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| Glass Bees Walnut-sized flying automata. (From The Glass Bees [1957] by Ernst Junger) |
| Speakwrite A dictation machine that also transcribes the speech into typed words. (From 1984 (Nineteen Eighty-Four) [1948] by George Orwell) |
| Freeside Orbital Resort A resort that orbits the Earth. (From Neuromancer [1984] by William Gibson) |
| Centrifugal Bumble-Puppy Futuristic children's game. (From Brave New World [1932] by Aldous Huxley) |
| Traction City Cities re-engineered as enormous, lumbering machines. (From Mortal Engines [2003] by Philip Reeve) |
| Hypnopædia (Sleep-Teaching) The idea that a person can learn explicit subject matter while sleeping. (From Brave New World [1932] by Aldous Huxley) |
| Positronic Brain A computer CPU with the capacity to rival a human brain. (From Reason [1941] by Isaac Asimov) |
| Crosswell Tape Worm Device that allows you to eat without gaining weight. (From Super-Toys Last All Summer Long [1969] by Brian Aldiss) |
| Single Seat Scooter A self-service monocycle. (From The Star King [1964] by Jack Vance) |
| Monoline A wind-driven overland transport. (From Big Planet [1952] by Jack Vance) |
| Undersea Restaurant A restaurant located in its entirety under the sea. (From The Star King [1964] by Jack Vance) |
| Spider Space Elevator Test Vehicle A robotic testing device for the cables of a space elevator. (From The Fountains of Paradise [1978] by Arthur C. Clarke) |
| Boat-Tree A tree, the pods of which can be grown as boats. (From The Houses of Iszm [1954] by Jack Vance) |
| House Trees Living trees grown as houses; large hollow pods serve as living spaces. (From The Houses of Iszm [1954] by Jack Vance) |
| Skin Toning Using artificial means to effect a temporary change in skin color. (From The Star King [1964] by Jack Vance) |
| Lens Image A presentation of the night sky, calculated for any planet or point in space. (From Second Foundation [1953] by Isaac Asimov) |
| Bokanovsky's Process A very early description of cloning. (From Brave New World [1932] by Aldous Huxley) |
| Aeriduct (Rain Maker) A specific means of producing rain. (From A Journey In Other Worlds [1894] by John Jacob Astor IV) |
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