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| Automatic Speeding Fine An automated device that not only computes the speed of a vehicle, but registers and then issues an electronic citation. (From Old Fireball [1941] by Nat Schachner) |
| Interplanetary Union Of Spacemen An organized union of people who work in space. (From Old Fireball [1941] by Nat Schachner) |
| Pray-o-Mat A device that would offer prayers in exchange for a few coins properly deposited. (From Lord of Light [1967] by Roger Zelazny) |
| 'Chatterbox' News-Receptor An appliance for listening to the news that lacked content controls. (From Methuselah's Children [1941] by Robert Heinlein) |
| Automated Hotel Reservation A hotel that did not use clerks; a self-service hotel. (From Methuselah's Children [1941] by Robert Heinlein) |
| Controlway An automated highway system that takes full operational control of vehicles traveling upon it. (From Methuselah's Children [1941] by Robert Heinlein) |
| Talking Speedometer A gauge that tells you its value verbally (From Biddiver [1941] by Theodore Sturgeon) |
| Needle Gun A weapon that fires thin slivers of metal. (From In the Spacesphere [1931] by Charles Cloukey) |
| 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) |
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