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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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