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Starways
The well-traveled paths from star to star.
(From Blood of the Moon [1936] by Ray Cummings)
Emergency Repulsion (Repulsive Ray)
A beam of force that repels one object from another.
(From Blood of the Moon [1936] by Ray Cummings)
Primer
A special software program that teaches basic language skills.
(From The Diamond Age [1995] by Neal Stephenson)
Bone-Building Compounds
Combat heavy gravity on other planets by building greater bone density in workers and colonists.
(From A Conquest of Two Worlds [1932] by Edmond Hamilton)
Electro-Education
The latest thing in electrically stimulated learning.
(From The Knowledge Machine [1948] by Edmond Hamilton)
Dataset
A portable computer with multiple screens and capabilities.
(From A Fire Upon The Deep [1992] by Vernor Vinge)
Electromechanical Educator
An automated teaching machine.
(From The Fourth R [1959] by George O. Smith)
Electro-Telescope
A device that could clearly image space battles and space ships, even from a great distance.
(From The Mines of Haldar [1934] by Maurice G. Hugi)
Novel-Writing Machines
A device that automatically produces fiction.
(From 1984 (Nineteen Eighty-Four) [1948] by George Orwell)
Memory Hole
A receptacle for unwanted documents.
(From 1984 (Nineteen Eighty-Four) [1948] by George Orwell)
Manual Search For Habitable Planet
A tedious search for habitable planets by hand.
(From Skylark of Valeron [1934] by E.E. 'Doc' Smith)
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)
Telespectroscope
Device for searching for habitable (Earth-like) planets.
(From Cosmic Quest [1936] by Edmond Hamilton)
Dimension Shifting Apparatus
Achieves faster than light space travel by moving into a different, parallel dimension.
(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)
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