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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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