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Roving Bomb
Special zero-gee guided bomb.
(From Lost Rocket [1941] by Manly Wade Wellman)
Magnetized Boots
Special shoes to allow walking in and around a metal ship with no artificial gravity.
(From Lost Rocket [1941] by Manly Wade Wellman)
Space Overalls
Light-duty space suit.
(From Lost Rocket [1941] by Manly Wade Wellman)
Grip Shoes
Shoes with velcro soles used to walk in weightless environments.
(From 2001: A Space Odyssey [1968] by Arthur C. Clarke)
Ring Road
A magnetically levitated train.
(From Starman Jones [1953] by Robert Heinlein)
Scientific Reincarnation
Technology to allow a person to transfer themselves to a new, healthy body.
(From Lord of Light [1967] by Roger Zelazny)
Deliverator Car
The vehicle for edgy pizza delivery.
(From Snow Crash [1992] by Neal Stephenson)
Oxygen Freshener
A device that removed carbon dioxide from air and replaced it with fresh oxygen.
(From Lost Rocket [1941] by Manly Wade Wellman)
DC Mini
A therapy tool that allows a psychotherapist to enter a patient's dreams.
(From Paprika [2007] by Satoshi Kon)
Precog (v)
To see the future.
(From Police Operation [1948] by H. Beam Piper)
Precog
A person with precognitive ability (can predict the future).
(From The Minority Report [1956] by Philip K. Dick)
Post-Crime
Criminal activities after they have actually happened.
(From The Minority Report [1956] by Philip K. Dick)
Unicephalon 40-D
A problem-solving supercomputer.
(From Stand-By [1963] by Philip K. Dick)
News Clown
A person who delivers specially selected light news.
(From Stand-By [1963] by Philip K. Dick)
Air-Tight Suit
An special outfit that would allow a person to survive in vacuum.
(From Edison's Conquest of Mars [1898] by Garrett P. Serviss)
Mind Control Genetically Modified Food
Plants that are modified to produce specific combinations of flavors.
(From Methuselah's Children [1941] by Robert Heinlein)
Tele-Screen
A display screen for live events.
(From After Armageddon [1932] by Francis Flagg)
Lifeboat
A small space-worthy craft that can be jettisoned from a larger ship, to save its crew.
(From Spacehounds of IPC [1931] by E.E. 'Doc' Smith)
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