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| Space Lock An airlock on a spacecraft. (From The Black Star Passes [1930] by John W. Campbell) |
| Pressure Curtain A force field that creates a barrier that people can pass through but air cannot - an airlock in a spacecraft. (From The Mote in God's Eye [1974] by Larry Niven (w/J. Pournelle)) |
| Invisible Watchmen Automated 'home security' sentry system that targets and eliminates intruders. (From Murder in the Void [1938] by Edmond Hamilton) |
| Brain-Case A device designed to transport a living human (or alien, if similar) brain. (From Murder in the Void [1938] by Edmond Hamilton) |
| Radium Salt Radioactive materials used as an assassination weapon. (From Murder in the Void [1938] by Edmond Hamilton) |
| Space-Tanned The characteristic darkening of the men of the spaceways. (From Slaves of Mercury [1932] by Warren Hammond) |
| Thermalite A transparent material that allows almost no heat to escape. (From Planet of Eternal Night [1939] by John W. Campbell) |
| Synthite Food Compact food for space travelers. (From Planet of Eternal Night [1939] by John W. Campbell) |
| Floating Lunar Dust Electrostatically charged particles that float above the surface of the Moon. (From Dust Rag [1956] by Hal Clement) |
| Darkness Bomb A small bulb containing a vapor that causes darkness to occur. (From The Mightiest Machine [1934] by John W. Campbell) |
| Paralyzing Ray (Bolar Current) A beam that forces a person to remain rooted to a particular spot. (From Blood of the Moon [1936] by Ray Cummings) |
| Audiphone Communication between space suits in the airless void of space. (From Blood of the Moon [1936] by Ray Cummings) |
| Zed-Ray A penetrating beam that would disclose the details inside of a closed object. (From Blood of the Moon [1936] by Ray Cummings) |
| Brain Erasure Deleting selected knowledge from the brain using electrical impulses. (From The Knowledge Machine [1948] by Edmond Hamilton) |
| Machine Suicide A self-aware computer system wants to destroy itself. (From All the Troubles in the World [1958] by Isaac Asimov) |
| Predictable Crime A criminal act that computers were able to foresee in advance. (From All the Troubles in the World [1958] by Isaac Asimov) |
| Tiersian Therapy A therapeutic discipline in which the patient chooses a character from a book and then attempts to be that character. (From Red Orc's Revenge [1991] by Philip Jose Farmer) |
| Learning-Cap A special metal helmet for electro-education. (From The Knowledge Machine [1948] by Edmond Hamilton) |
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