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| Cyborg Dolphin (Jones) A heavily modified war surplus dolphin. (From Johnny Mnemonic [1981] by William Gibson) |
| Tagalong A backpack with legs; a robot that will carry things for you and match your movements. (From In the Bowl [1976] by John Varley) |
| Chicken Little Very early reference to meat grown in a vat for food. (From The Space Merchants [1952] by Frederik Pohl (w/CM Kornbluth)) |
| Crimestop The faculty of stopping short, as though by instict, at the threshold of any dangerous thought. (From 1984 (Nineteen Eighty-Four) [1948] by George Orwell) |
| Implanted Microprocessor Monitor Chips that are implanted in people to ensure compliance with company rules. (From Neuromancer [1984] by William Gibson) |
| Control Screen An alien display device. (From Childhood's End [1953] by Arthur C. Clarke) |
| Neuronic Whip A weapon that stimulated the nerve endings to cause extreme discomfort. (From The Stars, Like Dust [1951] by Isaac Asimov) |
| Cephalochromoscope (Cephscope) A brain-scan device with a screen to display neural patterns. (From A Scanner Darkly [1977] by Philip K. Dick) |
| Scramble Suit A superthin membrane upon which are projected the characteristics of a million different people, it confers instant anonymity. (From A Scanner Darkly [1977] by Philip K. Dick) |
| Designed Bacteria Very early reference to the idea of bacteria designed to wipe out a particular species, and no others. (From Seeds of the Dusk [1937] by Raymond Z. Gallun) |
| Proton Pistol (Proton Beam) A device that unleashed a 'protonic storm' of energy. (From A Menace in Miniature [1937] by Raymond Z. Gallun) |
| Liquid Mirror Telescope on Mars A large telescope using a spinning bowl of mercury as the mirror. (From Old Faithful [1934] by Raymond Z. Gallun) |
| Psychophone A device that allows the user to tune their mind to a future reality - a time-traveling device. (From The Mechanical Mice [1941] by Maurice G. Hugi) |
| De-atomizing Ray Beam of energy causes matter to fly apart. (From Crashing Suns [1928] by Edmond Hamilton) |
| Robopark An automated parking garage. (From Methuselah's Children [1941] by Robert Heinlein) |
| Raytron Apparatus A device for aerial surveillance; the image was transmitted back to the user. (From Beyond the Stars [1928] by Ray Cummings) |
| Needle Pipe A device that could project slivers of metal at near light speed. (From Beyond the Stars [1928] by Ray Cummings) |
| Lobster AI Scan a lobster brain, get a learning machine. (From Accelerando [2005] by Charles Stross) |
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