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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)
Sleep Set (Sleep Headset)
An electronic device for inducing deep sleep.
(From Ringworld [1970] by Larry Niven)
Robot Lawn Mower
An automated lawn mower.
(From City [1944] by Clifford Simak)
Artificial Gill Outfit
A diving suit that pulls air from the water.
(From We Can Remember It For You Wholesale [1966] by Philip K. Dick)
Telepathic Transmitter (Telep-transmitter)
A device using living alien tissue to transmit your thoughts.
(From We Can Remember It For You Wholesale [1966] by Philip K. Dick)
Screening Software
Rules-based software trained to eliminate spam email.
(From The Moat [1991] by Greg Egan)
Leybyrdite
Extremely tough crystalline metal.
(From Subspace Explorers [1965] by E.E. 'Doc' Smith)
Wheelchair Space Station
A home in space.
(From Waldo [1942] by Robert Heinlein)
Broomstick Speedster
A two-seater craft capable of spaceflight; it used radiant power to achieve orbit.
(From Waldo [1942] by Robert Heinlein)
Robot Tracking Device
Small UAV robot remotely operated by an artificially intelligent computer.
(From Vulcan's Hammer [1956] by Philip K. Dick)
Interactive Blackboard
Early description of an interactive display device for lectures and demonstrations.
(From Vulcan's Hammer [1956] by Philip K. Dick)
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