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| Bio-Energy The first reference to extracting electricity from organic materials. (From Gulliver's Travels [1726] by Jonathan Swift) |
| Helmet-Mounted Display Screen A small electronic display mounted for easy viewing. (From Rock Diver [1951] by Harry Harrison) |
| Espionage Machine A machine that makes it possible to experience the sensations of another person at a distance. (From No, No, Not Rogov! [1958] by Cordwainer Smith) |
| Monsters Manufactured Dr. Moreau demonstrates the plasticity of the organic form. (From The Island of Dr. Moreau [1896] by H.G. Wells) |
| T.I.E. Fighter (Tie Fighter) A highly maneuverable fighter spacecraft using an ion drive propulsion system. (From Star Wars [1976] by George Lucas) |
| Spinnerettes A device that will unspool a nanowire filament and then pull it back in. (From The Fountains of Paradise [1978] by Arthur C. Clarke) |
| 1D Diamond Crystal A continuous pseudo-one dimensional diamond crystal- maybe a nanotube? (From The Fountains of Paradise [1978] by Arthur C. Clarke) |
| Operation Cleanup The program that removed space debris in LEO that could harm the space elevator. (From The Fountains of Paradise [1978] by Arthur C. Clarke) |
| Standish A beam weapon of frightful intensity. (From Triplanetary [1934] by E.E. 'Doc' Smith) |
| Tractor Beam A force field used to pull objects. (From Spacehounds of IPC [1931] by E.E. 'Doc' Smith) |
| Ether-Wall An invisibility field. (From Triplanetary [1934] by E.E. 'Doc' Smith) |
| Light Pressure Propulsion First mention of the idea that light itself could be a form of propulsion for spacecraft. (From From the Earth to the Moon [1867] by Jules Verne) |
| EverRest Cryotorium Rest forever in cryonic suspension among the stars. (From Flare [1992] by Roger Zelazny) |
| Slow Glass (Scenedow) A window made of Bose-Einstein Condensate that slows light to a snail's pace. (From Light of Other Days [1968] by Bob Shaw) |
| Gauzy A feather-light tent, made of a fabric just one molecule thick. (From This Immortal [1965] by Roger Zelazny) |
| Precrime Analytical Wing Contains the precognitives and the machinery need to hear and analyze their predictions of future crimes. (From The Minority Report [1956] by Philip K. Dick) |
| Waveform Hypothesis (From Backbeat - A Novel of Physics [2004] by J. Frederick Arment) |
| Acceleration-tank A water-filled tank used to ease the strains of acceleration. (From Triplanetary [1934] by E.E. 'Doc' Smith) |
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