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Central Guide-Beam A kind of signal that demonstrates the best possible path to a destination in space and even provides motive power.
(From Shell Game [1954] by Philip K. Dick) |
Bore-Pellets Anti-underground bomb shelter ordinance.
(From Foster, You're Dead [1955] by Philip K. Dick) |
Mentat A person who has been specially trained and conditioned for excellence in
(From Dune [1965] by Frank Herbert) |
Grill-Screen Adaptor Approved General Electronics Corporation solution for bomb shelters, in response to Soviet bore-pellets.
(From Foster, You're Dead [1955] by Philip K. Dick) |
Protophason Amplifier Detects brain activity of those in half-life.
(From Ubik [1969] by Philip K. Dick) |
Recon Spiders Tiny spider-sized robots that are able to search buildings and identify occupants.
(From Minority Report (Movie) [2002] by Steven Spielberg) |
Moratorium A place that kept people in cold-pac after death, providing them a kind of half-life.
(From Ubik [1969] by Philip K. Dick) |
Self-Powered Broom A broom for use in small apartments that cleans under its own power.
(From Ubik [1969] by Philip K. Dick) |
Toll Door An apartment door that operates on a cash-only basis.
(From Ubik [1969] by Philip K. Dick) |
Automated Apartment Maintenance Automated devices that would oversee the maintenance of a rented apartment.
(From Ubik [1969] by Philip K. Dick) |
Ultraphone Ear-Disc Wireless receivers that fit directly over the ears; they also offered noise reduction.
(From Armageddon: 2419 A.D. [1928] by Philip Frances Nowlan) |
Chest Disc A voice activated wireless transmitter.
(From Armageddon: 2419 A.D. [1928] by Philip Frances Nowlan) |
Implanted Steel Teeth Replacement teeth implanted in the jaw.
(From The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch [1965] by Philip K. Dick) |
Antithermal Shield A material that protected against climate warming.
(From The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch [1965] by Philip K. Dick) |
Nullboxing Bubble The 'ring' used for a sport played out in free fall; essentially kickboxing in space.
(From Streetlethal [1983] by Steven Barnes) |
Low-Gravity Velodrome A bicycle track in an orbital resort.
(From Neuromancer [1984] by William Gibson) |
Manual Closet An old-fashioned storage room for clothing, which required the user to place and organize articles of apparel by hand.
(From Clans of the Alphane Moon [1964] by Philip K. Dick) |
Agfom Potent-Shot Special film allows user to take a picture of what happens in the next thirty minutes.
(From Clans of the Alphane Moon [1964] by Philip K. Dick) |
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