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| 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) |
| 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) |
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