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| Space Marine A space-based military force, or members of such a force. (From Captain Brink of the Space Marines [1932] by Bob Olsen) |
| Hypno-Motor Control A means of controlling the body remotely, cutting off the need for local control (ie, by your mind). (From Sales Pitch [1954] by Philip K. Dick) |
| Electric-Space-Strain Projector Device enables the wireless transmission of power. (From The Mightiest Machine [1934] by John W. Campbell) |
| Microwave Pistol Device designed to cause internal injury. (From Blindsight [2006] by Peter Watts) |
| Slow Gun Device shoots slow projectiles that use neurotoxin. (From Singularity Sky [2003] by Charles Stross) |
| 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) |
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