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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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