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| Broomstick Device to ease movement in a zero-gravity environment. (From Islands in the Sky [1952] by Arthur C. Clarke) |
| Parastatics Means of completely eliminating injury in vehicles during crashes. (From Return from the Stars [1961] by Stanislaw Lem) |
| Betrization An in utero method of reducing human aggression. (From Return from the Stars [1961] by Stanislaw Lem) |
| Wearables Slang for 'wearable computer.' (From Fast Times At Fairmont High [2001] by Vernor Vinge) |
| Answerboard A forum or computer meeting location with experts on a particular topic. (From Rainbows End [2006] by Vernor Vinge) |
| Culture Tank Germs that eat garbage and produce oil. (From Needle [1950] by Hal Clement) |
| Planetary Propulsion-Blasts Devices capable of moving and steering planets to new orbits or new stars. (From Thundering Worlds [1934] by Edmond Hamilton) |
| 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) |
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