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| Wakeshot An injection designed to bring a person out of sleep to full wakefulness. (From Dune [1965] by Frank Herbert) |
| Sleep Surrogate Pharmaceutical designed to make up for lost sleep. (From Methuselah's Children [1941] by Robert Heinlein) |
| Robot Gardener An autonomous gardening robot, taking care of plants in parks or fields. (From War Veteran [1955] by Philip K. Dick) |
| Robot Surgeon-Hand A skilled surgical robot that attaches at the end of the surgeon's arm. (From War Veteran [1955] by Philip K. Dick) |
| Toy Testing Dummy A child-sized device used to test suspect toys. (From War Game [1959] by Philip K. Dick) |
| Memo-Voice Paper memos that read themselves out loud. (From War Game [1959] by Philip K. Dick) |
| Meteorometer A device that warned space ships in flight about oncoming meteors. (From Crashing Suns [1928] by Edmond Hamilton) |
| Pain Ray Creates pain by nerve induction. (From Crashing Suns [1928] by Edmond Hamilton) |
| Telechart An interactive metal plate upon which were displayed celestial objects for interstellar navigation. (From Crashing Suns [1928] by Edmond Hamilton) |
| Heat Transmitter Device which captures solar energy close to the source and then beams it in concentrated form to outer planets. (From Crashing Suns [1928] by Edmond Hamilton) |
| Powered artificial exoskeleton A robotic device designed to support someone too weak to comfortably move in high gravity. (From Between Planets [1951] by Robert Heinlein) |
| Spinning Pressurized Drum Put a spin on just a part of a space station. (From Between Planets [1951] by Robert Heinlein) |
| Clothing Size Scanner A device that scanned a living person to determine clothing sizes. (From Sagramanda [2006] by Alan Dean Foster) |
| Mobile Advertisements Advertisements presented in mid-air in public spaces. (From Sagramanda [2006] by Alan Dean Foster) |
| Chemotactic Artificial Jellyfish Artificial device modeled on jellyfish capable of seeking specific components of liquid. (From Big Jelly [1994] by Rudy Rucker (w/B. Sterling)) |
| Law Expert System (LEX) Software capable of rendering a legal opinion. (From The Moat [1991] by Greg Egan) |
| Guided Missile Control Station An orbital missile base. (From Between Planets [1951] by Robert Heinlein) |
| Space Transfer Station An orbiting space station primarily used as a stepping-off point from Earth. (From Between Planets [1951] by Robert Heinlein) |
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