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| E-paper Hologram A cover image that really pops out at the viewer. (From Darwin's Children [2003] by Greg Bear) |
| 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) |
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