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Smart Dust Very tiny computers.
(From The Cyberiad: Fables for the Cybernetic Age [1965] by Stanislaw Lem) |
Power Stilts Platforms that push inundated cities ever higher.
(From The Human Blend [2010] by Alan Dean Foster) |
Humeld A human being with augmented body parts.
(From The Human Blend [2010] by Alan Dean Foster) |
Nothing A super-hard substance created by carefully removing material.
(From It was Nothing - Really! [1969] by Theodore Sturgeon) |
Spray-On Gloves Fashionable evening gloves that are sprayed onto the hand and arm.
(From Abercrombie Station [1952] by Jack Vance) |
Spray-On Clothing Web A 'web' clothing foundation that can be sprayed on and then molded by a couturier.
(From Abercrombie Station [1952] by Jack Vance) |
Big Noodle A vast artificial intelligence system used to process all of Earth's information.
(From The Divine Invasion [1981] by Philip K. Dick) |
Onionskin Transparent Jeans See-through pants.
(From Super Sad True Love Story [2011] by Gary Shteyngart) |
Android A synthetic being having the form of a human being.
(From The Cometeers [1936] by Jack Williamson) |
Androide A device having the form or likeness of a man.
(From Cyclopaedia [1727] by Ephraim Chambers) |
Kinotrope Small bits of painted wood in a grid that spin around to form different pixelated images.
(From The Difference Engine [1990] by William Gibson (w/B. Sterling)) |
Barker A device that scans for nearby medical implants, and allows the operator to take control.
(From The Human Blend [2010] by Alan Dean Foster) |
Space-Boat (Rocket Boat) Small craft designed for descent and then take-off from a planetary surface.
(From Exploration Team [1956] by Murray Leinster) |
Mutated Kodiak Bears Animals modified for increased intelligence for defense and companionship.
(From Exploration Team [1956] by Murray Leinster) |
Disposal-Safe Device to store and, if necessary, destroy documents.
(From Exploration Team [1956] by Murray Leinster) |
Landing-Grid A constructed landing area on a planetary surface for space craft.
(From Sand Doom [1955] by Murray Leinster) |
Space-Beacon Device used to guide a space craft into finding an inhabited planet or colony on a planet.
(From Exploration Team [1956] by Murray Leinster) |
Atmospheric Braking Using a planet's atmosphere to gradually decelerate a spacecraft.
(From Space Cadet [1948] by Robert Heinlein) |
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