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Diaheliper Offers delivery of diapers by air.
(From The Morning of the Day They Did It [1950] by E.B. White) |
Gravity Port Used for refueling.
(From Shadow Over Venus [1946] by Frank Belknap Long, Jr.) |
Voice Encyclopedia Access to information via robotic voice recognition over the phone.
(From Galactic Pot-Healer [1969] by Philip K. Dick) |
Water Bulb A zero-gee dispenser of liquids.
(From The Space Merchants [1952] by Frederik Pohl (w/CM Kornbluth)) |
Plasticocoon Holds a prisoner motionless.
(From The Space Merchants [1952] by Frederik Pohl (w/CM Kornbluth)) |
Hypnoteleset A device that guarantees quick, surrogate sleep.
(From The Space Merchants [1952] by Frederik Pohl (w/CM Kornbluth)) |
Dromozoa Life forms that cause the human body to bud new parts for harvesting.
(From A Planet Named Shayol [1961] by Cordwainer Smith) |
Mind Destroyer A method for wiping clean the mind of a human being, leaving only enough to run the body's functions.
(From A Planet Named Shayol [1961] by Cordwainer Smith) |
Pleasure Cap A device that delivers amps of pleasure directly to the brain.
(From A Planet Named Shayol [1961] by Cordwainer Smith) |
Tourist Rocket A cheap, unpleasant way to do space travel.
(From The Space Merchants [1952] by Frederik Pohl (w/CM Kornbluth)) |
Teep Rod A device that gathers the thoughts of an individual.
(From Galactic Pot-Healer [1969] by Philip K. Dick) |
Chlorella Plantation A skyscraper designed for food production.
(From The Space Merchants [1952] by Frederik Pohl (w/CM Kornbluth)) |
Water Bulb A zero-g way to enjoy water.
(From The Space Merchants [1952] by Frederik Pohl (w/CM Kornbluth)) |
'Fresher Short for 'refreshing chamber', a device that performs various personal services.
(From Gulf [1949] by Robert Heinlein) |
The Terror An amazing vehicle capable of attaining tremendous speeds - in many different ways.
(From Master of the World [1904] by Jules Verne) |
Regen-Buds Small collection of cells that can regrow into human limbs.
(From The Velvet Glove [1956] by Harry Harrison) |
Intelligent Trash Sorting Robots sort the garbage - almost completely.
(From Robot Justice [1959] by Harry Harrison) |
Life Chamber A machine-mediated, fully immersive experiential environment.
(From The Chamber of Life [1929] by G. Peyton Wertenbaker) |
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