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| Needles (Chocolate and Vanilla) Inflated towers reaching 20 miles out of Earth's atmosphere. (From Sundiver [1979] by David Brin) |
| Commercial Fly An autonomous, fly-sized manufactured creature that presents commercial advertisements. (From The Simulacra [1964] by Philip K. Dick) |
| Adam Selene A computer generates a human avatar for itself. (From The Moon is a Harsh Mistress [1966] by Robert Heinlein) |
| Eyes Flying remote-operated surveillance drones. (From This Moment of the Storm [1966] by Roger Zelazny) |
| Auto-Scan Automated control of remote surveillance drones. (From This Moment of the Storm [1966] by Roger Zelazny) |
| Juvenile A robot designed to sneak around and spy on people. (From The Man Who Japed [1956] by Philip K. Dick) |
| Multivac A computer with millions of facts. (From Franchise [1955] by Isaac Asimov) |
| Flexy (or Flexies) A flexible, quasi-living computer. (From Pushing Ice [2005] by Alastair Reynolds) |
| GPP Genuine People Personalities Giving mechanisms their own unique affect. (From The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy [1979] by Douglas Adams) |
| Car Sound Tape Otherwise silent vehicle uses a recorded engine sound. (From The Cat Who Walks Through Walls [1985] by Robert Heinlein) |
| Anti-Virus Design Software Create a living space such that the spread of disease is less likely. (From Super-Cannes: A Novel [2000] by J.G. Ballard) |
| Self-Healing Building A building that responds to stresses or cracks in walls by healing the damaged portion. (From The Thousand Dreams of Stellavista [1962] by J.G. Ballard) |
| Synthetic Flesh Provides robots with realistic coverings, not just plastic. (From Super-Toys Last All Summer Long [1969] by Brian Aldiss) |
| Moldies Autonomous, intelligent, artificial life forms. (From Freeware [1997] by Rudy Rucker) |
| Hopper A vehicle with a single leg and rotors to enhance 'hang time.' (From Lucky Starr and the Oceans of Venus [1954] by Isaac Asimov) |
| Arteria Portal A wormhole entrance. (From The Algebraist [2004] by Iain M Banks) |
| Machine Test Scoring A device that scans a specially prepared grade sheet and determines a student's score. (From The Fun They Had [1951] by Isaac Asimov) |
| Mechanical Teacher A computer device able to teach children. (From The Fun They Had [1951] by Isaac Asimov) |
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