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Rubber Hoof
Silent running for robot horses.
(From The Warlock in Spite of Himself [1969] by Christopher Stasheff)
Rubber Soled Feet
Silent padding for clanky robots.
(From The Robot Terror [1930] by Melbourne Huff)
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)
Versificator
A device that composes words to music.
(From 1984 (Nineteen Eighty-Four) [1948] by George Orwell)
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)
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)
Time Line
The sequence of events leading up to, and past, this moment.
(From Time Wants A Skeleton [1941] by Ross Rocklynne)
Anemopter
Special craft for journeys through the atmosphere of a gas giant planet.
(From Finisterra [2007] by David Moles)
Millenniaire
A person with much more Time than an ordinary person.
(From The Quantum Thief [2010] by Hannu Rajaniemi)
Geotect
A person who creates landforms and physical environments
(From The Diamond Age [1995] by Neal Stephenson)
Esper
A person to perceive the contents of another person's mind.
(From The Demolished Man [1952] by Alfred Bester)
Needle-Ray
Very thin beam of destruction.
(From Skylark of Valeron [1934] by E.E. 'Doc' Smith)
Out-Worlder
A person from another planet.
(From A Matter of Size [1934] by Harry Bates)
Planetfall
Making a landing on a planet from space.
(From Quicksands of Youthwardness [1940] by Malcolm Jameson)
Leak Disk
Simple device to temporarily close a leak in a spacecraft.
(From Islands in the Sky [1952] by Arthur C. Clarke)
Moon As Prison
The moon is a prison without bars.
(From The Moon is a Harsh Mistress [1966] by Robert Heinlein)
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