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Dimension Shifting Apparatus
Achieves faster than light space travel by moving into a different, parallel dimension.
(From Cosmic Quest [1936] by Edmond Hamilton)
Automated Search For Habitable Planets
Automated use of telescopes and other devices to search the universe for Earth-like planets.
(From Cosmic Quest [1936] by Edmond Hamilton)
Volplane
A small vehicle used in transporting people around the moon's surface.
(From Blood of the Moon [1936] by Ray Cummings)
Indoor Weighted Belt
Device to stay grounded in low gravity on the Moon.
(From Blood of the Moon [1936] by Ray Cummings)
Protonite
Radioactive fuel for spacecraft.
(From Twelve Hours To Live [1931] by Jack Williamson)
Matter Annihilation Ray
A beam that forces electrons into protons, thereby destroying ordinary matter.
(From Twelve Hours To Live [1931] by Jack Williamson)
Reaction-Motors
A spacecraft engine that works by firing matter out at high speed.
(From Twelve Hours To Live [1931] by Jack Williamson)
Space-Liner
A passenger ship in space.
(From Twelve Hours To Live [1931] by Jack Williamson)
Planetary Telegraphing
A method for communicating with dwellers on other planets in the solar system.
(From In the Deep of Time [1897] by George Parsons Lathrop)
Vivification
A process by which the body can be preserved for centuries at body temperature and then revived.
(From In the Deep of Time [1897] by George Parsons Lathrop)
Uterine Replicator
A device that simulates the functions of the human uterus.
(From Shards of Honor [1986] by Lois McMaster Bujold)
Home News Printer
A device that prints out the newspaper of your choice right in your own home.
(From The Senator's Daughter [1879] by Edward Page Mitchell)
Suspended Animation (Frigorific Process)
Very early reference to cryogenic storage.
(From The Senator's Daughter [1879] by Edward Page Mitchell)
Compact Food Pastilles (Food Pill)
One small tablet is a month's worth of food.
(From The Senator's Daughter [1879] by Edward Page Mitchell)
The Machines
A few of these can run a planetary economy.
(From The Evitable Conflict [1950] by Isaac Asimov)
Yeast Steak
Growing custom strains of yeast as food.
(From The Evitable Conflict [1950] by Isaac Asimov)
Tik-Tok
A mechanical man.
(From Ozma of Oz [1907] by L. Frank Baum)
Airmakers
Machine to create breathable air from the constituent materials on an alien planet.
(From The Big Rain [1954] by Poul Anderson)
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