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| Virtuality Helmet ('Virching' Helmet) A helmet with a communication system and a display; a pilot wearing this helmet could sit on the ground and control a distant aircraft. (From Heavy Weather [1994] by Bruce Sterling) |
| Dope Mule Robot A metal sphere that propels itself with a single piston-like foot. (From Heavy Weather [1994] by Bruce Sterling) |
| Synchrophased Power Beams Focuses energy beams from multiple planets on the same object. (From Propagandist [1947] by Murray Leinster) |
| Psychoscanner A device capable of taking impressions, feelings and memories from living brains; it can be used on animals as well. (From Propagandist [1947] by Murray Leinster) |
| Reactive Walls Wall surfaces designed for use in clubs; they reacted to the music played in the room. (From Freezone [1985] by John Shirley) |
| CCD Eyes Electronic eyes using charged-coupled devices provide a wide variety of functions. (From Stone Lives [1985] by Paul Di Filippo) |
| Subdermal Microchannels A means of personal adornment; think of day glow tattoos. (From Stone Lives [1985] by Paul Di Filippo) |
| Life Blanket Sentient moss which, when draped over the shoulders of a human being, becomes fully self-aware, providing valuable services. (From Ogre [1944] by Clifford Simak) |
| Virtual World Theft A method of stealing or reassigning ownership to items of value in virtual worlds. (From Halting State [2007] by Charles Stross) |
| Eternity Drug A medication that puts a person into a deep hibernation-like sleep for decades at a time. (From Far Centaurus [1944] by A.E. van Vogt) |
| Luggage A trunk made from sapient pearwood. (From The Color of Magic [1983] by Terry Pratchett) |
| Relations with Extraterrestrial Life Instructions to earth citizens on how to behave when encountering alien civilizations. (From Ogre [1944] by Clifford Simak) |
| Automatic Massager An autonomous massage machine with robotic arms and hands. (From Far Centaurus [1944] by A.E. van Vogt) |
| Wango Wave Energy surge that accompanies the entrance into, and exit from, overdrive outside of normal space. (From Propagandist [1947] by Murray Leinster) |
| Food Brick Appropriate manufactured food for any species. (From Ringworld [1970] by Larry Niven) |
| Hyperspace A realm or parallel universe in which it may be possible to travel much faster than light. (From The Statement of Archibald Swayne [1924] by Burton Peter Thom) |
| Mnemotropin A drug to improve the creation of long-term memories. (From Stone Lives [1985] by Paul Di Filippo) |
| Emergency Treatment Tank (Chamber) A fully enclosed regeneration device. (From Agent of Vega [1949] by James Schmitz) |
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