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| 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) |
| Double-Pane Vacuum Window Double-pane glass separated by vacuum. (From The Achilles Heel [1940] by Raymond Z. Gallun) |
| Gravity Beam An conical attractive ray, it pulls ships to their doom. (From Wandl, The Invader [1932] by Ray Cummings) |
| Emergency Space-Suit A compacted space-suit stored for emergency use. (From Pirates of the Gorm [1932] by Nat Schachner) |
| Time Scoop Retrieved objects from other points in time. (From Paycheck [1953] by Philip K. Dick) |
| Robot Self-Assembly A robot separated into many pieces reassembles itself. (From Meccano [1968] by Hugo Correa) |
| Snake Boring Truck A long thin truck like a snake, with a boring tip. (From Breakfast at Twilight [1954] by Philip K. Dick) |
| Rom (Robot Operated Missiles) Intercontinental robotic weapons. (From Breakfast at Twilight [1954] by Philip K. Dick) |
| Planet City A planet the surface of which is entirely covered over, forming one single city. (From The Message From Space [1930] by David M. Speaker) |
| Brain Rejuvenation Erase unnecessary parts of memory to make room for new impressions. (From The Message From Space [1930] by David M. Speaker) |
| Galactic Damping Field A vast field of force emanating from the center of the galaxy. (From Brain Wave [1953] by Poul Anderson) |
| Meteoric Dust Cloud A vast cloud in space, through which the solar system moved for a decade. (From Secret of the Buried City [1939] by John Russell Fearn) |
| Menograph (Mind-Writer) Direct translation of thought to paper. (From Ralph 124c 41 + [1911] by Hugo Gernsback) |
| Time Quake Too much energy applied to a time-fault may have started this. (From Breakfast at Twilight [1954] by Philip K. Dick) |
| Robot Surgery Robots operate an advance operating theater. (From Secret of the Buried City [1939] by John Russell Fearn) |
| Green Guk Algae that produces essential oxygen as a byproduct. (From The Beat Cluster [1961] by Fritz Leiber) |
| Sealingsilk Transparent and flexible material, even against hard vacuum in space. (From The Beat Cluster [1961] by Fritz Leiber) |
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