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| Droud A transformer to step down house current for the wire providing current directly to the pleasure center of the brain. (From Death by Ecstasy [1969] by Larry Niven) |
| Datapack A compact device for carrying data. (From Dune: House Harkonnen [2001] by Brian Herbert) |
| Weather Pod Imperial technology available to planetologists only. (From Dune: House Harkonnen [2001] by Brian Herbert) |
| Hydropathic bed A heated bed that used something more comfortable than water. (From The Demolished Man [1952] by Alfred Bester) |
| Sympathetic Block A way to keep certain mental contents from being spoken or revealed. (From The Stars My Destination [1956] by Alfred Bester) |
| Mediatron A paper-thin networked computer display. (From The Diamond Age [1995] by Neal Stephenson) |
| Wunderland Treatymaker A weapon based on a power mining technique - a bit more advanced than a shovel. (From Ringworld Engineers [1980] by Larry Niven) |
| Skullgun A pistol that is concealed in your cranium. (From The Diamond Age [1995] by Neal Stephenson) |
| Phased Acoustical Array An music system implanted right on your eardrum. (From The Diamond Age [1995] by Neal Stephenson) |
| Joeboy (Muscle Grafts) Additional muscle tissue added through surgery. (From Neuromancer [1984] by William Gibson) |
| Refurbished Nervous System Your nerves are rewired for 5-10 times the speed of a normal person. (From The Stars My Destination [1956] by Alfred Bester) |
| Sights Sunglasses-mounted crosshairs (you'll need one with your skull gun). (From The Diamond Age [1995] by Neal Stephenson) |
| Oceanic Thermal Energy Converter A device that uses the sea to help create electricity. (From Saturn's Race [2000] by Larry Niven (w/S. Barnes)) |
| Floating Island Large artificial islands floating on Earth's seas. (From Saturn's Race [2000] by Larry Niven (w/S. Barnes)) |
| Projection Commercials A three-dimensional advertisement that is placed in your path in a public place like a bar. (From The Computer Connection [1974] by Alfred Bester) |
| Orbiting Penal Colony A prison placed in orbit (better than Alcatraz). (From Tekwar [1989] by William Shatner) |
| Kamikaze Andy An android that is designed as an assassination weapon. (From Tekwar [1989] by William Shatner) |
| Sigfrid von Shrink An automated therapist. (From Gateway [1970] by Frederik Pohl) |
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