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| Big Computer Just like it says; this computer knows it all. (From Millennium [1983] by John Varley) |
| Dental Switchboard A control device tied in with teeth and nerve endings. (From The Stars My Destination [1956] by Alfred Bester) |
| Airplane Window Ads An airplane window that allows you to - see advertisements! (From The Space Merchants [1952] by Frederik Pohl (w/CM Kornbluth)) |
| Prism Window A device for getting a better view of the ground from inside an airplane. (From The Space Merchants [1952] by Frederik Pohl (w/CM Kornbluth)) |
| Hilsch Vortex Tube A T-shaped device that admits air under pressure and outputs hot air from side and cold from the other. (From The Space Merchants [1952] by Frederik Pohl (w/CM Kornbluth)) |
| Ballisticules Nanotechnology devices that throw their weight around. (From The Diamond Age [1995] by Neal Stephenson) |
| Coffiest It's coffee that you can't live without. (From The Space Merchants [1952] by Frederik Pohl (w/CM Kornbluth)) |
| Automatic Pilot A device to control the movement of aircraft using computer components. (From The Space Merchants [1952] by Frederik Pohl (w/CM Kornbluth)) |
| Retinal Projection A method for projecting advertisements directly on the retina. (From The Space Merchants [1952] by Frederik Pohl (w/CM Kornbluth)) |
| Compulsive Subsonics An advertising agency works with every part of the audience's brain. (From The Space Merchants [1952] by Frederik Pohl (w/CM Kornbluth)) |
| Message Tree A tree growing out of a huge cliff of crystal provides communication for a world. (From A Case of Conscience [1953] by James Blish) |
| Micro Book (Microbook) A very small volume, possibly an electronic book. (From One Way Trip [1943] by Anthony Boucher) |
| Instant Customized Clothing A machine that produced a selected item of clothing, on the spot, based on customer demand. (From Methuselah's Children [1941] by Robert Heinlein) |
| Robotic Horse - Faithful Cybernetic Companion A robot that is specifically designed to closely resemble a horse. (From The Warlock in Spite of Himself [1969] by Christopher Stasheff) |
| Dog Pod Grid A swarm of quasi-independent aerostatic devices. (From The Diamond Age [1995] by Neal Stephenson) |
| Runcible A book made of smart paper; every page is a flexible LCD (liquid crystal display) screen. (From The Diamond Age [1995] by Neal Stephenson) |
| Toner Dead bits of nanomachines. (From The Diamond Age [1995] by Neal Stephenson) |
| Mite A very small device (about the size of a dust mite) that has been manufactured for a particular purpose. (From The Diamond Age [1995] by Neal Stephenson) |
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