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Skip-Glide A means of using the atmosphere to delicately slow a space craft during re-entry.
(From The Planet Strappers [1961] by Raymond Z. Gallun) |
Food Pills A substitute for ordinary nutrition.
(From A Strange Trip [1885] by John Baker Hopkins) |
Electric-Yacht A surface vessel powered entirely by electricity.
(From A Strange Trip [1885] by John Baker Hopkins) |
Unobtainium A humorous reference to a substance both rare and unlikely.
(From Startide Rising [1983] by David Brin) |
Atomic Engine A motor running on atomic fuel.
(From The World Set Free [1914] by H.G. Wells) |
Robotic Butterfly A tiny, electromechanical flying robot.
(From I, Robot: The Movie [1987] by Harlan Ellison) |
Robotaxi A fully automated, driverless taxi.
(From Dugal Was A Spaceman [1953] by Joe Gibson) |
Robot Music Music created and performed entirely by robots.
(From The Robot God [1941] by Ray Cummings) |
Prosthetic Robotic Arm (Thought-Attuned) A detachable robotic arm, controlled directly through neural linkage.
(From Bleekman's Planet [1957] by Ivar Jorgensen) |
Landing Pit (Drydock and Construction) A cylindrical hole with anti-gravity screens for use in spacecraft landings and repair.
(From The Stars My Destination [1956] by Alfred Bester) |
Fusion Power Creating energy from nuclear fusion reactions.
(From The Judas Valley [1956] by Gerald Vance) |
Eagle With Camera A live bald eagle equipped with a transmitting camera.
(From Exploration Team [1956] by Murray Leinster) |
Electric Tractor A farm cultivator that runs entirely on electricity.
(From World of Purple Light [1936] by Warner Van Lorne) |
Magnetic Ray A powerful magnetic beam.
(From The Exiles of Venus [1931] by Jim Vanny) |
Phymech A robotic physician.
(From Wanted in Surgery [1957] by Harlan Ellison) |
Jurymech A robotic entity serving the function of a trial jury.
(From Wanted in Surgery [1957] by Harlan Ellison) |
Robot Doctor A mechanical physician.
(From Flamingo: A Drama of A.D. 1950 [1930] by Clarence Edward Heller) |
Hypno-Encyclopedic Techniques If you plan to live for centuries, you need to organize your memories.
(From Time Enough For Love [1973] by Robert Heinlein) |
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