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| Specimen Track A means for transporting laboratory specimens from one workstation to another in an automated lab. (From Darwin's Children [2003] by Greg Bear) |
| Little Bird A remote-control "eye-in-the-sky" miniature drone plane (UAV). (From Darwin's Children [2003] by Greg Bear) |
| Mechanical Hound An eight-legged robotic "hound" with hypodermic poison fangs. (From Fahrenheit 451 [1953] by Ray Bradbury) |
| Parlor Wall (TV Parlor) The original "big screen TV" takes up an entire wall of a room. (From Fahrenheit 451 [1953] by Ray Bradbury) |
| Axolotl Tank A device to regenerate or reshape organic material. (From Dune Messiah [1969] by Frank Herbert) |
| Spot-Wavex Scrambler Provides a more personalized experience of television, by letting the announcers talk to you personally. (From Fahrenheit 451 [1953] by Ray Bradbury) |
| Big Flue Enormous incinerators serviced directly by helicopter. (From Fahrenheit 451 [1953] by Ray Bradbury) |
| Air-Propelled Train A silent means of mass transit. (From Fahrenheit 451 [1953] by Ray Bradbury) |
| Salamander Name given to the fire trucks of the future, which carry kerosene rather than water, and are used to burn houses. (From Fahrenheit 451 [1953] by Ray Bradbury) |
| Electronic-Eyed Snake A fully automated stomach pump. (From Fahrenheit 451 [1953] by Ray Bradbury) |
| Seashell Radio (Thimble Radios) Small radios that fit into the ears like hearing aids or ear buds. (From Fahrenheit 451 [1953] by Ray Bradbury) |
| Matrix A shared virtual reality space; users project their consciousness into a representation of networked data. (From Burning Chrome [1982] by William Gibson) |
| Hypnotic injunction A method of hypnosis that prevents people from revealing particular information. (From Methuselah's Children [1941] by Robert Heinlein) |
| Green Bullet A very compact (for 1950) radio transceiver, worn in the ear like a hearing aid. (From Fahrenheit 451 [1953] by Ray Bradbury) |
| Superconductor of Heat A light metal that accepts heat applied to its surface, and then dissipates the energy throughout the material, leaving the temperature of the material unchanged. (From The Mote in God's Eye [1974] by Larry Niven (w/J. Pournelle)) |
| Acceleration Couch A chair designed for use in during periods of high acceleration (multiple gravities). (From The Mote in God's Eye [1974] by Larry Niven (w/J. Pournelle)) |
| Pocket Computer A pocket-sized computer. (From The Feeling of Power [1958] by Isaac Asimov) |
| Langston Field A protective energy shield. (From The Mote in God's Eye [1974] by Larry Niven (w/J. Pournelle)) |
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