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| Automated Wake-Up Call A device that provides automated wake-up calls. (From The Kokod Warriors [1952] by Jack Vance) |
| Ethical Suicide Parlor A comfy environment in which you might commit ethical suicide, and thereby serve society. (From Welcome to the Monkey House [1958] by Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.) |
| Wristband Viewer A device for viewing aerial surveillance images that fits on your wrist. (From Changeling [1980] by Roger Zelazny) |
| Airlock An intermediate chamber between airless space and the interior of a space craft. (From The Skylark of Space [1928] by E.E. 'Doc' Smith) |
| Optic Prosthesis A replacement for a damaged eye. (From Changeling [1980] by Roger Zelazny) |
| Robot Gun An automated gun; typically used for sentry duty. (From Aliens [1986] by Alan Dean Foster) |
| Metal Insects Small autonomous flying winged robots. (From The Invincible [1954] by Stanislaw Lem) |
| Inorganic Evolution A process by which robots could alter their own structure, or the ways that they interact with other robots, to adapt to a changing world. (From The Invincible [1954] by Stanislaw Lem) |
| Repair Robots Autonomous robots that carry out maintenance functions on a space ship. (From The Well-Oiled Machine [1950] by H.B. Fyfe) |
| Nanomachine Swarm (Black Cloud) A cloud of tiny machines, able to work together autonomously. (From The Invincible [1954] by Stanislaw Lem) |
| Reggie the Bartending Machine A mechanism able to mix drinks; a robot bartender. (From The Outpost [2002] by Mike Resnick) |
| Bibs People who are put in cold-sleep because there is no niche for them in society. (From Cantata 140 [1964] by Philip K. Dick) |
| Artif-Org A mechanical version of a human organ. (From Cantata 140 [1964] by Philip K. Dick) |
| Boulder A device that homed in on a person's brain wave pattern; a very specific assassination device. (From Cantata 140 [1964] by Philip K. Dick) |
| Syn-Cof Synthetic coffee. (From Cantata 140 [1964] by Philip K. Dick) |
| Word Tab A feature of an e-paper document; touch the word tab and get more information. (From Cantata 140 [1964] by Philip K. Dick) |
| Autonomic Food-Processing System Technology allows food to be prepared untouched by human hands. (From Cantata 140 [1964] by Philip K. Dick) |
| Machine Apartment Each person lives isolated in their own room, supported by a vast planetary machine. (From The Machine Stops [1909] by E.M. Forster) |
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