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| Antithermal Shield A material that protected against climate warming. (From The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch [1965] by Philip K. Dick) |
| Nullboxing Bubble The 'ring' used for a sport played out in free fall; essentially kickboxing in space. (From Streetlethal [1983] by Steven Barnes) |
| Low-Gravity Velodrome A bicycle track in an orbital resort. (From Neuromancer [1984] by William Gibson) |
| Manual Closet An old-fashioned storage room for clothing, which required the user to place and organize articles of apparel by hand. (From Clans of the Alphane Moon [1964] by Philip K. Dick) |
| Agfom Potent-Shot Special film allows user to take a picture of what happens in the next thirty minutes. (From Clans of the Alphane Moon [1964] by Philip K. Dick) |
| Stiletto Beam A beam of molten metal, projected electromagnetically. (From Earthlight [1955] by Arthur C. Clarke) |
| Inter-Vehicle Communication The ability to talk car-to-car directly. (From The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch [1965] by Philip K. Dick) |
| Autonomic Cab An automated taxicab (without robotic driver). (From The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch [1965] by Philip K. Dick) |
| Jumper Inertron belt results in effective weightlessness. (From Armageddon: 2419 A.D. [1928] by Philip Frances Nowlan) |
| Ultron Very handy material is invisible and non-reflective. (From Armageddon: 2419 A.D. [1928] by Philip Frances Nowlan) |
| Electrified Fence A wire fence carrying an electrical charge sufficient to deter crossing the boundary. (From A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court [1889] by Mark Twain) |
| Filterable Virus A special virus that is instantly carcinomatous. (From The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch [1965] by Philip K. Dick) |
| Poison Tongue Dart Weapon surgically implanted in the tongue. (From The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch [1965] by Philip K. Dick) |
| Disintegrator Ray (Dis Ray) A device that projects a beam reducing matter to nothingness. (From Armageddon: 2419 A.D. [1928] by Philip Frances Nowlan) |
| Gyrocar (Gyro) A gyroscopically stabilized car; a one-wheeled vehicle. (From The Ring [1969] by Piers Anthony (w/R. Margroff)) |
| Floater A device that allows the user to literally float in the air (From Armageddon: 2419 A.D. [1928] by Philip Frances Nowlan) |
| Concentro Concentrated synthetic food rations. (From Armageddon: 2419 A.D. [1928] by Philip Frances Nowlan) |
| Robotic Hand A dexterous manipulator for robots. (From The Door Into Summer [1956] by Robert Heinlein) |
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