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" I think that computers today allow us one last opportunity to provide something like a level playingfield in America."
- William Gibson
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| Gyrocar Monorail | ||
| A self-balancing vehicle. |
| He went out with the crowd when the “dismiss” signal was given. He took the elevator to the tower where the gyrocar was waiting. Then he sat in the seat his position rated — one by a window, and hung on as the car teetered drunkenly as it cleared the slip. After that it straightened up and went whizzing along its elevated monorail, careening around curves on its nightly trip to Dorm.
 ('The Anarch' by Malcolm Jameson)
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