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Deviatoscope
A device that registered how much your course diverged from what you intended.
(From The Emperor of the Stars [1931] by Nat Schachner (w. AL Zagat))
Psycho-Lease Encephalic Gadget
A device that provided the conviction that a faked scene was, in fact, real.
(From Galactic Pot-Healer [1969] by Philip K. Dick)
Ersatz Window
A display device used in a room without an actual view of the outside; it shows a projection of a real scene.
(From Galactic Pot-Healer [1969] by Philip K. Dick)
Rapid-Transit Hover Blimp
Public transportation for a paranoid age.
(From Galactic Pot-Healer [1969] by Philip K. Dick)
Radiation Garment
Clothing worn by ordinary citizens to reduce the risk of radiation exposure.
(From Waldo [1942] by Robert Heinlein)
Annihilator Beam
A deadly ray that literally dissolved matter!
(From The Conquest of Gola [1931] by L.F. Stone)
Emergency Corrective Rockets
Used when you seem to be off-course in your spaceship.
(From The Emperor of the Stars [1931] by Nat Schachner (w. AL Zagat))
Tracing Glasses
Locate criminals by using glasses to pick up signals from special transmitters.
(From Case Closed (Detective Conan) [1994] by Gosho Aoyama)
Voice-Changing Bowtie
Special device allows wearer to take on the voice of another person at will.
(From Case Closed (Detective Conan) [1994] by Gosho Aoyama)
Thought Screen
A material screen that is worn by the user, upon which are projected the mental images of the user.
(From The Emperor of the Stars [1931] by Nat Schachner (w. AL Zagat))
Transparent Spherical Ship
A huge sphere of quartz housing a platform for space use.
(From The Emperor of the Stars [1931] by Nat Schachner (w. AL Zagat))
Spider Tripod Robot
Three-legged alien robot.
(From Rendezvous With Rama [1972] by Arthur C. Clarke)
Atmosphere Tester
A device used to test the composition of a sample of the atmosphere on another planet, to see if it is breathable by humans.
(From The Emperor of the Stars [1931] by Nat Schachner (w. AL Zagat))
Solido
Abbr. for solidograph; a device that produced a solid three dimensional image.
(From Chance of a Lifetime [1956] by Milton Lesser)
Zero-Ray
Inflicts a fatal frostbite on living tissue.
(From An Adventure in Futurity [1931] by Clark Ashton Smith)
Gravito-Statoscope
An instrument used to detect the gravitational influences on a space ship.
(From The Emperor of the Stars [1931] by Nat Schachner (w. AL Zagat))
Mechanical Thought Transformers
Machinery to expedite the process of thought transfer.
(From The Conquest of Gola [1931] by L.F. Stone)
Object-Finder Beam
A unique device that projected a beam that found what you wanted.
(From The Conquest of Gola [1931] by L.F. Stone)
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