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| 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) |
| Photo-Voltaic Robes Outerwear made from material that absorbs sunlight and outputs electricity. (From Snow in the Desert [2002] by Neal Asher) |
| Tracer-Bird A prototype surveillance drone; a mechanical bird. (From Changeling [1980] by Roger Zelazny) |
| Robot Mice Tiny cleaning robots. (From The Martian Chronicles [1950] by Ray Bradbury) |
| Voice-Clock A clock that could state the time out loud. (From The Martian Chronicles [1950] by Ray Bradbury) |
| Diamagnetic Levitation Levitation accomplished using magnetic field's interference with the motion of electrons orbiting the atoms or molecules of a material. (From The Currents of Space [1962] by Isaac Asimov) |
| Shadow Square An enormous blind that orbits a star. (From Ringworld [1970] by Larry Niven) |
| Sunlight Blocker A roughly circular field which denies sunlight to an area of a planet. (From Childhood's End [1953] by Arthur C. Clarke) |
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