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| Memory Recording A means of recording the entirety of a person's experience and personality. (From The Ophiuchi Hotline [1977] by John Varley) |
| Symb A symbiont life form that provides its human with life-giving energy. (From The Ophiuchi Hotline [1977] by John Varley) |
| Gravity Train An underground railway system that utilizes gravity for acceleration. (From The Ophiuchi Hotline [1977] by John Varley) |
| Magnetic Levitating Bed A bed that hovers above the floor, with no visible means of suport. (From Spook Country [2007] by William Gibson) |
| Two-Wheeled Ground Car A gyro-stabilized vehicle like an enclosed motorcycle. (From First Lensman [1950] by E.E. 'Doc' Smith) |
| Alien Trojan Malware from another world! (From Out of the Dark [2010] by David Webber) |
| Adnix A device that muted the television to lessen the impact of commercials. (From Contact [1985] by Carl Sagan) |
| Acoustic Apparatus (Osophone) A device that used bone conduction to transmit sound. (From Acoustic Apparatus [1923] by Hugo Gernsback) |
| News Receptor Devices used by homeostatic newspapers to gather news autonomically. (From If There Were No Benny Cemoli [1953] by Philip K. Dick) |
| Personal Capsule An impenetrable device containing information for your eyes only. (From Foundation [1951] by Isaac Asimov) |
| Butler-Valet Robot A gentleman's servant, roboticized. (From The Jester [1951] by William Tenn) |
| Personal Solar Plant A single-home solar-powered energy source. (From Ring Around the Sun [1952] by Clifford Simak) |
| Solar-powered Prefab House A pre-built house that can live off the grid. (From Ring Around the Sun [1952] by Clifford Simak) |
| Electronic Spy An autonomous device that kept itself hidden while keeping track of an individual's activity. (From Ring Around the Sun [1952] by Clifford Simak) |
| Asteroid Homesteaders' School An institution of learning where regular folks learned how to start a farm on an asteroid. (From Asteroid of Fear [1951] by Raymond Z. Gallun) |
| Polaron Beam A unique beam of energy that scatters some of its light at right angles to the direction of propagation. (From Earthlight (Novella) [1951] by Arthur C. Clarke) |
| Plug-Ups Tiny plastic balls that seal leaks on spacecraft. (From Passage at Arms [1985] by Glen Cook) |
| Asteroid Garden A method for building a greenhouse on a small, airless body. (From Asteroid of Fear [1951] by Raymond Z. Gallun) |
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