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| Sono-Induction Coils A public address system consisting of buried coils. (From The Shining One [1937] by Nat Schachner) |
| Heat Generating Magnetic Disks Devices used to artificially raise the temperature of the surface of moons to a reasonable level. (From Spawn of the Red Giants [1937] by Frank Belknap Long, Jr.) |
| Sapho Juice Unique substance enhanced the cognitive performance of Mentats. (From Dune [1965] by Frank Herbert) |
| Etherometer A device that looked at the 'ether' pervading space as a means of determining gravitation field strength. (From Spawn of the Red Giants [1937] by Frank Belknap Long, Jr.) |
| Anti-agathic drugs Drugs that indefinitely postpone death from old age. (From Cities in Flight [1957] by James Blish) |
| Vacuum Suit An early description of a space suit, and the first use of this now archaic phrase. (From The Man from the Atom [1926] by G. Peyton Wertenbaker) |
| X Gun (X-Beam Projector) A device that projected soft x-rays into small planetoids to determine their composition. (From Diamond Planetoid [1937] by Gordon A. Giles) |
| Automatic Reversed Memory A device that activates memories and plays them back in reverse order. (From Brain Control [1937] by Dave Cummins) |
| Reaction Pistol A hand-held device for maneuvering in zero gravity in a space suit. (From Martian Guns [1932] by Stanley D. Bell) |
| Spectroscopic Robot Converter Accepted the return of soft x-ray radiation, and translated it into Fraunhofer spectra. (From Diamond Planetoid [1937] by Gordon A. Giles) |
| Neuronic Control Apparatus A device that communicated with a brain implant, granting both sight and control. (From Masson's Secret [1939] by Raymond Z. Gallun) |
| Neuronic Receptor-Transmitter A device which, implanted in the brain, can both transmit sight and sound, and enable control of the body by a remote operator. (From Masson's Secret [1939] by Raymond Z. Gallun) |
| Microsurgery Tool Miniaturized device for surgical precision. (From Masson's Secret [1939] by Raymond Z. Gallun) |
| Inertia Tank A device that protected its delicate contents by cushioning. (From Masson's Secret [1939] by Raymond Z. Gallun) |
| Hyperfilament A very high tensile strength material structured as a long thin line or ribbon. (From The Fountains of Paradise [1978] by Arthur C. Clarke) |
| Field-Minder An agricultural robot. (From But Who Can Replace A Man [1958] by Brian Aldiss) |
| Alibi Archive A recording made of transmissions from a personal implant that perceived everything that happened to that individual. (From Hominids (Neanderthal Parallax) [2003] by Robert J. Sawyer) |
| Companion Implant Electronic device placed within the body; it has a wide variety of uses. (From Hominids (Neanderthal Parallax) [2003] by Robert J. Sawyer) |
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