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| 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) |
| Self-Sealing Plastic Transparent sheeting with a layer of material that would flow to staunch tiny leaks. (From Asteroid of Fear [1951] by Raymond Z. Gallun) |
| Atomic Drill An atomic-powered auger, for use in drilling deep into planets and asteroids. (From Minus Planet [1937] by John D. Clark, Ph.D) |
| Airtight Tent A temporary structure for living on an airless moon or asteroid. (From Asteroid of Fear [1951] by Raymond Z. Gallun) |
| Computational Textile Wearable computer sensors. (From Pushing Ice [2005] by Alastair Reynolds) |
| Sprayrock Special compound that can be sprayed onto a surface, that hardens into rock. (From Pushing Ice [2005] by Alastair Reynolds) |
| Court Robo-Clerk A robotic law clerk. (From The Tactful Saboteur [1964] by Frank Herbert) |
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