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| Supralight Drive A propulsion system that allows a spacecraft to travel faster than light. (From Star Wars [1976] by George Lucas) |
| Landspeeder A small repulsion-based hovercraft capable of high speeds over flat terrain. (From Star Wars [1976] by George Lucas) |
| Death Star The logical endpoint of a galactic empire. (From Star Wars [1976] by George Lucas) |
| Restraining Bolt A device that makes sure a robot does what you want (rather than what it wants). (From Star Wars [1976] by George Lucas) |
| Remote (or Seeker Remote) A training aid for use by Jedi knights. (From Star Wars [1976] by George Lucas) |
| R2-D2 (Artoo-Detoo) Now the generic term for a small, maneuverable robot. (From Star Wars [1976] by George Lucas) |
| Vaporator A device which extracted moisture from the air for use in farming. (From Star Wars [1976] by George Lucas) |
| Deflector Shield A energy field used to shunt the energy of offensive weapons aside. (From Star Wars [1976] by George Lucas) |
| Touch Tablet Another name for a wireless Tablet PC. (From Darwin's Children [2003] by Greg Bear) |
| Automated Sentry A biometric device that scans facial features for identification. (From Darwin's Children [2003] by Greg Bear) |
| Speaker Chips Integrated circuit chips placed in books; they could read the book and advertise it. (From Darwin's Children [2003] by Greg Bear) |
| Ideator A computer device specifically made to help model genes and proteins for identification. (From Darwin's Children [2003] by Greg Bear) |
| E-Sheet A disposable medium for reading electronic messages. (From Darwin's Children [2003] by Greg Bear) |
| 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) |
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