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Robotnik Automated Hotel A fully-automated hotel; no human interaction required.
(From The Stainless Steel Rat's Revenge [1970] by Harry Harrison) |
Seed Bomb A tiny explosive that can be embedded under the skin.
(From Flow My Tears, The Policeman Said [1974] by Philip K. Dick) |
Microtransmitter Dot A tiny transmitter placed on ID cards, used to track ID holders.
(From Flow My Tears, The Policeman Said [1974] by Philip K. Dick) |
Hood Hologram A hologrammatic display on the outside surface of a car.
(From Virtual Light [1993] by William Gibson) |
Holo-Scanner A small portable device that acquired holographic surveillance images.
(From A Scanner Darkly [1977] by Philip K. Dick) |
Holo-Cube A very large holographic display, that a person could walk into.
(From A Scanner Darkly [1977] by Philip K. Dick) |
Holo-Printing Errors introduced in data storage media when recording under improper conditions.
(From A Scanner Darkly [1977] by Philip K. Dick) |
Death-Reversal Equipment Brings you back from losing a duel.
(From The Age of The Pussyfoot [1966] by Frederik Pohl) |
Garbage Device Autonomous garbage collection device.
(From The Age of The Pussyfoot [1966] by Frederik Pohl) |
Translatophone A device that performs mechanical translation of one language into another.
(From My Translatophone [1901] by Frank Stockton) |
Neural Door Lock A device that provides access based on neurological data.
(From The Unreconstructed M [1957] by Philip K. Dick) |
Death-Rattle A device that sends a signal upon brain death of the user.
(From The Unreconstructed M [1957] by Philip K. Dick) |
Remote Control Taxicab A cab that is piloted by a remote operator.
(From The Unreconstructed M [1957] by Philip K. Dick) |
Mechanical Cleaning Device A small, ground-based autonomous robot doing basic janitorial work.
(From The Unreconstructed M [1957] by Philip K. Dick) |
Death Bath A suicide chamber.
(From The Revolt of the Machines [1931] by Nat Schachner (w. AL Zagat)) |
Thought Coil (Machine Intelligence) Specially designed hardware that imparts intelligence to machines.
(From The Revolt of the Machines [1931] by Nat Schachner (w. AL Zagat)) |
Master Machine One single machine to run a civilization!
(From The Revolt of the Machines [1931] by Nat Schachner (w. AL Zagat)) |
Robot Situation Neurosis Robots go mad when given competing instructions.
(From The Unreconstructed M [1957] by Philip K. Dick) |
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