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Twist-Box A device that scrambles your sensory input, providing you with a different kind of experience.
(From Wetware [1988] by Rudy Rucker) |
Tand A metal sculpture, made in contemplation, which has great meaning for the initiates.
(From The Dragon Masters [1962] by Jack Vance) |
Vizzyprint A printer attached to a video phone.
(From Wetware [1988] by Rudy Rucker) |
Heartshirt A shirt that was able to detect heart sounds and display associated colors.
(From Wetware [1988] by Rudy Rucker) |
Boppers Self-reproducing robots; they did not obey Asimov's laws for robots (or any other man-made rules).
(From Wetware [1988] by Rudy Rucker) |
Selected Melanin Boosting The only way to get a designer tan.
(From Neuromancer [1984] by William Gibson) |
People-Mover A fixed mode of transporting people outside; and, they get to sit down.
(From Wetware [1988] by Rudy Rucker) |
Jackleg Moving data around to avoid detection or capture.
(From Islands in the Net [1988] by Bruce Sterling) |
Data Haven A place where data that cannot legally be kept can be stashed for later use; an offshore web host.
(From Islands in the Net [1988] by Bruce Sterling) |
Scop Protein grown in bacteria-filled vats.
(From Islands in the Net [1988] by Bruce Sterling) |
High Tech Trash Can The future of waste management.
(From Islands in the Net [1988] by Bruce Sterling) |
Time Capsule A hollow block of metal, impervious to the elements, used by time travelers to send messages to the future.
(From Millennium [1983] by John Varley) |
Steel Drugs A name for recreational chemicals that were entirely synthetic.
(From Islands in the Net [1988] by Bruce Sterling) |
Video-Glasses Special light-gathering elements allowed the end user to see omni-directionally.
(From Islands in the Net [1988] by Bruce Sterling) |
Post Office A vault used to store time capsules left by travelers to the past; not your usual delivery service.
(From Millennium [1983] by John Varley) |
Rooftop Windmill Renewable energy source for the home.
(From A Journey In Other Worlds [1894] by John Jacob Astor IV) |
Videoshades Sunglasses that let you watch what you want.
(From Islands in the Net [1988] by Bruce Sterling) |
Watchphone A combination cell phone and wrist watch.
(From Islands in the Net [1988] by Bruce Sterling) |
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