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| Ostler Insulation Beam A beam of energy stretching from one planet to another that protects space craft from radiation. (From The Radium World [1932] by Frank K. Kelly) |
| Flexible Metal Arms (Tentacles) An interesting description of how mechanical tentacles might function. (From The Metal Giants [1926] by Edmond Hamilton) |
| Autonomous Digging Machine A mechanical device able to excavate on its own. (From The War of the Worlds [1898] by H.G. Wells) |
| Directed Cars in Tunnels Self-driving vehicles. (From The Lord of Tranerica [1939] by Stanton A. Coblentz) |
| Horsten Psychomat Re-creates a mental scene for the viewer. (From The Worlds of If [1935] by Stanley G. Weinbaum) |
| Glass Pistol A clear glass gun that fires poisoned splinters. (From A Martian Odyssey [1934] by Stanley G. Weinbaum) |
| Healing Crystal A small object that burns off diseased tissue, leaving healthy tissue unharmed. (From A Martian Odyssey [1934] by Stanley G. Weinbaum) |
| Manshell A spaceship large enough for just one man; also an escape pod. (From Sunward Flight [1943] by Leo Zagat) |
| Shipboard Medical Treatment An elaborate system to guard against infection in returning space explorers. (From Contagion [1950] by Katherine MacLean) |
| Space-Dory A small spacecraft sometimes used as a life boat. (From Asteroid Justice [1947] by V.E. Thiessen) |
| Illyrion Super-heavy and super-stable elements with atomic numbers greater than 296. (From Nova [1968] by Samuel R. Delany) |
| Seven Vane Starship A faster-than-light ship with seven vanes of energy controlled by human nervous systems. (From Nova [1968] by Samuel R. Delany) |
| Sensory-Syrynx A complex musical instrument. (From Nova [1968] by Samuel R. Delany) |
| Regeneration Tank A nutrient bath large enough to enclose a person that preserved life and treated disease. (From Contagion [1950] by Katherine MacLean) |
| Emergency Shelter A small cubicle that provides a last refuge in case the spacecraft's atmosphere is lost. (From 2001: A Space Odyssey [1968] by Arthur C. Clarke) |
| Nucleocat Cureall Only human cells can survive contact. (From Contagion [1950] by Katherine MacLean) |
| Space Scurvy (Kenoalgia) A wasting disease of space travel. (From Sacred Martian Pig (Idris' Pig) [1949] by Margaret St. Clair) |
| Shari A multipurpose net worn as clothing. (From Sacred Martian Pig (Idris' Pig) [1949] by Margaret St. Clair) |
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