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| Cop Block A device that allows law enforcement officers to shut down the engine of a suspect's car or truck. (From Quantico [2007] by Greg Bear) |
| Boink Biosensor A hand-held sensor that detects the presence of hazardous biological material. (From The Cobra Event [1997] by Richard Preston) |
| House-of-Cards Construction Architectural technique that uses computers to help buildings maintain their balance during earthquakes. (From Rainbows End [2006] by Vernor Vinge) |
| Tru-Mem Systems Organic process of recalling personal events. (From We Can Remember It For You Wholesale [1966] by Philip K. Dick) |
| Homeostatic Newspaper An autonomous news-gathering and publishing entity; abbreviated as homeopape. (From If There Were No Benny Cemoli [1953] by Philip K. Dick) |
| Data Tiles Transparent panes that contain data and programs. (From Minority Report (Movie) [2002] by Steven Spielberg) |
| Wakeshot An injection designed to bring a person out of sleep to full wakefulness. (From Dune [1965] by Frank Herbert) |
| Sleep Surrogate Pharmaceutical designed to make up for lost sleep. (From Methuselah's Children [1941] by Robert Heinlein) |
| Robot Gardener An autonomous gardening robot, taking care of plants in parks or fields. (From War Veteran [1955] by Philip K. Dick) |
| Robot Surgeon-Hand A skilled surgical robot that attaches at the end of the surgeon's arm. (From War Veteran [1955] by Philip K. Dick) |
| Toy Testing Dummy A child-sized device used to test suspect toys. (From War Game [1959] by Philip K. Dick) |
| Memo-Voice Paper memos that read themselves out loud. (From War Game [1959] by Philip K. Dick) |
| Meteorometer A device that warned space ships in flight about oncoming meteors. (From Crashing Suns [1928] by Edmond Hamilton) |
| Pain Ray Creates pain by nerve induction. (From Crashing Suns [1928] by Edmond Hamilton) |
| Telechart An interactive metal plate upon which were displayed celestial objects for interstellar navigation. (From Crashing Suns [1928] by Edmond Hamilton) |
| Heat Transmitter Device which captures solar energy close to the source and then beams it in concentrated form to outer planets. (From Crashing Suns [1928] by Edmond Hamilton) |
| Powered artificial exoskeleton A robotic device designed to support someone too weak to comfortably move in high gravity. (From Between Planets [1951] by Robert Heinlein) |
| Spinning Pressurized Drum Put a spin on just a part of a space station. (From Between Planets [1951] by Robert Heinlein) |
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