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| Hired Girl Robot The amazing floor-cleaning robot! (From The Door Into Summer [1956] by Robert Heinlein) |
| Internal Body Power Pack A tiny battery used to power implants. (From The Stars My Destination [1956] by Alfred Bester) |
| Carniculture Vat Technology to grow meat sans animal. (From Space Viking [1962] by H. Beam Piper) |
| Hands Free Helmet The helmet of a powered suit has controls activated by head movements. (From Starship Troopers [1959] by Robert Heinlein) |
| Refrigeration Tape A strip of material that can be used to keep large tracts of tundra nicely frozen. (From Tower of Glass [1970] by Robert Silverberg) |
| Dirac Transmitter (also Tranceiver or Communicator) A device that provides instantaneous communication anywhere in the galaxy. (From Cities in Flight [1957] by James Blish) |
| Transmat A teleportation device. (From Tower of Glass [1970] by Robert Silverberg) |
| Jack In To open one's nervous system to a computer's virtual world. (From Tower of Glass [1970] by Robert Silverberg) |
| Tin Cabby (Flying Robotic Taxi) An autonomously controlled flying taxi cab. (From Cities in Flight [1957] by James Blish) |
| CIC Virtual Earth A software application that presents detailed information about the Earth. (From Snow Crash [1992] by Neal Stephenson) |
| Martian Sawgrass Specialized variety of plant that is used to provide oxygen for space stations. (From QRM - Interplanetary [1942] by George O. Smith) |
| Thought Shield A device that removes intrusive thoughts from your mind. (From Back to 20,000 A.D. [1931] by Nat Schachner (w. AL Zagat)) |
| Dentata An anti-rape device. (From Snow Crash [1992] by Neal Stephenson) |
| Quantum Communications Hub A communications satellite that permits immediate communication between planets and ships in the solar system. (From Defeated [2004] by Sean McKee) |
| Magnetic Elevator A device that uses very powerful electromagnets for propulsion. (From The Gods of Mars [1918] by Edgar Rice Burroughs) |
| Orbital Mirror A huge reflective surface in orbit around a planet or moon, the purpose of which is to focus sunlight onto the surface. (From Completely Automatic [1941] by Theodore Sturgeon) |
| Imprint (A Ditto Blank) Impress one's personality upon a 'ditto blank' android. (From Kiln People [2002] by David Brin) |
| Bullet-guard Overalls Very tough fabric. (From Kiln People [2002] by David Brin) |
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