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| 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) |
| Grantline Comptometer Key-driven computer/calculator that easily solves even calculus problems. (From Beyond the Stars [1928] by Ray Cummings) |
| Moon Walk Very early realistic depiction of walking on the moon in low gravity. (From Brigands of the Moon [1930] by Ray Cummings) |
| Lunar Mining Very early (first?) reference to mining operations on the moon. (From Brigands of the Moon [1930] by Ray Cummings) |
| Stasis (Cold Sleep, Hibernation) Hibernation for human beings, lasting for many years. (From The Door Into Summer [1956] by Robert Heinlein) |
| Telephot A device that combined the functions of telephone and television; a phone with a screen. (From Ralph 124c 41 + [1911] by Hugo Gernsback) |
| Inter-Universal Messenger A device intended to travel to another dimension. (From Cities in Flight [1957] by James Blish) |
| Translator Discs Wearable devices that wirelessly connected to a speech translation computer. (From Ringworld [1970] by Larry Niven) |
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