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| 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) |
| Security Restraint Field A force field that restricts personal movement. (From Between Planets [1951] by Robert Heinlein) |
| Disperser Device that gives an electric shock to anyone who touches a vehicle. (From Sagramanda [2006] by Alan Dean Foster) |
| Municipal Cattle Remover A device to pick cattle up and place them in a truck for later dispersion in the countryside. (From Sagramanda [2006] by Alan Dean Foster) |
| Autocab An fully automated taxi cab. (From Between Planets [1951] by Robert Heinlein) |
| Martian Perambulator A mechanized transport for heavy gravity environments for beings born in lower gravity environments. (From Between Planets [1951] by Robert Heinlein) |
| Slideway A slidewalk, or moving walkway, that moves people forward. (From Beyond This Horizon [1942] by Robert Heinlein) |
| Winged Rocket Shuttle A sort of plane that briefly reached space while traveling between points on a planet. (From Between Planets [1951] by Robert Heinlein) |
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