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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) |
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) |
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) |
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