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| 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) |
| 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) |
| Suit-Radio A means of communication between two individuals clad in space suits. (From The Long Way [1944] by George O. Smith) |
| Librareome Project Blasting libraries into bits to create a library of perfect digitized electronic books. (From Rainbows End [2006] by Vernor Vinge) |
| Anti-Heptant A compound that erases specific areas of the brain. (From To Live Forever [1956] by Jack Vance) |
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