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Flight Stick
A personal flying vehicle, stripped down to the basics.
(From The Flight of the Horse [1969] by Larry Niven)
Membrane Balloon Helmet
A selectively permeable membrane worn as a helmet.
(From The Flight of the Horse [1969] by Larry Niven)
Orphids
Nanomachines replicate theselves from dust - and cover the Earth.
(From Postsingular [2007] by Rudy Rucker)
Plastic Igloo
A heavy plastic shelter for use in airless environments.
(From Love Among The Robots [1946] by Emmett McDowell)
Dormancy Switch
Essential device 'switches off' your cyborg animal, causing it to quickly drop off to sleep.
(From Sparrowhawk [1990] by Thomas A. Easton)
Hanky Bush
A plant with leaves grown to resemble common, multipurpose tissues.
(From Sparrowhawk [1990] by Thomas A. Easton)
Reality Graphics
One-stop design - the final design is the object.
(From A Fire Upon The Deep [1992] by Vernor Vinge)
Dumb Matter
Ordinary matter, with no nano-value added.
(From Accelerando [2005] by Charles Stross)
Computronium
Intelligent matter; nanocomputing processors masquerading as ordinary material.
(From Accelerando [2005] by Charles Stross)
Blast Rifle
A gun that creates a short-range energy blast.
(From Exiles of the Stratosphere [1937] by Frank Belknap Long, Jr.)
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)
Roachster
A genetically-engineered vehicle based on arthropod DNA; uses implanted control structures.
(From Sparrowhawk [1990] by Thomas A. Easton)
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