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(Most Recent Additions - 4007 Total)
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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) |
Edge Controls A pocket-sized device using controls on the edge of the device, leaving the face for display purposes only.
(From The Feeling of Power [1958] by Isaac Asimov) |
Computers Improve Computers The idea that it will be possible for computers to design more advanced computers.
(From The Feeling of Power [1958] by Isaac Asimov) |
Artificial Brain A non-organic device structured like a human brain.
(From The Metal Giants [1926] by Edmond Hamilton) |
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