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| Flying Car Flying police car has VTOL. (From Blade Runner [1982] by Ridley Scott) |
| Space Platform The Space Platform for Checking Aggression is a military orbital weapons platform. (From The Morning of the Day They Did It [1950] by E.B. White) |
| Stratovideo (Television Plane) An aircraft with studios that continuously broadcast line-of-sight television. (From The Morning of the Day They Did It [1950] by E.B. White) |
| Cloud Sculpting Using gliders and chemical showers to shape clouds artistically. (From The Cloud Sculptors of Coral D [1967] by J.G. Ballard) |
| Verse Transcriber A device that would produce perfect poetry, given the necessary parameters. (From Studio 5, The Stars [1971] by J.G. Ballard) |
| Static House A house that was once fully psychotropic and malleable, but which had been frozen in one configuration. (From The Thousand Dreams of Stellavista [1962] by J.G. Ballard) |
| Inert-Wear Clothing made of dead fibers; clothing that is unmoving, static. (From Say Goodby to the Wind [1970] by J.G. Ballard) |
| Bio-Fabric Living cloth that constantly adapts itself to the personality and needs of its wearer. (From Say Goodby to the Wind [1970] by J.G. Ballard) |
| Senso-Cells Sensors that recorded personal characteristics of the owners of a house, to better serve their needs. (From The Thousand Dreams of Stellavista [1962] by J.G. Ballard) |
| Plastex A combination of plaster and latex, it allows houses to change shape for you. (From The Thousand Dreams of Stellavista [1962] by J.G. Ballard) |
| Psychotropic House Buildings designed to sense, and mirror, the psychological state of their owners. (From The Thousand Dreams of Stellavista [1962] by J.G. Ballard) |
| Sand-Yacht (Land Schooner) A vehicle that used wind power upon its sails to move on the land. (From Cry Hope, Cry Fury! [1966] by J.G. Ballard) |
| Photosensitive Pigment Special paint that stays 'blank' until exposed to a scene. (From Cry Hope, Cry Fury! [1966] by J.G. Ballard) |
| Chalf (Quick-Scribe Powder) A special powder that forms itself into words and symbols. (From The Tactful Saboteur [1964] by Frank Herbert) |
| Heighliner Enormous starship used by the Spacing Guild for interstellar travel. (From Dune [1965] by Frank Herbert) |
| Feeler-Planes Special sensors that make extremely detailed three-dimensional models. (From The Houses of Iszm [1954] by Jack Vance) |
| Cellphone Voice Mail Callers speak into their instrument, and the content of the call is stored by the network for the user to replay at will. (From The Age of The Pussyfoot [1966] by Frederik Pohl) |
| Free Telephone Call All telephone calls are free - in exchange for short commercials. (From The Subliminal Man [1963] by J.G. Ballard) |
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