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| 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) |
| 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) |
| Visible Halo Providing a religious figure with a technological sign of grace. (From Sixth Column [1941] by Anson MacDonald) |
| Bone Conduction Receiver A concealed radio receiver. (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) |
| 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) |
| 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) |
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