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| Mind-Shield A mental defense or barrier that prevents access to one brain by another person or device. (From Slan [1940] by A.E. van Vogt) |
| Parking Orbit An orbit from which access to the planet's surface via a small auxiliary vessel is quick and uncomplicated. (From Methuselah's Children [1941] by Robert Heinlein) |
| Soot-Extractor Nostril Plugs (Antisoot Plugs) A small device worn to filter industrial pollutants out of breathing air. (From The Space Merchants [1952] by Frederik Pohl (w/CM Kornbluth)) |
| Accu-Terrain Floor A special floor for virtual reality environments that simulates any kind of surface. (From Natulife [1994] by David Brin) |
| Stim-Crib A cradle that provides virtual reality experiences to tiny tots. (From Natulife [1994] by David Brin) |
| Auto-Treadmills (Needle-Gym) A simulation-exercise room floor that allows the user to walk and run on a consistently realistic surface. (From Natulife [1994] by David Brin) |
| Yeast-Beast Machine A device for growing meat in a vat. (From Natulife [1994] by David Brin) |
| Virtual Childrearing Learn childcare the virtual way; maybe long distance childcare, too. (From Natulife [1994] by David Brin) |
| Robot Earthworm Autonomous swarming robots the size of earthworms, with similar earth-digging capabilities. (From War With The Robots [1962] by Harry Harrison) |
| Briefcase Computer A portable computer workstation. (From Inherit the Stars [1977] by James P. Hogan) |
| Gesture-Controlled Device An electronic device that is controlled by hand gestures. (From The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy [1979] by Douglas Adams) |
| Strakh The prestige or social prominence which serves as a medium of exchange on the planet Sirene. (From The Moon Moth [1976] by Jack Vance) |
| Human Object Recognition System uses human beings as an aid to robotic object recognition. (From Robot Justice [1959] by Harry Harrison) |
| Whuffie A system in which one's actions, as perceived by others, directly procure the necessities of life; reputation-based currency. (From Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom [2003] by Cory Doctorow) |
| Disruptor Tube (Disruptor Ray) A device that interrupted the very bonds between atoms. (From The Emperor of the Stars [1931] by Nat Schachner (w. AL Zagat)) |
| Lecton A device that would read aloud an electronic text book. (From Return from the Stars [1961] by Stanislaw Lem) |
| Star Base An installation or station at an important interstellar location. (From Star Base X [1944] by R.M. Williams) |
| Space Beacon An ordinary sun is transformed into a beacon for use by spacecraft when in hyperspace. (From Troubled Star [1952] by George O. Smith) |
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