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Internet Addiction
A state in which human beings experience addiction to computer access and data streams.
(From Hyperion [1989] by Dan Simmons)
Mobile Persocom
A personal computer in human form.
(From Chobits [2002] by Manga Clamp)
Artificial Butterfly
A mechanical, robotic butterfly.
(From Changeling [1980] by Roger Zelazny)
Voice Dialing
Speak the name of the person and call them on the phone.
(From The Age of The Pussyfoot [1966] by Frederik Pohl)
Networked Personal Device
The idea that the true power of a mobile device lies in it's backend network capabilities.
(From The Age of The Pussyfoot [1966] by Frederik Pohl)
Whoopee Drive
Spacecraft propulsion.
(From Space Angel [1979] by John Maddox Roberts)
Data-Net
An early mention of the idea of a nationwide data network.
(From The Shockwave Rider [1975] by John Brunner)
Robot Bird
A small winged UAV that can mimic a bird in flight.
(From Invader on My Back [1968] by Philip E. High)
Darknet Farm
A farm that uses computer networked information systems to achieve sustainable agriculture in a community.
(From Freedom [2010] by Daniel Suarez)
Brood Assembly
Artificially intelligent computers that can replicate themselves.
(From Cities in Flight [1957] by James Blish)
Full-Shift Set Variable
Infinite possibilities built into a game machine.
(From Return Match [1967] by Philip K. Dick)
Win-Reducing Gambling Circuit
Circuitry in a game that detects winning strategies and then alters the game to make winning more difficult.
(From Return Match [1967] by Philip K. Dick)
Machine Surveillance
The use of artificially intelligent computer systems to learn by monitoring all human interaction within a city.
(From Cities in Flight [1957] by James Blish)
Robant
A robotic servant.
(From The Impossible Planet [1953] by Philip K. Dick)
Loitering Micro-Missile
A small missile that does not need line-of-sight and can move at a slow pace until it finds its target.
(From Invader on My Back [1968] by Philip E. High)
Spetsdöd
A unique gun that is part of the shooter.
(From The Man Who Never Missed [1985] by Steve Perry)
Razorback
Autonomous motorcycle weapons platform.
(From Daemon [2006] by Daniel Suarez)
Pseudogravity
Gravity produced by artifice, rather than by a suitably large mass.
(From Common Sense [1941] by Robert Heinlein)
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