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| XV Allows anyone to directly experience another person's conscious awareness. (From Mother of Storms [1994] by John Barnes) |
| SimStim Stimulation of the brain and nervous system of one person using a recording (or live broadcast) of another person's experience. (From Neuromancer [1984] by William Gibson) |
| XV Wedge A piece of entertainment that consists of edited real experience. (From Mother of Storms [1994] by John Barnes) |
| Psypyx A way of gathering and recording mental impressions. (From Earth Made of Glass [1998] by John Barnes) |
| Boomer Park Where the baby boomers all went to retire and die. (From Nanotime [1987] by Bart Kosko) |
| Coffin Rack Capsule Hotel A hotel with very (very!) small rooms. (From The Science Fiction Yearbook (ed. Jerry Pournelle) [1984] by William Gibson) |
| Launching Laser A set of very high-powered lasers used to power spacecraft. (From The Fourth Profession [1971] by Larry Niven) |
| Birthing egg A chamber for in vitro fertilization (IVF), combining the DNA of two people to produce a child, without all the usual bother. (From Nanotime [1987] by Bart Kosko) |
| Superacid Smart acids that could be created to ignore particular compounds and dissolve others. (From Nanotime [1987] by Bart Kosko) |
| Smart Lanes Roadways that monitored, directed and controlled traffic. (From Nanotime [1987] by Bart Kosko) |
| Chiphead A person whose organic brain has been effectively superseded by a firmware (integrated circuit or more advanced technology) device. (From Nanotime [1987] by Bart Kosko) |
| Raisin A small device like a hearing aid that fits inside the external part of the ear; combines an intelligent agent and wireless access to the network. (From Nanotime [1987] by Bart Kosko) |
| Wrist Command A wearable communications device; the logical endpoint of mobile computing. (From Tides of Light [1989] by Gregory Benford) |
| Micromind A computer helper. (From Tides of Light [1989] by Gregory Benford) |
| Moddy A plug-in personality module; a firmware device that gives the user the personality desired - ROM to your brain's RAM. (From When Gravity Fails [1987] by George Alec Effinger) |
| Microsoft A small piece of firmware inserted into the brain that provides data on a particular subject, or special features, for the user. (From Neuromancer [1984] by William Gibson) |
| Ice Dart A variation on an old locked door mystery idea. (From Nanotime [1987] by Bart Kosko) |
| Padloid A tawdry news publication on a PDA, or notepad, device. (From Steel Beach [1992] by John Varley) |
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