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| Precog A person with precognitive ability (can predict the future). (From The Minority Report [1956] by Philip K. Dick) |
| Post-Crime Criminal activities after they have actually happened. (From The Minority Report [1956] by Philip K. Dick) |
| Unicephalon 40-D A problem-solving supercomputer. (From Stand-By [1963] by Philip K. Dick) |
| News Clown A person who delivers specially selected light news. (From Stand-By [1963] by Philip K. Dick) |
| Air-Tight Suit An special outfit that would allow a person to survive in vacuum. (From Edison's Conquest of Mars [1898] by Garrett P. Serviss) |
| Mind Control Genetically Modified Food Plants that are modified to produce specific combinations of flavors. (From Methuselah's Children [1941] by Robert Heinlein) |
| Tele-Screen A display screen for live events. (From After Armageddon [1932] by Francis Flagg) |
| Lifeboat A small space-worthy craft that can be jettisoned from a larger ship, to save its crew. (From On The Martian Way [1907] by Harry Gore Bishop) |
| Ghost Trap Device for capture and temporary storage of ectoplasmic entities. (From Ghostbusters [1984] by Harold Ramis) |
| Orbital Retirement Hotel A retirement home placed in low earth orbit. (From Contact [1985] by Carl Sagan) |
| Digital Paper Pad Just one molecule thick, it flips bits by flipping molecules. (From KOP [2007] by Warren Hammond) |
| Scanner Palm A document scanner implanted in the palm of the hand. (From KOP [2007] by Warren Hammond) |
| Videophone A person-to-person communication device offering sight as well as sound. (From The Golden Girl of Munan [1928] by Harl Vincent) |
| Zero-G Ashtray An ashtray designed for use on a space station. (From Waldo [1942] by Robert Heinlein) |
| Demagnitizing Ray A beam of radiation that makes even the strongest steel as brittle as chalk. (From The Lord of Labour [1911] by George Griffith) |
| Sonic Fold Force field that guides air around an air vehicle. (From Ringworld [1970] by Larry Niven) |
| Radson Skimmer A small vehicle designed for a small number of passengers; capable of low, slow flight. (From This Immortal [1965] by Roger Zelazny) |
| Atomic Microscopy A device that can actually visualize a individual molecule and its parts. (From The Crack of Doom [1895] by Robert Cromie) |
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