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| Solar Reception Screen A device for converting sunlight to electricity (From The Roads Must Roll [1940] by Robert Heinlein) |
| Neoterics Pure engineering genius on tap. (From Microcosmic God [1941] by Theodore Sturgeon) |
| King's Free Park A park in which anarchy reigned; a very long, narrow park. (From Cloak of Anarchy [1972] by Larry Niven) |
| Stunner A non-lethal weapon; typically used like a firearm but only renders its victim unconscious. (From Fire-Power [1941] by S.D. Gottesman) |
| Implant-Watch Subcutaneous timepiece; uses patterns of colored lights to show the time. (From Cloak of Anarchy [1972] by Larry Niven) |
| Ion Drive A space drive that emits a stream of ions as reaction mass; it starts out slow but builds up to interstellar speeds. (From Equalizer [1947] by Jack Williamson) |
| Ilse The first intelligent ship brain. (From Long Shot [1972] by Vernor Vinge) |
| Rolling Road A set of fast-moving strips to move people over distances. (From The Roads Must Roll [1940] by Robert Heinlein) |
| Tickler Clears smog and saves the residue for later use. (From Eurema's Dam [1972] by R.A. Lafferty) |
| Cerebral Microprocessors Added boost for maxxed out minds. (From Millennium [1983] by John Varley) |
| Molemen (From The Computer Connection [1974] by Alfred Bester) |
| Projection A means of projecting your image to a distant place. (From The Computer Connection [1974] by Alfred Bester) |
| Live Carpet A carpet made of living fibers; the backing is a digestive system. (From Queen of Angels [1990] by Greg Bear) |
| Time Dingbat Nickname for a time machine; used for a kind of WPA-like program for the past. (From The Computer Connection [1974] by Alfred Bester) |
| Skin Suit A very tight-fighting spacesuit, or disguise. (From Dinosaur Beach [1971] by Keith Laumer) |
| Copseyes A small floating "eye-in-the-sky" surveillance drone used by police in an extensive park. (From Cloak of Anarchy [1972] by Larry Niven) |
| Flickercladding A covering that allowed robots to absorb incident light or emit light, as needed. (From Wetware [1988] by Rudy Rucker) |
| Week Trees Specially engineered bonsai that could grow in a week, instead of decades. (From Wetware [1988] by Rudy Rucker) |
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