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Miniaturization
Making a physical object smaller in size.
(From Fantastic Voyage (Novel) [1966] by Isaac Asimov)
Sand Ship
A wind-powered vehicle in the desert.
(From The Martian Chronicles [1950] by Ray Bradbury)
Mechanical Funeral
An entirely autonomous burial rite.
(From The Coffin [1947] by Ray Bradbury)
Jet-Down
A spacecraft able to explore planetary surfaces.
(From Prelude to Foundation [1988] by Isaac Asimov)
Air-Taxi
A flying taxicab with autonomous features.
(From Prelude to Foundation [1988] by Isaac Asimov)
Filmbook
A storage medium for information, both text and video.
(From Dune [1965] by Frank Herbert)
Microfarm
Food creation without soil.
(From Prelude to Foundation [1988] by Isaac Asimov)
Dainties
Flavor spheres artificially grown.
(From Prelude to Foundation [1988] by Isaac Asimov)
Mnemonic Pulse
A feature of filmbook recordings that helps imprint knowledge on the mind of the user.
(From Dune [1965] by Frank Herbert)
Disease Circuit
A feature of robotic animals which indicated a need to repair by emulating animal sickness.
(From Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? [1968] by Philip K. Dick)
Oat-Tropic Circuit
A robotic feature that caused electronic animals to move toward offered food.
(From Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? [1968] by Philip K. Dick)
Nuclear Shears
Device uses nuclear power to accomplish basic shop tasks.
(From Foundation [1951] by Isaac Asimov)
Neutronic Dust
What's left over when you've annihilated matter.
(From Twelve Hours To Live [1931] by Jack Williamson)
Magnetic Clamps
Used for attaching your craft to a larger spaceship.
(From Twelve Hours To Live [1931] by Jack Williamson)
Gravitic Lift
An elevator with no visible means of support.
(From Prelude to Foundation [1988] by Isaac Asimov)
Computer-Controlled House
A residence that is an autonomous robotic system.
(From The Martian Chronicles [1950] by Ray Bradbury)
Preserved Brains
Preserving a brain, and then communicating with it.
(From Murder in the Void [1938] by Edmond Hamilton)
Protective Energy Halo
A device that cast a hemisphere of protective beams.
(From The Scarab [1936] by Raymond Z. Gallun)
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