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| 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) |
| Smoke Filter Allows grizzled spacemen to smoke in space ships. (From Misfit [1939] by Robert Heinlein) |
| Automatic Air Mail Plane A pilotless airplane for delivery of cargo. (From The Living Machine [1935] by David H. Keller) |
| Transfer Refuge A portable environment chamber, able to support unique and different lifeforms. (From Hotel Cosmos [1938] by Raymond Z. Gallun) |
| Driverless Taxi A taxi that does not require a driver. (From The Living Machine [1935] by David H. Keller) |
| Automatic Toll Payment An automated car that pays its own toll. (From The Living Machine [1935] by David H. Keller) |
| Automatic Car (Autonomous) A car that drives itself; an autonomous vehicle. (From Paradise and Iron [1930] by Miles J. Breuer) |
| Living Metal Cubes Tiny metal cubes and pyramids that work together to create larger shapes. (From The Metal Monster [1920] by Abraham Merritt) |
| Ultraflash A device that sterilizes the skin by a pulse of light. (From The Andromeda Strain [1969] by Michael Crichton) |
| Talking Robot An impractical robot, for display only. (From Robbie (Strange Playfellow) [1940] by Isaac Asimov) |
| Gesturing Robot A robot that uses gestures to communicate. (From Robbie (Strange Playfellow) [1940] by Isaac Asimov) |
| Nano-Paste Nanobots that use the resources around it to create a desired product. (From Alpha Centauri [1999] by Sid Meier) |
| Fottengill Process An early mention of the idea that energy can be derived from random noise. (From Gypped [1956] by Lloyd Biggle, Jr.) |
| Planet Rules Regulations governing the behavior of the away team on a new planet. (From Drop Dead [1956] by Clifford Simak) |
| Mechanotherapy A mechanism or device-based therapy that cures (or palliates) alcoholism. (From Bad Medicine [1956] by Robert Sheckley) |
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