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| Brain Erasure Deleting selected knowledge from the brain using electrical impulses. (From The Knowledge Machine [1948] by Edmond Hamilton) |
| Predictable Crime A criminal act that computers were able to foresee in advance. (From All the Troubles in the World [1958] by Isaac Asimov) |
| Machine Suicide A self-aware computer system wants to destroy itself. (From All the Troubles in the World [1958] by Isaac Asimov) |
| Learning-Cap A special metal helmet for electro-education. (From The Knowledge Machine [1948] by Edmond Hamilton) |
| Tiersian Therapy A therapeutic discipline in which the patient chooses a character from a book and then attempts to be that character. (From Red Orc's Revenge [1991] by Philip Jose Farmer) |
| Emergency Repulsion (Repulsive Ray) A beam of force that repels one object from another. (From Blood of the Moon [1936] by Ray Cummings) |
| Starways The well-traveled paths from star to star. (From Blood of the Moon [1936] by Ray Cummings) |
| Bone-Building Compounds Combat heavy gravity on other planets by building greater bone density in workers and colonists. (From A Conquest of Two Worlds [1932] by Edmond Hamilton) |
| Primer A special software program that teaches basic language skills. (From The Diamond Age [1995] by Neal Stephenson) |
| Dataset A portable computer with multiple screens and capabilities. (From A Fire Upon The Deep [1992] by Vernor Vinge) |
| Electromechanical Educator An automated teaching machine. (From The Fourth R [1959] by George O. Smith) |
| Electro-Education The latest thing in electrically stimulated learning. (From The Knowledge Machine [1948] by Edmond Hamilton) |
| Electro-Telescope A device that could clearly image space battles and space ships, even from a great distance. (From The Mines of Haldar [1934] by Maurice G. Hugi) |
| Novel-Writing Machines A device that automatically produces fiction. (From 1984 (Nineteen Eighty-Four) [1948] by George Orwell) |
| Memory Hole A receptacle for unwanted documents. (From 1984 (Nineteen Eighty-Four) [1948] by George Orwell) |
| Manual Search For Habitable Planet A tedious search for habitable planets by hand. (From Skylark of Valeron [1934] by E.E. 'Doc' Smith) |
| Telespectroscope Device for searching for habitable (Earth-like) planets. (From Cosmic Quest [1936] by Edmond Hamilton) |
| Dimension Shifting Apparatus Achieves faster than light space travel by moving into a different, parallel dimension. (From Cosmic Quest [1936] by Edmond Hamilton) |
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