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Public Eye
A floating, free-roaming surveillance camera.
(From Friday [1982] by Robert Heinlein)
Beanstalk
Clever name for the space elevator.
(From Friday [1982] by Robert Heinlein)
Machine Psychologist
A computer that understands and uses its knowledge of human psychology to benefit human users.
(From Cities in Flight [1957] by James Blish)
Vivisector
A program that takes another computer program apart, while it's running, to see what it does.
(From Earth [1990] by David Brin)
Autosecretary (Autosec)
A software agent able to accept your query and then seach the public net for related information.
(From Earth [1990] by David Brin)
Citizen Journalism
The notion that ordinary people can make use of technological tools like cellphone cameras and the Internet to provide information.
(From Earth [1990] by David Brin)
ChickieNobs
Chicken meat sliced from a transgenic organism.
(From Oryx and Crake [2003] by Margaret Atwood)
Anti-Spying Device
Foolproof means of defending against spy beams.
(From Foundation [1951] by Isaac Asimov)
Kite-Copter Car
An observation car suspended below a device that supplies lift.
(From The Kokod Warriors [1952] by Jack Vance)
Mnemiphot
A device used to search for information, which is then presented on a convenient screen.
(From The Kokod Warriors [1952] by Jack Vance)
Ethical Suicide Parlor
A comfy environment in which you might commit ethical suicide, and thereby serve society.
(From Welcome to the Monkey House [1958] by Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.)
Government Lethal Chamber
A legal suicide booth.
(From The Repairer of Reputations [1895] by Robert W. Chambers)
Automated Wake-Up Call
A device that provides automated wake-up calls.
(From The Kokod Warriors [1952] by Jack Vance)
Airlock
An intermediate chamber between airless space and the interior of a space craft.
(From The Skylark of Space [1928] by E.E. 'Doc' Smith)
Wristband Viewer
A device for viewing aerial surveillance images that fits on your wrist.
(From Changeling [1980] by Roger Zelazny)
Optic Prosthesis
A replacement for a damaged eye.
(From Changeling [1980] by Roger Zelazny)
Robot Gun
An automated gun; typically used for sentry duty.
(From Aliens [1986] by Alan Dean Foster)
Inorganic Evolution
A process by which robots could alter their own structure, or the ways that they interact with other robots, to adapt to a changing world.
(From The Invincible [1954] by Stanislaw Lem)
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