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| 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)) |
| Gee Bath Essentially a waterbed designed to help older or untrained people cope with high acceleration aboard spacecraft. (From The Mote in God's Eye [1974] by Larry Niven (w/J. Pournelle)) |
| Acceleration Chair A specially-designed chair used to help crew stay mobile during periods of high acceleration. (From The Mote in God's Eye [1974] by Larry Niven (w/J. Pournelle)) |
| Atmosphere Control Recently terraformed planets require constant maintenance. (From The Mote in God's Eye [1974] by Larry Niven (w/J. Pournelle)) |
| Alderson Point One end of a tramline, a path between stars that can be traversed using a hyperdrive engine. (From The Mote in God's Eye [1974] by Larry Niven (w/J. Pournelle)) |
| Laser Cannon A laser source powerful enough to provide significant light pressure to a "light sail." (From Neutron Star [1966] by Larry Niven) |
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