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Booklegger A smuggler of books.
(From Between Planets [1951] by Robert Heinlein) |
Sound-Killing Air Fluid A means to eliminate all of the noise made by machines in a city, leaving the voices of human beings.
(From The Noise Killer [1930] by A.M. McNeill) |
Artificial Eyes Eyes that are the duplicate of what humans are born with, produced entirely artificially from elements.
(From Synthetic [1930] by Charles Cloukey) |
Timeslip When humans keep time on Mars, they must work with the extra forty minutes in each day.
(From Red Mars [1992] by Spider Robinson) |
Synthetic Life Living animals made from scratch using inorganic elements.
(From Synthetic [1930] by Charles Cloukey) |
Electric Plane An airplane powered entirely by electricity.
(From Synthetic [1930] by Charles Cloukey) |
Visible Halo Providing a religious figure with a technological sign of grace.
(From Sixth Column [1941] by Anson MacDonald) |
Home Robot A robotic device designed to serve families in their homes.
(From Runaway [1985] by Michael Crichton) |
Bone Conduction Receiver A concealed radio receiver.
(From Sixth Column [1941] by Anson MacDonald) |
Galactovue Star display.
(From Citizen of the Galaxy [1957] by Robert Heinlein) |
Oxygen Pill Meets your need for oxygen without additional breathing.
(From Get Out Of Our Skies! [1957] by E.K. Jarvis) |
Asteroid Belt The circular region of space containing many small celestial bodies.
(From The Disc-Men of Jupiter [1931] by Manly Wade Wellman) |
Simulogs (Simulated Playmates) Computer-generated playmates.
(From The Age of The Pussyfoot [1966] by John Brunner) |
Escape Pod A small automated ship attached to a larger ship or station, used in the event of an emergency.
(From The Vanisher [1954] by Michael Shaara) |
Satellite Search and Destroy Destroying satellites in orbit.
(From The Shockwave Rider [1975] by John Brunner) |
Pocket-Wings Individual powered flight.
(From A Journey to the Year 2025 [1921] by Clement Fezandie) |
Darkened Glass Face Plate The use of darkened glass on the face plate of a space suit helmet to protect the wearer from solar radiation.
(From The Achilles Heel [1940] by Raymond Z. Gallun) |
Vacuum Wall Compartments Shielding against heat by using walls with evacuated sections.
(From The Achilles Heel [1940] by Raymond Z. Gallun) |
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