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| Morality Rating-Computer A computer system able to determine moral deviancy. (From Assignment to Aldebaran [1953] by Kendall Foster Crossen) |
| Repair Drone Autonomous robots repair damage or sabotage. (From Neuromancer [1984] by William Gibson) |
| Gravity Well If you visualize spacetime as a flat, elastic plane, a planet will deform it, and it sits at the bottom of its own hole. (From Life Cycle [1957] by Poul Anderson) |
| Fusion Sunlight Tube Central light source for a spun cylinder space station. (From At the Bottom of a Hole [1966] by Larry Niven) |
| 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) |
| Gravity Planer Device that creates a gravity field. (From The Warriors [1966] by Larry Niven) |
| Anabolic Protoplaser Uses laser light to repair wounds. (From Spock, Messiah! [1976] by Theodore Cogswell (w/C. Spano)) |
| 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) |
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