trees that had been genetically altered to produce and concentrate usable oil.
(From Eye of Cat [1982] by Roger Zelazny)
Call Notification Unit
A small portable device that let you know that you had a phone call at your home.
(From Eye of Cat [1982] by Roger Zelazny)
Improve Memory
Help immortals make sense of their memories.
(From Methuselah's Children [1941] by Robert Heinlein)
Plastissue
Artificial flesh.
(From Accidental Flight [1952] by W.F. Wallace)
Magneslippers
Shoes that adhere to metal space ship floors, useful in null gravity situations.
(From Accidental Flight [1952] by W.F. Wallace)
Self-Repairing Robot
A mechanism that can detect faults in itself and repair them.
(From Accidental Flight [1952] by W.F. Wallace)
Toaster
A handheld beam weapon.
(From Accidental Flight [1952] by W.F. Wallace)
Medical Use for Weightlessness
Early reference to the idea of using a weightless environment for medical purposes.
(From Accidental Flight [1952] by W.F. Wallace)
Gravital Unit
Device that maintains Earth-comparable gravity on an asteroid.
(From Accidental Flight [1952] by W.F. Wallace)
Saddle
A comfortable riding saddle - minus the horse.
(From The Big Front Yard [1959] by Clifford Simak)
Needle Beam Gat
A thin disintegrator beam.
(From Moon Crystals [1936] by J. Harvey Haggard)
Luxobe Crystals
They give light.
(From Moon Crystals [1936] by J. Harvey Haggard)
Artificial Food
Food produced without soil, chemically.
(From The World Set Free [1914] by H.G. Wells)
Vitrisheen
A translucent glass-like fashion choice.
(From Moon Crystals [1936] by J. Harvey Haggard)
Beckerley Electrical Field
An energy field that can protect a city or large area.
(From Smothered Seas [1936] by R.M. Farley (w/SG Weinbaum))
Gyro-Hat
Hidden in a top hat, this device cures staggering and reeling, for whatever reason.
(From An Experiment in Gyro-Hats [1926] by Ellis Parker Butler)
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