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| Autonomous Assassination Drone A flying UAV that is self-guided to a target, destroys the target, and is capable of destroying itself after mission completion. (From Kill Decision [2012] by Daniel Suarez) |
| Tele-Photophonic Attachment A device that permits a telephone funnel to see as well as hear. (From The Messiah of the Cylinder [1917] by Victor Rousseau) |
| Telephone Funnel A kind of two-way public loudspeaker. (From The Messiah of the Cylinder [1917] by Victor Rousseau) |
| Open-Air Moving Picture Shows Public news outlets (From The Messiah of the Cylinder [1917] by Victor Rousseau) |
| Humanoid An alien with a human-like shape and appearance. (From Homo Sol [1940] by Isaac Asimov) |
| Ray gun A weapon that projects a beam of destructive force. (From The Messiah of the Cylinder [1917] by Victor Rousseau) |
| Rubber Soled Feet Silent padding for clanky robots. (From The Robot Terror [1930] by Melbourne Huff) |
| Rubber Hoof Silent running for robot horses. (From The Warlock in Spite of Himself [1969] by Christopher Stasheff) |
| Energy Converter Massive unit on the sunside of Mercury converts heat into energy, and beams it around the solar system. (From Runaround [1942] by Isaac Asimov) |
| Anti-Robot Propaganda Human activity against robots. (From Liar [1941] by Isaac Asimov) |
| Chowlock A small opening in a space helmet for food insertion. (From The Starfox [1965] by Poul Anderson) |
| Versificator A device that composes words to music. (From 1984 (Nineteen Eighty-Four) [1948] by George Orwell) |
| Time Line The sequence of events leading up to, and past, this moment. (From Time Wants A Skeleton [1941] by Ross Rocklynne) |
| Visicastor A person who presents video broadcasts. (From Second Foundation [1953] by Isaac Asimov) |
| Wildcode A vast, actual desert comprised of nanites, nanomachines. (From The Fractal Prince [2012] by Hannu Rajaniemi) |
| Geotect A person who creates landforms and physical environments (From The Diamond Age [1995] by Neal Stephenson) |
| Millenniaire A person with much more Time than an ordinary person. (From The Quantum Thief [2010] by Hannu Rajaniemi) |
| Esper A person to perceive the contents of another person's mind. (From The Demolished Man [1952] by Alfred Bester) |
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