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| Aerocar A personal flying vehicle. (From The Abduction of Alexandra Seine [1900] by Fred C. Smale) |
| Pressor (Pressor Beam) A force-field beam that pushes, rather than pulls. (From Spacehounds of IPC [1931] by E.E. 'Doc' Smith) |
| Half-Sphere Force Field A protective force field that can manifest even as a half-sphere. (From Between Planets [1951] by Robert Heinlein) |
| Microwire A very thin wire used for recording purposes. (From Between Planets [1951] by Robert Heinlein) |
| Teddy A very intelligent and highly mobile robotic teddy bear. (From Super-Toys Last All Summer Long [1969] by Brian Aldiss) |
| Teddy Bear Robot A special toy bear given to every child in the world. (From I Always Do What Teddy Says [1965] by Harry Harrison) |
| Semisentient Plastic A durable coating that protects and preserves objects. (From Ring [1994] by Stephen Baxter) |
| Gravity Assist Using the gravity and orbital speed of a celestial body to change speed and course of a spacecraft. (From Brigands of the Moon [1930] by Ray Cummings) |
| Wireless Access Point Infrastructure that provides power and wireless communication. (From Men Like Gods [1923] by H.G. Wells) |
| Networked Telephone Answering Machine A device that would accept verbal messages and store them for replay from any remote station. (From Men Like Gods [1923] by H.G. Wells) |
| Joystick Controls w/Remote Display A fire-by-wire remote-controlled weapon system. (From The Land Ironclads [1903] by H.G. Wells) |
| DVD/VCR (Entertainment Player) A device that accepts stored moving picture entertainment and makes it available for viewing. (From When the Sleeper Wakes [1899] by H.G. Wells) |
| Disinto A disintegrating ray. (From Robot AL-76 Goes Astray [1941] by Isaac Asimov) |
| Claws (Attack Robot) Autonomous guard robots that attack living tissue. (From Second Variety [1953] by Philip K. Dick) |
| Starlight Sail (Light Sail) A light sail capable of sailing between solar systems. (From The Lady Who Sailed The Soul [1960] by Cordwainer Smith) |
| Protective Shield An energy shield for one person. (From Triplanetary [1934] by E.E. 'Doc' Smith) |
| Ablative Heat (Reentry) Shield A single-use shield or covering designed to accept the heat of reentry and burn off. (From Triplanetary [1934] by E.E. 'Doc' Smith) |
| Emergency Lifeboat A small craft used as a bail-out vehicle from a large space station or spacecraft. (From Triplanetary [1934] by E.E. 'Doc' Smith) |
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