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| 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) |
| General Bodies Tortoise A passenger vehicle genetically engineered from tortoise DNA and controlled by implanted electronics. (From Sparrowhawk [1990] by Thomas A. Easton) |
| Unichapel (Robotic Confession Booth) Automated religious confessional with monotone, programmed responses. (From THX 1138 [1970] by George Lucas) |
| Transdress A transparent dress upon which thousands of patterns may be projected. (From The California Voodoo Game [1992] by Larry Niven (w/S. Barnes)) |
| DreamTime Scleral Contact Lenses Full-size contact lenses that can provide an augmented reality view. (From The California Voodoo Game [1992] by Larry Niven (w/S. Barnes)) |
| Fuligin A material the color of which is blacker than black. (From The Shadow of the Torturer [1980] by Gene Wolfe) |
| Extreme Black A material so absolutely black that it absorbed all incident light. (From Restaurant at the End of the Universe [1980] by Douglas Adams) |
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