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Optical-Effect Suit
An invisibility garment.
(From The Hounds of Hell [1964] by Keith Laumer)
Police Control-Override
A device that allows police officers to take control of an otherwise normal vehicle.
(From The Hounds of Hell [1964] by Keith Laumer)
Auto Shovel
Automated mining equipment for use in space.
(From The Simulacra [1964] by Philip K. Dick)
Government Data Transparency
The idea that all of the information available to the government should be posted online and be easily accessible to everyone.
(From The Shockwave Rider [1975] by John Brunner)
Famnexdo
A set of four simulacra, one adult male, one adult female and two children; the family next door.
(From The Simulacra [1964] by Philip K. Dick)
Full-Motion Building Advertising Facade
An advertising display that covers an entire skyscraper; it provides full-motion video to onlookers.
(From Blade Runner [1982] by Ridley Scott)
Tiny Nuclear Generator
A complete nuclear-based generator of power no bigger than a walnut.
(From Foundation and Empire [1952] by Isaac Asimov)
Live Memo
A paper memo or short letter that reads itself and can even argue with or exhort its reader.
(From The Simulacra [1964] by Philip K. Dick)
Flying Harness
Device allows free movement in the air.
(From The Skylark of Space [1928] by E.E. 'Doc' Smith)
Robotic Arm
A specialized robotic reaching and grasping device.
(From City [1944] by Clifford Simak)
Adjustable Television
A television that allowed viewers to adjust the content of political speeches.
(From The Simulacra [1964] by Philip K. Dick)
Solar-Powered Aircraft
A plane powered entirely by solar energy.
(From The Black Star Passes [1930] by John W. Campbell)
Ampek F-a2 Recording System
A device that incorporated a living protoplasm, used as a recording and playback system.
(From The Simulacra [1964] by Philip K. Dick)
Sietch
A cave warren designed to protect a tribal community, with a population of thousands, with its own water supply in an endless desert.
(From Dune [1965] by Frank Herbert)
Tight-Beam
A method of communication that uses a very narrowly-focused stream of energy.
(From Skylark Three [1930] by E.E. 'Doc' Smith)
Suit-Radio
A means of communication between two individuals clad in space suits.
(From The Long Way [1944] by George O. Smith)
Parallel Universe
An entirely separate realm or universe that exists along with our own; it may be wildly different or vary from ours by only a tiny degree.
(From Men Like Gods [1923] by H.G. Wells)
Librareome Project
Blasting libraries into bits to create a library of perfect digitized electronic books.
(From Rainbows End [2006] by Vernor Vinge)
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