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Starwisp An small interstellar probe using a light-sail for propulsion.
(From Accelerando [2005] by Charles Stross) |
Traffic Lane Discharger A device that electrically shocked vehicles whose drivers attempted to evade traffic control devices.
(From Sagramanda [2006] by Alan Dean Foster) |
Automated Taxi A driverless taxicab.
(From Sagramanda [2006] by Alan Dean Foster) |
Defuser Electroshock cellphones to keep unruly individuals under control.
(From Moxyland [2008] by Lauren Beukes) |
Homing Butterflies Butterflies modified to accompany a purchased bouquet.
(From Moxyland [2008] by Lauren Beukes) |
Subtle Knife A knife able to cut through any material, and even cut through into different worlds.
(From The Subtle Knife (His Dark Materials, Book 2 [1997] by Philip Pullman) |
Self-Sufficient House A single family residence that required no surrounding infrastructure.
(From Childhood's End [1953] by Arthur C. Clarke) |
Sheem Spider Robot A robotic spider.
(From The Witches of Karres [1966] by James Schmitz) |
Self-Assembling Robots Robots with the capacity to assemble themselves from components, and then switch themselves on.
(From The Witches of Karres [1966] by James Schmitz) |
Stillsuit Desert Boots Special boots that offered parasitic power harvesting.
(From Dune Messiah [1969] by Frank Herbert) |
Sky-Bike A human-powered floating bicycle built for use in lunar sports.
(From The Last Theorem [2008] by Arthur C. Clarke (w/Pohl)) |
The Machine A single vast contrivance that supplied all the needs of the world's millions of solitary inhabitants.
(From The Machine Stops [1909] by E.M. Forster) |
Breed Humans For Machines Carefully cull the strong, resilient humans in favor of weakness, that the human race might be more adapted to life in the Machine.
(From The Machine Stops [1909] by E.M. Forster) |
Laputa (Island in Air) A floating island or rock in the air.
(From Gulliver's Travels [1726] by Jonathan Swift) |
The Book of the Machine The only book needed for life in the vast Machine.
(From The Machine Stops [1909] by E.M. Forster) |
Verhaeren Factor Provides autonomous robots with the capacity for independent creative action.
(From Robinc [1943] by Anthony Boucher) |
Robot Chef Creative, autonomous robotic cook.
(From Robinc [1943] by Anthony Boucher) |
Light-Sculpture A creative work that was both sculpture and light.
(From Light Verse [1973] by Isaac Asimov) |
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