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| Distributed Assembly Plant Bringing parts together for assembly in a crowd anonymously. (From Daemon [2006] by Daniel Suarez) |
| Production Prescription A file that can be used to reproduce an object. (From The Magellanic Cloud [1955] by Stanislaw Lem) |
| Pocket Receiver An early visualization of the smartphone. (From The Magellanic Cloud [1955] by Stanislaw Lem) |
| Trion Library An early visualization of the Internet. (From The Magellanic Cloud [1955] by Stanislaw Lem) |
| Skip-Glide A means of using the atmosphere to delicately slow a space craft during re-entry. (From The Planet Strappers [1961] by Raymond Z. Gallun) |
| Food Pills A substitute for ordinary nutrition. (From A Strange Trip [1885] by John Baker Hopkins) |
| Electric-Yacht A surface vessel powered entirely by electricity. (From A Strange Trip [1885] by John Baker Hopkins) |
| Unobtainium A humorous reference to a substance both rare and unlikely. (From Startide Rising [1983] by David Brin) |
| Atomic Engine A motor running on atomic fuel. (From The World Set Free [1914] by H.G. Wells) |
| Robotic Butterfly A tiny, electromechanical flying robot. (From I, Robot: The Movie [1987] by Harlan Ellison) |
| Robotaxi A fully automated, driverless taxi. (From Dugal Was A Spaceman [1953] by Joe Gibson) |
| Robot Music Music created and performed entirely by robots. (From The Robot God [1941] by Ray Cummings) |
| Prosthetic Robotic Arm (Thought-Attuned) A detachable robotic arm, controlled directly through neural linkage. (From Bleekman's Planet [1957] by Ivar Jorgensen) |
| Landing Pit (Drydock and Construction) A cylindrical hole with anti-gravity screens for use in spacecraft landings and repair. (From The Stars My Destination [1956] by Alfred Bester) |
| Fusion Power Creating energy from nuclear fusion reactions. (From The Judas Valley [1956] by Gerald Vance) |
| Eagle With Camera A live bald eagle equipped with a transmitting camera. (From Exploration Team [1956] by Murray Leinster) |
| Electric Tractor A farm cultivator that runs entirely on electricity. (From World of Purple Light [1936] by Warner Van Lorne) |
| Magnetic Ray A powerful magnetic beam. (From The Exiles of Venus [1931] by Jim Vanny) |
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