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Shock-Rod
Knock out stick.
(From Mechanocracy [1932] by Miles J. Breuer)
Space-Contraction Drive
Slip through endless interstellar space by making the distance smaller.
(From After World's End [1939] by Jack Williamson)
Space Charts
A pictorial representation of suns in space.
(From After World's End [1939] by Jack Williamson)
Cosmic Storm
A vast tempest in space!
(From After World's End [1939] by Jack Williamson)
Position Locator Display
Screen shows the position of hundreds of aircraft;
(From Flight of the Eastern Star [1929] by Ed Earl Repp)
Rescue Nets
Nets raised around the circumference of a vast air transport.
(From Flight of the Eastern Star [1929] by Ed Earl Repp)
Immersive Home Video
Technology lets users interact with home videos.
(From Minority Report (Movie) [2002] by Steven Spielberg)
Vitalizer
Tired? Try Henderson's Vitalizer!
(From The Soma Racks [1947] by Margaret St. Clair)
Machine Servant
A wheeled plastic box with universal-joint arms.
(From The Star of Life [1947] by Edmond Hamilton)
Space-Split
Access to other dimensions provided by splitting space itself.
(From The Star of Life [1947] by Edmond Hamilton)
Synthetic Flesh
Material resembles human flesh, handy for disguises.
(From The Amazon Fights Again [1940] by Thornton Ayre)
Synthetic Voice
Artificial human speech.
(From The Amazon Fights Again [1940] by Thornton Ayre)
Pokkecon
A device tied into a good will network.
(From Maneki Neko [1998] by Bruce Sterling)
Sub-C
Of ships, older models that travel at speeds below that of light.
(From The Impossible Planet [1953] by Philip K. Dick)
Distributed Assembly Plant
Bringing parts together for assembly in a crowd anonymously.
(From Daemon [2006] by Daniel Suarez)
Production Prescription
A file that can be used to reproduce an object.
(From The Magellanic Cloud [1955] by Stanislaw Lem)
Pocket Receiver
An early visualization of the smartphone.
(From The Magellanic Cloud [1955] by Stanislaw Lem)
Trion Library
An early visualization of the Internet.
(From The Magellanic Cloud [1955] by Stanislaw Lem)
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