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Rigid Metallic Clothing
An early exoskeleton.
(From A Conquest of Two Worlds [1932] by Edmond Hamilton)
Meteor Warning System
A system that provided rockets in flight with early warning of meteors.
(From A Conquest of Two Worlds [1932] by Edmond Hamilton)
Atomic Bomb
A weapon that uses an atomic chain reaction as an explosive force.
(From The World Set Free [1914] by H.G. Wells)
Disintegrator
A device that causes objects to burst into molecular pieces.
(From Edison's Conquest of Mars [1898] by Garrett P. Serviss)
Aerial Telegraph
Communication between individuals in spacesuits.
(From Edison's Conquest of Mars [1898] by Garrett P. Serviss)
Grass Carpet
An indoor home or office floor covering - living grass.
(From The Sirens of Titan [1959] by Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.)
Magnetically Floating Furniture
Furniture that is suspended at the proper height using magnetic forces.
(From The Sirens of Titan [1959] by Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.)
Roujin Z-0001 Robotic Bed
A fully automated hospital bed and transport robot.
(From Roujin Z [1991] by Katsuhiro Otomo)
Carson Circuit
A means of distinguishing betweem millions of different information sources - the secret of the Internet.
(From A Logic Named Joe [1946] by Murray Leinster)
Tanks
Device that provides mass storage of information.
(From A Logic Named Joe [1946] by Murray Leinster)
Logics
Machines that let you request information, and then display it for you on a screen.
(From A Logic Named Joe [1946] by Murray Leinster)
Purza the Pukha
A toy with sensors used to monitor children in hospitals.
(From The Rowan [1990] by Anne McCaffrey)
Sintered Armorgel
A substance that is flexible when moved slowly, but which hardens upon external impact.
(From Snow Crash [1992] by Neal Stephenson)
Mindwipe
A process that selectively and effectively erases human memory.
(From Mindkiller [1982] by Spider Robinson)
Laminated Mouse Brain Computer
A computing device that makes use of neurons from a mouse.
(From Think Blue, Count Two [1962] by Cordwainer Smith)
Robass
A robotic beast of burden.
(From The Quest for Saint Aquin [1951] by Anthony Boucher)
Provigil
A medication that makes the user 'untired' - not just more awake.
(From When the Devil Dances [2002] by John Ringo)
Howard Families
A project designed to produce a group of people with exceptionally long life.
(From Methuselah's Children [1941] by Robert Heinlein)
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