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| Hyperspace Beacon Located in real space, these devices provide reference points in hyperspace to make navigation possible. (From The Repairman [1959] by Harry Harrison) |
| Automatic Light Switch A device that senses if an illuminated room is empty, and turns off the light. (From The Man Who Sold The Moon [1950] by Robert Heinlein) |
| Police Robot A fully autonomous, man-shaped robotic police officer. (From Arm of the Law [1958] by Harry Harrison) |
| Robotic Trash Can A sensor-equipped waste can capable of autonomous cleaning - and legal judgement. (From Robot Justice [1959] by Harry Harrison) |
| Robot Judge Artificially intelligent legal machine - robes and all. (From Robot Justice [1959] by Harry Harrison) |
| Tower of Glass An enormous glass tower built to communicate outside the solar system. (From Tower of Glass [1970] by Robert Silverberg) |
| Undercover Detective Robot Specialized robot masquerades as different robot types to spy on criminals. (From The Velvet Glove [1956] by Harry Harrison) |
| Blue Collar Robot (Self-Repairing) An autonomous robot required to find its own work. (From The Velvet Glove [1956] by Harry Harrison) |
| Tuned-Laser Decontamination Process to destroy foreign biomolecules within the body. (From Hybrids (Neanderthal Parallax) [2003] by Robert J. Sawyer) |
| 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) |
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