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| Spider A robotic device that both extruded cable and climbed along it; a space construction robot. (From The Web Between the Worlds [1979] by Charles Sheffield) |
| Shadow Square Wire Very fine, very light, very strong wire. (From Ringworld [1970] by Larry Niven) |
| Crash Balloons Inflatable bags that would both cushion and hold a flycycle driver in the event of a crash. (From Ringworld [1970] by Larry Niven) |
| Pressor Field A force field that pressed against anything that encountered it. (From The Forever War [1974] by Joe Haldeman) |
| Impact Suit A body suit that is flexible, but upon a hard impact becomes rigid and impenetrable. (From The Flying Sorcerers [1971] by David Gerrold (w/L, Niven)) |
| Coley Group A musical form that involves dancing in a field of weak microwaves. (From The Shockwave Rider [1975] by John Brunner) |
| Sunray Tank A device that stores sunlight itself for use as an energy source. (From Warlord of Mars [1914] by Edgar Rice Burroughs) |
| Networked World Very early description of our dependence on technology and communication. (From When the Sleeper Wakes [1899] by H.G. Wells) |
| Vagus Nerve Bio-Chip Relief from nausea without drugs. (From Diplomatic Immunity [2002] by Lois McMaster Bujold) |
| Desert Cabbage A giant plant that regulates its internal temperature even on Mars. (From Red Planet [1949] by Robert Heinlein) |
| Harbenite Ultralight metal. (From Tarzan at the Eath's Core [1929] by Edgar Rice Burroughs) |
| O-220 Ultralight zeppelin (From Tarzan at the Eath's Core [1929] by Edgar Rice Burroughs) |
| Dekon Type DCQ Decontamination foam. (From Subspace Explorers [1965] by E.E. 'Doc' Smith) |
| Alien Tarantula Interesting illustration of an animal with gecko-like manipulative capabilities. (From Engine City [2003] by Ken MacLeod) |
| Effective Human Implant Technology (EHIT) Computer interface implanted directly into the human brain. (From Snake-Eyes [1986] by Tom Maddox) |
| Blaupunkt Holostage A three-dimensional tabletop display. (From Snake-Eyes [1986] by Tom Maddox) |
| Artificial Womb A room in which a human embryo waits for the necessary months as a fetus, preparing for birth (decanting). (From Brave New World [1932] by Aldous Huxley) |
| Swibble An artificially evolved telepathic metazoan-based mind control device. (From Service Call [1955] by Philip K. Dick) |
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