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Handicloset
A self-organizing closet
(From The Zap Gun (Project Plowshare) [1965] by Philip K. Dick)
N-e (Needle-eyeification) Weapon
A class of weapons that had the most precise effect imaginable.
(From The Zap Gun (Project Plowshare) [1965] by Philip K. Dick)
Avatar Construction Set
A collection of software that allows the building of a complete avatar.
(From Snow Crash [1992] by Neal Stephenson)
Browser Paper
A paper-thin computer display.
(From Rainbows End [2006] by Vernor Vinge)
The Shed
Enormous building needed to assemble giant space craft or space stations.
(From Space Tug [1953] by Murray Leinster)
Death-rattle File
A cache of information set to destroy itself upon the death of its owner.
(From The Zap Gun (Project Plowshare) [1965] by Philip K. Dick)
Civic Notification Distorter
A device that subtly damages databases full of government information.
(From The Zap Gun (Project Plowshare) [1965] by Philip K. Dick)
Motorized Combat Boots
Russian army-surplus self-propelled footgear.
(From Accelerando [2005] by Charles Stross)
Navicloud Custom Debinder
A machine that pulls books apart and scans the contents.
(From Rainbows End [2006] by Vernor Vinge)
Battery-Powered 3D Comic Book
A comic book the pages of which were animated by battery power.
(From The Zap Gun (Project Plowshare) [1965] by Philip K. Dick)
Slow Pellet Stunner
A projectile device that throws darts in a manner calculated to get past a force shield.
(From Dune [1965] by Frank Herbert)
Sheep Dip Isolator
A non-lethal malodorant weapon.
(From The Zap Gun (Project Plowshare) [1965] by Philip K. Dick)
Autonomic Interviewer
A robotic reporter.
(From The Zap Gun (Project Plowshare) [1965] by Philip K. Dick)
Inflatable Air Lock
Air lock making use of inflatable side walls to achieve large size.
(From Space Tug [1953] by Murray Leinster)
Garbage-can Banger
An elaborate noise-based weapon.
(From The Zap Gun (Project Plowshare) [1965] by Philip K. Dick)
Magnetic-Soled Shoes
A means of walking on a surface in zero gravity.
(From Space Tug [1953] by Murray Leinster)
Blurbflies (Sing. Blurbfly)
Small robotic/organic advertisers.
(From Nymphomation [2000] by Jeff Noon)
Pushpot
An independent rocket motor that can attach itself to an object bound for space.
(From Space Tug [1953] by Murray Leinster)
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