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| Protophason Amplifier Detects brain activity of those in half-life. (From Ubik [1969] by Philip K. Dick) |
| Recon Spiders Tiny spider-sized robots that are able to search buildings and identify occupants. (From Minority Report (Movie) [2002] by Steven Spielberg) |
| Moratorium A place that kept people in cold-pac after death, providing them a kind of half-life. (From Ubik [1969] by Philip K. Dick) |
| Self-Powered Broom A broom for use in small apartments that cleans under its own power. (From Ubik [1969] by Philip K. Dick) |
| Toll Door An apartment door that operates on a cash-only basis. (From Ubik [1969] by Philip K. Dick) |
| Automated Apartment Maintenance Automated devices that would oversee the maintenance of a rented apartment. (From Ubik [1969] by Philip K. Dick) |
| Ultraphone Ear-Disc Wireless receivers that fit directly over the ears; they also offered noise reduction. (From Armageddon: 2419 A.D. [1928] by Philip Frances Nowlan) |
| Chest Disc A voice activated wireless transmitter. (From Armageddon: 2419 A.D. [1928] by Philip Frances Nowlan) |
| Implanted Steel Teeth Replacement teeth implanted in the jaw. (From The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch [1965] by Philip K. Dick) |
| Antithermal Shield A material that protected against climate warming. (From The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch [1965] by Philip K. Dick) |
| Nullboxing Bubble The 'ring' used for a sport played out in free fall; essentially kickboxing in space. (From Streetlethal [1983] by Steven Barnes) |
| Low-Gravity Velodrome A bicycle track in an orbital resort. (From Neuromancer [1984] by William Gibson) |
| Manual Closet An old-fashioned storage room for clothing, which required the user to place and organize articles of apparel by hand. (From Clans of the Alphane Moon [1964] by Philip K. Dick) |
| Agfom Potent-Shot Special film allows user to take a picture of what happens in the next thirty minutes. (From Clans of the Alphane Moon [1964] by Philip K. Dick) |
| Stiletto Beam A beam of molten metal, projected electromagnetically. (From Earthlight [1955] by Arthur C. Clarke) |
| Inter-Vehicle Communication The ability to talk car-to-car directly. (From The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch [1965] by Philip K. Dick) |
| Autonomic Cab An automated taxicab (without robotic driver). (From The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch [1965] by Philip K. Dick) |
| Jumper Inertron belt results in effective weightlessness. (From Armageddon: 2419 A.D. [1928] by Philip Frances Nowlan) |
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