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Electric Monk
Robotic device provides belief services.
(From Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency [1987] by Douglas Adams)
Tranquilizing Gum
Chewing gum with a tranquilizing agent.
(From Ubik [1969] by Philip K. Dick)
Robot Pope
An artificially intelligent robotic cardinal ascends to the Throne of St. Peter.
(From Good News From the Vatican [1971] by Robert Silverberg)
'Pape Machine
Yet another name for the homeostatic newspaper; this one has special features including news search.
(From Ubik [1969] by Philip K. Dick)
Artiforg
An artificial organ kept 'on line' in the body.
(From Ubik [1969] by Philip K. Dick)
Kuang Grade Mark Eleven Penetration Program
Chinese virus software for breaking the ICE.
(From Neuromancer [1984] by William Gibson)
Moondozer
A bulldozer for lunar conditions.
(From A Fall of Moondust [1961] by Arthur C. Clarke)
Water-Springs
Using water to cushion the living space of a spacecraft from the effects of acceleration.
(From From the Earth to the Moon [1867] by Jules Verne)
Igloo Inflatable Moon Habitat
An inflatable, portable lunar shelter that can be easily moved and set up.
(From A Fall of Moondust [1961] by Arthur C. Clarke)
Electrosecretary
An automatic transcription device.
(From A Fall of Moondust [1961] by Arthur C. Clarke)
Giant Flat Panel Display
Movie screen-sized flat panel display for live televised images.
(From The Shape of Things To Come [1936] by H.G. Wells)
Wireless Wrist Intercom
A portable wireless intercom, worn on the wrist.
(From The Shape of Things To Come [1936] by H.G. Wells)
Transparent Flat Panel Display
A fifty-inch flat panel display that is (or can be) transparent.
(From The Shape of Things To Come [1936] by H.G. Wells)
Remote-Cast Snooper
A small, easily concealed poison snooper.
(From Dune [1965] by Frank Herbert)
Poison Snooper
A device that checked food and drink for poisons.
(From Dune [1965] by Frank Herbert)
Rotating House
A single family home built upon a central pivot; it can be turned at will.
(From The Godmakers [1972] by Frank Herbert)
Neotopological Metaeuclidean Adjacency
A portal through space-time.
(From The Hole in the Hole [1994] by Terry Bisson)
Lunar Used Spacecraft Lot
A sales lot for used spacecraft
(From Methuselah's Children [1941] by Robert Heinlein)
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