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Self-Guided Tractors A farm vehicle that drives itself.
(From At the Bottom of a Hole [1966] by Larry Niven) |
Automated Space Factories Manufacturing based in space.
(From Mona Lisa Overdrive [1988] by William Gibson) |
Bubbleworld A rigid space station that is shaped like a cylinder, rotated to achieve centripetal gravity.
(From At the Bottom of a Hole [1966] by Larry Niven) |
Anabolic Protoplaser Uses laser light to repair wounds.
(From Spock, Messiah! [1976] by Theodore Cogswell (w/C. Spano)) |
Gravity Planer Device that creates a gravity field.
(From The Warriors [1966] by Larry Niven) |
Belter A person who was born and raised in the asteroid belt around Sol.
(From The Warriors [1966] by Larry Niven) |
Robotic Dishwasher A fully automated solution to the dishwashing problem.
(From The Martian Chronicles [1950] by Ray Bradbury) |
Vac Suit A space suit, designed for use in vacuum.
(From Child of the Sun [1942] by Leigh Brackett) |
Nanobot A robot constructed with nanotechnology.
(From Steel Beach [1992] by John Varley) |
Voice-Activated Door A door that opens upon verbal command.
(From Assignment to Aldebaran [1953] by Kendall Foster Crossen) |
Pocket Universe A created, separate space within the normal space of the universe.
(From Pocket Universes [1946] by Murray Leinster) |
Pocket-Planet An asteroid.
(From The Duel on the Asteroid [1932] by P. Schuyler Miller (w/D. McDermott)) |
Water Pool Cushions Acceleration The use of water to cushion and protect against extreme ship accelerations.
(From The Derelicts of Ganymede [1932] by John W. Campbell) |
Shatter-Gun A hand-held device that literally scrambles the brains of the victim.
(From The Houses of Iszm [1954] by Jack Vance) |
Cephaloscope A device used to detect lying.
(From The Houses of Iszm [1954] by Jack Vance) |
One-Way Passage A different way to assure permanent egress.
(From The Houses of Iszm [1954] by Jack Vance) |
Tele-Audiovized Meeting Teleconferencing done right.
(From Exiles of the Moon [1931] by Nat Schachner (w. AL Zagat)) |
Integral Calculator A device that accepts complex equations and solves them.
(From Exiles of the Moon [1931] by Nat Schachner (w. AL Zagat)) |
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