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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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