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| Leyden Ball Device for hunting underwater; transfers a powerful electrical charge to the prey. (From 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea [1875] by Jules Verne) |
| Electrify the Rail Use of substantial electrical charge applied to outer hull to repel potential boarders. (From 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea [1875] by Jules Verne) |
| Launching Facility A specific spot with support for a space launch. (From From the Earth to the Moon [1867] by Jules Verne) |
| Bat Wings The dream of human-powered winged flight becomes a reality - in low gravity, of course. (From Limits [1985] by Larry Niven) |
| Portal Sensory experience of a data network. (From True Names [1981] by Vernor Vinge) |
| Microwave Beamer A hand-held fast cooking device. (From Limits [1985] by Larry Niven) |
| Resting Pits (From Limits [1985] by Larry Niven) |
| Big Push A linear accelerator built on a long track; a mass driver. (From Limits [1985] by Larry Niven) |
| Power-Wagon Wagon powered by muscular creature from Etamin 9; uses carbohydrate syrup for fuel. (From The Last Castle [1967] by Jack Vance) |
| Beta Beam Satellite (From Limits [1985] by Larry Niven) |
| Stunwand (From Hellstrom's Hive [1972] by Frank Herbert) |
| Procreative Stump A woman's torso, kept alive for the purpose of using the womb as an incubator. (From Hellstrom's Hive [1972] by Frank Herbert) |
| Nightmask Night vision mask (similar to a diving mask) with an infrared light source. (From Hellstrom's Hive [1972] by Frank Herbert) |
| Gravity Lens An optical lens created using the lightbending properties of gravity. (From Protector [1973] by Larry Niven) |
| Slowboat Slower than lightspeed spacecraft used for interstellar colonization. (From Protector [1973] by Larry Niven) |
| Anti-Gerasone Cheap immortality comes to your neighborhood convenience store. (From Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow [1954] by Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.) |
| Automatics Machinery capable of running some aspect of a space ship's operation on its own. (From Wandl, The Invader [1932] by Ray Cummings) |
| Ice-Nine A crystalline form of water so stable that in practical terms it would never melt. (From Cat's Cradle [1963] by Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.) |
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