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| Transdress A transparent dress upon which thousands of patterns may be projected. (From The California Voodoo Game [1992] by Larry Niven (w/S. Barnes)) |
| DreamTime Scleral Contact Lenses Full-size contact lenses that can provide an augmented reality view. (From The California Voodoo Game [1992] by Larry Niven (w/S. Barnes)) |
| Fuligin A material the color of which is blacker than black. (From The Shadow of the Torturer [1980] by Gene Wolfe) |
| Absolute Black A material so absolutely black that it absorbed all incident light. (From Restaurant at the End of the Universe [1980] by Douglas Adams) |
| Insosuit A space suit specially designed to resist extreme heat. (From Runaround [1942] by Isaac Asimov) |
| Robot Surgeon An autonomous robotic surgeon. (From The Bicentennial Man [1976] by Isaac Asimov) |
| Soft Speaker A device that sends a tightly-controlled beam of sound. (From The Exhalted [1940] by L. Sprague de Camp) |
| Rhetorizer A computerized assistant for writers. (From The Penultimate Truth [1964] by Philip K. Dick) |
| Flicker Drive A space ship drive that allows instantaneous travel across the galaxy. (From Fremder [1996] by Russell Hoban) |
| Multiple Sample Voice The use of multiple voice samples to create a single, smoothed voice. (From The Shining One [1937] by Nat Schachner) |
| Subphoton Search Ray A special ray beam that penetrates into hidden bunkers; images are caught on special film cameras. (From The Shining One [1937] by Nat Schachner) |
| Vibration Screen Subtle rays prevent electronic surveillance. (From The Shining One [1937] by Nat Schachner) |
| Concentrated Light Beam of powerfully concentrated light pressure. (From The Shining One [1937] by Nat Schachner) |
| Sono-Induction Coils A public address system consisting of buried coils. (From The Shining One [1937] by Nat Schachner) |
| Sapho Juice Unique substance enhanced the cognitive performance of Mentats. (From Dune [1965] by Frank Herbert) |
| Heat Generating Magnetic Disks Devices used to artificially raise the temperature of the surface of moons to a reasonable level. (From Spawn of the Red Giants [1937] by Frank Belknap Long, Jr.) |
| Etherometer A device that looked at the 'ether' pervading space as a means of determining gravitation field strength. (From Spawn of the Red Giants [1937] by Frank Belknap Long, Jr.) |
| Anti-agathic drugs Drugs that indefinitely postpone death from old age. (From Cities in Flight [1957] by James Blish) |
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