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| Inflatable Roofed Valley A habitat on an asteroid created by placing a tent-like roof over a natural valley or depression, and then inflating it. (From Misfit [1939] by Robert Heinlein) |
| Teleoperated Beetle Car A remotely-operated robotic vehicle that permitted telepresence. (From Cities in Flight [1957] by James Blish) |
| Alterable License Number A device which permits a driver to alter the license plate without leaving the vehicle. (From Methuselah's Children [1941] by Robert Heinlein) |
| Digital Ink License Plate License tags that can change both state and number in the blink of an eye. (From Daemon [2006] by Daniel Suarez) |
| Vibration Machine A device that neutralized the gravitational force of the sun on the earth. (From The Comet Doom [1929] by Edmond Hamilton) |
| Ships Propelled By Light Pressure Space ships that use light pressure from a distant source for propulsion (From The Comet Doom [1929] by Edmond Hamilton) |
| Brain Placed In Metal Body A robotic body with a support system for a connected organic brain. (From The Comet Doom [1929] by Edmond Hamilton) |
| Solar Updraft Tower A renewable-energy scheme that generates power from air movement inside a tall chimney. (From Shortstack [1964] by Leigh and Walt Richmond) |
| Life Bank A storage facility with the genetic material that was produced by Earth's ecosystem. (From The Ophiuchi Hotline [1977] by John Varley) |
| Pork Tree A plant that produces an analog to animal meat. (From The Ophiuchi Hotline [1977] by John Varley) |
| Spatial-Postal Card Mail from home - that hungry soldiers can also eat. (From Bill the Galactic Hero [1965] by Harry Harrison) |
| Bubble-Gum Pylon Device used to capture entire vehicles in car chases. (From Quantico [2007] by Greg Bear) |
| 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) |
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