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| Space-Lanes Well-traveled routes through outer space. (From Crashing Suns [1928] by Edmond Hamilton) |
| Voight-Kampff Test A test intended to distinguish human beings from replicants. (From Blade Runner [1982] by Ridley Scott) |
| Flying Car Flying police car has VTOL. (From Blade Runner [1982] by Ridley Scott) |
| Public Iris Scanner A device that uses iris-scanning for identification, and does not require subject awareness. (From Minority Report (Movie) [2002] by Steven Spielberg) |
| 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) |
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