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Buttered Toast Robot What it says on the tin.
(From Fahrenheit 451 [1953] by Ray Bradbury) |
Gyrocar A two-wheeled, self-balancing automobile.
(From Two Boys in a Gyrocar the story of a New York to Paris motor race [1911] by Kenneth Brown) |
Gom Jabbar A needle with deadly poison, used to test for humans.
(From Dune [1965] by Frank Herbert) |
Stone Burner Atomic weapon which burrows deep into a planet; its radiation also attacks selected nerve tissues.
(From Dune Messiah [1969] by Frank Herbert) |
Robotics The engineering field encompassing the creation and maintenance of robots.
(From Liar [1941] by Isaac Asimov) |
Alcatraz of Space A planetoid prison.
(From Reunion on Ganymede [1938] by Clifford Simak) |
Robot Animals Artificial animals created using robotic elements.
(From Reunion on Ganymede [1938] by Clifford Simak) |
Comsole (Home Communications Console) A home computer, connected to data services.
(From Imperial Earth [1976] by Arthur C. Clarke) |
Painted Respirator Masks Children choose to decorate otherwise uniform equipment masks.
(From Red Planet [1949] by Robert Heinlein) |
Pacification Drones Surveillance drones that emit calming notes.
(From The Breach [2020] by M.T. Hill) |
Sloth Pill A medication to induce a kind of somnolence like short-term hibernation; used in air travel.
(From The Breach [2020] by M.T. Hill) |
Analogue Treatment Hypnotic drug treatment that normalizes behavior in humans.
(From Ticket to Anywhere [1952] by Damon Knight) |
Aero Bus (Flying Bus) A flying bus.
(From What Not: A Prophetic Comedy [1918] by Rose Macaulay) |
Burner Modem A connection device that can be thrown away if necessary.
(From The Breach [2020] by M.T. Hill) |
Treatment of Extramundane Aborigines Laws for aliens on their own planet.
(From Symbiotica [1943] by Eric Frank Russell) |
DNA Swab Palate Adheres to the palate, and provides false material for DNA swabs.
(From The Breach [2020] by M.T. Hill) |
Basic Robot Personality Providing simple personalities to robots.
(From Simultaneous Worlds [1938] by Nat Schachner) |
Scuttle-bot An all-purpose surveillance robot that climbed rather than flew.
(From Hella [2020] by David Gerrold) |
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