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Visual Ad
An advertisement that forces its way directly into the brain of the viewer.
(From Sales Pitch [1954] by Philip K. Dick)
Commute Ship
Spacecraft used for traversing daily grind between Earth and the planet you work on.
(From Sales Pitch [1954] by Philip K. Dick)
Retinal Vid-Screen
A tiny display surgically implanted directly in the retina of the eye.
(From Sales Pitch [1954] by Philip K. Dick)
Sales Robot (Robot Salesman)
Fully automated robots giving untiring, incessant sales pitches to customers.
(From Sales Pitch [1954] by Philip K. Dick)
Weightless Work Area
A small workspace within which there is no gravitational pull.
(From Galactic Pot-Healer [1969] by Philip K. Dick)
Geriatric Rooming-House
An apartment building with rooms built especially with the very senior citizen in mind.
(From Galactic Pot-Healer [1969] by Philip K. Dick)
Spray-Foam Blouse
Clothing that is sprayed on fresh.
(From Galactic Pot-Healer [1969] by Philip K. Dick)
Padre Booth
Device that provides religious aid and comfort on demand.
(From Galactic Pot-Healer [1969] by Philip K. Dick)
Deviatoscope
A device that registered how much your course diverged from what you intended.
(From The Emperor of the Stars [1931] by Nat Schachner (w. AL Zagat))
Psycho-Lease Encephalic Gadget
A device that provided the conviction that a faked scene was, in fact, real.
(From Galactic Pot-Healer [1969] by Philip K. Dick)
Ersatz Window
A display device used in a room without an actual view of the outside; it shows a projection of a real scene.
(From Galactic Pot-Healer [1969] by Philip K. Dick)
Rapid-Transit Hover Blimp
Public transportation for a paranoid age.
(From Galactic Pot-Healer [1969] by Philip K. Dick)
Radiation Garment
Clothing worn by ordinary citizens to reduce the risk of radiation exposure.
(From Waldo [1942] by Robert Heinlein)
Annihilator Beam
A deadly ray that literally dissolved matter!
(From The Conquest of Gola [1931] by L.F. Stone)
Emergency Corrective Rockets
Used when you seem to be off-course in your spaceship.
(From The Emperor of the Stars [1931] by Nat Schachner (w. AL Zagat))
Tracing Glasses
Locate criminals by using glasses to pick up signals from special transmitters.
(From Case Closed (Detective Conan) [1994] by Gosho Aoyama)
Voice-Changing Bowtie
Special device allows wearer to take on the voice of another person at will.
(From Case Closed (Detective Conan) [1994] by Gosho Aoyama)
Thought Screen
A material screen that is worn by the user, upon which are projected the mental images of the user.
(From The Emperor of the Stars [1931] by Nat Schachner (w. AL Zagat))
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