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| Acceleration Hammock Webbing used to cushion acceleration in spacecraft. (From Pioneer - 1957 [1939] by Henry Gade) |
| Ultra-Vibrator Transports objects into another dimension through intense vibration. (From Into Another Dimension [1939] by Maurice Duclos) |
| Robot Suicide A robot decides to commit suicide, and sets up a mechanism to put his decision into effect. (From Adam Link's Vengeance [1940] by Eando Binder) |
| Escape Port Emergency egress from a space ship for one person. (From Hell Ship of Space [1940] by Frederic Arnold Kummer, Jr.) |
| Atomic Blast Weapon Reduces the target to atoms. (From The Achilles Heel [1940] by Raymond Z. Gallun) |
| Asbestos Sunshade A means of shielding oneself from the sun's rays. (From The Achilles Heel [1940] by Raymond Z. Gallun) |
| Iridium-Sponge Brain A human-like metal brain for robots. (From Adam Link's Vengeance [1940] by Eando Binder) |
| Paralyzing Gun Renders senseless any human in its path. (From The Achilles Heel [1940] by Raymond Z. Gallun) |
| Conversion Gun The ray converts the heat in an object to light. (From Hell Ship of Space [1940] by Frederic Arnold Kummer, Jr.) |
| Space Shuttle A space-going vessel for trips from the surface of a planet to a ship in orbit, and back. (From Hell Ship of Space [1940] by Frederic Arnold Kummer, Jr.) |
| Solid Power A concentrated form of easily accessed energy to supply any need. (From Revolt on the Tenth World [1940] by Edmond Hamilton) |
| Atom-Gun A handheld device that sprays atomic fire. (From Revolt on the Tenth World [1940] by Edmond Hamilton) |
| Neutronium Slippers Special footgear to keep ones footing in lower gravities. (From Revolt on the Tenth World [1940] by Edmond Hamilton) |
| Pencil Beam A thin tube-like laser beam weapon. (From Vulcan's Hammer [1956] by Philip K. Dick) |
| Cutoff Switch A means of instantaneously switching off an artificial intelligence. (From 2010: Odyssey Two [1982] by Arthur C. Clarke) |
| Sliver Gun A firearm that shoots fine darts. (From The Unreliable Perfumist [1953] by Margaret St. Clair) |
| Vistascreen Large screen entertainment. (From Assignment to Aldebaran [1953] by Kendall Foster Crossen) |
| Electromagnetic Shotgun A device to shut down an artificial intelligence if it becomes dangerous. (From Neuromancer [1984] by William Gibson) |
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