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Hyperbolic Solenoid
Device that creates and manipulates magnetic fields.
(From The Exhalted [1940] by L. Sprague de Camp)
Leaf Screens
Bioform displays grown from plants offering flat surfaces - like leaves.
(From Sparrowhawk [1990] by Thomas A. Easton)
Bioform House
A house grown from a bioengineered plant.
(From Sparrowhawk [1990] by Thomas A. Easton)
Focusing
Psychoactive microbe improves the attention-focusing ability of those infected.
(From A Deepness in the Sky [1999] by Vernor Vinge)
Methuen Treatment
Injections that increase intelligence.
(From The Exhalted [1940] by L. Sprague de Camp)
Slow Glass Rod
A transparent glass rod that makes light travel so slowly that it can trap light within its depths.
(From The Exhalted [1940] by L. Sprague de Camp)
Telelubricator
Makes any surface or substance perfectly frictionless.
(From The Exhalted [1940] by L. Sprague de Camp)
General Bodies Tortoise
A passenger vehicle genetically engineered from tortoise DNA and controlled by implanted electronics.
(From Sparrowhawk [1990] by Thomas A. Easton)
Roachster
A genetically-engineered vehicle based on arthropod DNA; uses implanted control structures.
(From Sparrowhawk [1990] by Thomas A. Easton)
Unichapel (Robotic Confession Booth)
Automated religious confessional with monotone, programmed responses.
(From THX 1138 [1970] by George Lucas)
Transdress
A transparent dress upon which thousands of patterns may be projected.
(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)
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))
Extreme Black
A material so absolutely black that it absorbed all incident light.
(From Restaurant at the End of the Universe [1980] by Douglas Adams)
Robot Surgeon
An autonomous robotic surgeon.
(From The Bicentennial Man [1976] by Isaac Asimov)
Insosuit
A space suit specially designed to resist extreme heat.
(From Runaround [1942] 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)
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