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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) |
Electrosecretary An automatic transcription device.
(From A Fall of Moondust [1961] by Arthur C. Clarke) |
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