Accidental Flight by W.F. Wallace:
Science Fiction Inventions, Technology and Ideas

"Outcasts of a society of physically perfect people, they couldn't stay and they couldn't go home again - yet there had to be some escape for them. Oddly enough, there was! "


('Accidental Flight' by F.L. Wallace)

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Gravital Unit
Device that maintains Earth-comparable gravity on an asteroid.

Magneslippers
Shoes that adhere to metal space ship floors, useful in null gravity situations.

Medical Use for Weightlessness
Early reference to the idea of using a weightless environment for medical purposes.

Plastissue
Artificial flesh.

Self-Repairing Robot
A mechanism that can detect faults in itself and repair them.

Toaster
A handheld beam weapon.

 

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