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| 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) |
| Tramline The line along which hyperspace (instantaneous travel) travel is possible. (From The Mote in God's Eye [1974] by Larry Niven (w/J. Pournelle)) |
| Extra-Factual Memory A "memory" placed in a person's mind by artifice, rather than by real life experience. (From We Can Remember It For You Wholesale [1966] by Philip K. Dick) |
| Transmit-Paper Paper form with a built-in capability to transmit the information written with a stylus to a remote computer network. (From The Godmakers [1972] by Frank Herbert) |
| Go-Buggy A ground-only vehicle. (From The Godmakers [1972] by Frank Herbert) |
| Implanted Tranceiver Device enables two-way communication with needing to carry a device. (From The Godmakers [1972] by Frank Herbert) |
| Crechepod A small, enclosed medical device providing full life support as well as advanced regrowth technologies. (From The Godmakers [1972] by Frank Herbert) |
| Atlotl/Gibiril Regimen A method of altering the flow of energy in the body to aid in regrowth of damaged or missing tissue. (From The Godmakers [1972] by Frank Herbert) |
| Polawindow A window-sized polarizer filter that allows changes in light intensity and color. (From The Godmakers [1972] by Frank Herbert) |
| Selectacol A device that automates the interior design process, providing a choice of color schemes for a roomful of furniture. (From The Godmakers [1972] by Frank Herbert) |
| Splashdown The use of water as a medium for landing one's space ship in. (From From the Earth to the Moon [1867] by Jules Verne) |
| Columbiad An enormous cannon, sufficient in size to send a projectile to the Moon. (From From the Earth to the Moon [1867] by Jules Verne) |
| Communicate with Extraterrestrials Early plan to communicate with life on planets removed from the earth. (From From the Earth to the Moon [1867] by Jules Verne) |
| Free Return Trajectory The idea that it would be possible for a projectile to go around the Moon and then return to Earth. (From From the Earth to the Moon [1867] by Jules Verne) |
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