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| Gravity Web Device for limiting the extent to which a person is subject to gravitational attraction. (From Whipping Star [1969] by Frank Herbert) |
| Float-home Living entity genetically designed for use as a houseboat. (From Whipping Star [1969] by Frank Herbert) |
| Jumpdoor The entrance to an energy passage providing instantaneous transportation between points across the galaxy. (From Whipping Star [1969] by Frank Herbert) |
| Pseudoflesh Meat (protein) that is produced apart from an animal; great steaks without rumination. (From Whipping Star [1969] by Frank Herbert) |
| Vortal Tube An energy passage providing instantaneous transportation between points across the galaxy (From Whipping Star [1969] by Frank Herbert) |
| Caliban Beachball Dwelling place for unusual lifeform who make jumpdoors possible. (From Whipping Star [1969] by Frank Herbert) |
| Reading Machine A projector which showed text on a screen or the ceiling for easy reading. (From Stranger in a Strange Land [1961] by Robert Heinlein) |
| Netwar Making use of various means to disrupt the enemy's military and civilian information networks. (From Distraction [1998] by Bruce Sterling) |
| Barrier (Force Field) Force-field fence. (From Coventry [1940] by Robert Heinlein) |
| Steel Tortoise An all-terrain vehicle, grandfather to the four-wheeler. (From Coventry [1940] by Robert Heinlein) |
| Sunpower Screen A solar cell array used to provide power for a vehicle. (From Coventry [1940] by Robert Heinlein) |
| Knockdown Cabin A portable shelter; had solid walls and could be assembled quickly. (From Coventry [1940] by Robert Heinlein) |
| Air Blast An air dryer for personal use. (From Coventry [1940] by Robert Heinlein) |
| Stereo Tank A receiver for three-dimensional televised images. (From Stranger in a Strange Land [1961] by Robert Heinlein) |
| Waterbed (Hydraulic Bed) A bed that uses water instead of springs and stuffing. (From Stranger in a Strange Land [1961] by Robert Heinlein) |
| Diabological Armory A set of verbal tools based on a higher form of reasoning. (From Diabologic [1955] by Eric Frank Russell) |
| Blaster A device that shoots a beam of energy that destroys whatever is in its path. (From When the Green Star Waned [1925] by Nictzin Dyalhis) |
| Bugged Money American cash with embedded listening devices. (From Distraction [1998] by Bruce Sterling) |
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