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(Most Recent Additions - 4007 Total)
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Pain Canopy Pain by nerve induction improves interrogation.
(From Gather, Darkness! [1943] by Fritz Leiber) |
Maula Pistol A spring-loaded projectile device.
(From Dune [1965] by Frank Herbert) |
Powergun A directed energy weapon.
(From Hammer's Slammers [1979] by David Drake) |
Solar-Powered UAV An unmanned aerial vehicle that is entirely solar-powered.
(From Changeling [1980] by Roger Zelazny) |
Autonomously Recharging UAV Unmanned aerial vehicles that recharge themselves automatically.
(From Changeling [1980] by Roger Zelazny) |
Punishment Sphere Used to bring disruptive elements of society into line.
(From Alpha Centauri [1999] by Sid Meier) |
Minovsky Particles A custom-generated subatomic particle with many technological applications.
(From Mobile Suit Gundam [1979] by Yoshiyuki Tomino) |
Fulgurator An 'autopropulsive projectile'.
(From Facing The Flag [1896] by Jules Verne) |
Sun Goggles Lenses darken in spots to block the brightness of alien suns.
(From Grendel [1968] by Larry Niven) |
Desk (Personal Computer) A computer for students.
(From Ender's Game [1985] by Orson Scott Card) |
Free Play (The Mind Game) A computer simulation that presents an enjoyable game for young people that is also used for psychological evaluation.
(From Ender's Game [1985] by Orson Scott Card) |
Lux A bar of solidified light.
(From The Black Star Passes [1930] by John W. Campbell) |
UPUD Universal Positionator Up-Downlink.
(From First to Fight [1997] by David Sherman (w/Cragg)) |
Perpetual Train A vast machine that lays its own tracks as it moves forward.
(From Iron Council [2004] by China Mieville) |
Patient Bath Robot Robot gives patient a bath.
(From Roujin Z [1991] by Katsuhiro Otomo) |
EPR Phone Telephony that uses quantum effects for transmission - and is therefore the ultimate in anti-eavesdropping technology.
(From Mariposa [2009] by Greg Bear) |
Robot Snake Spy A small robot in the shape of a snake, used for field work by spies.
(From Mariposa [2009] by Greg Bear) |
Stimsuit An elastic suit worn to decrease the effects of micro-gravity in space.
(From Heavy Time [1991] by C.J. Cherryh) |
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