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| Impervium Unique material is impenetrable and indestructible. (From Clash by Night [1943] by Lawrence O'Donnell) |
| Window Wavelength Display's that provide 'views' as if they were windows. (From Super-Toys Last All Summer Long [1969] by Brian Aldiss) |
| Parenthood Lottery A means of restricting population growth. (From Super-Toys Last All Summer Long [1969] by Brian Aldiss) |
| Electronic Bard A computing machine that is able to write original poetry. (From The Cyberiad: Fables for the Cybernetic Age [1965] by Stanislaw Lem) |
| Trimagniscope A device that produced a usable cross-sectional image of any part of an object. (From Inherit the Stars [1977] by James P. Hogan) |
| Nutri-Matic A drink dispenser that scans the person to determine what might go down well. (From The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy [1979] by Douglas Adams) |
| Molecule Matrix Storing information in individual molecules and atoms. (From Between Planets [1951] by Robert Heinlein) |
| Wire Act A person with special hardware modifications that allow him or her to create music by bodily movement. (From Freezone [1985] by John Shirley) |
| Freezone A vast floating island in international waters. (From Freezone [1985] by John Shirley) |
| Shipstone A lot of power in a small, manufactured package. (From Friday [1982] by Robert Heinlein) |
| Automatic Speeding Fine An automated device that not only computes the speed of a vehicle, but registers and then issues an electronic citation. (From Old Fireball [1941] by Nat Schachner) |
| Interplanetary Union Of Spacemen An organized union of people who work in space. (From Old Fireball [1941] by Nat Schachner) |
| Pray-o-Mat A device that would offer prayers in exchange for a few coins properly deposited. (From Lord of Light [1967] by Roger Zelazny) |
| 'Chatterbox' News-Receptor An appliance for listening to the news that lacked content controls. (From Methuselah's Children [1941] by Robert Heinlein) |
| Automated Hotel Reservation A hotel that did not use clerks; a self-service hotel. (From Methuselah's Children [1941] by Robert Heinlein) |
| Controlway An automated highway system that takes full operational control of vehicles traveling upon it. (From Methuselah's Children [1941] by Robert Heinlein) |
| Talking Speedometer A gauge that tells you its value verbally (From Biddiver [1941] by Theodore Sturgeon) |
| Needle Gun A weapon that fires thin slivers of metal. (From In the Spacesphere [1931] by Charles Cloukey) |
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