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| Bodyphone A unique designation for a personal phone you can carry with you. (From The Star Beast [1954] by Robert Heinlein) |
| Vapor Cloud Corrosive gas destroys ships. (From The Cosmic Poachers [1953] by Philip K. Dick) |
| Nearside (Near Side) The side of the moon closest to the earth. (From The Moon Master [1930] by Charles W. Diffin) |
| Pilot's Tank For high gee boosting. (From Sky Lift [1953] by Robert Heinlein) |
| Flying Cone A vehicle for 1-3 persons that hovers and has mechanical arms. (From Fugitive of the Stars [1957] by Edmond Hamilton) |
| Palm Key-Plate A plate that accepts palms that have been verified. (From The Stars are The Styx [1950] by Theodore Sturgeon) |
| Robotrix A robot, female in appearance. (From Flow My Tears, The Policeman Said [1974] by Philip K. Dick) |
| Television 'Phone A video call. (From The Sword and the Atopen [1930] by Taylor H. Greenfield) |
| Up-and-Down Orientation Designed and constructed as if gravity were a factor. (From Waldo [1942] by Robert Heinlein) |
| Artificial Sun Use of a single large artifact to provide sunlight to a city or a world. (From The Bride of Osirus [1927] by Otis Adelbert Kline) |
| Reflected Artificial Sun Sending light to another planet via mirror. (From Revolt on Inferno [1931] by Victor Rousseau) |
| Air-Dock A docking mechanism that seems to catch a descending space-ship in mid-air. (From Revolt on Inferno [1931] by Victor Rousseau) |
| Ten Million Mile Searchlight You need to see where you're going. (From Revolt on Inferno [1931] by Victor Rousseau) |
| Multigyros Allows known stable movement in four dimensions, thus making space travel possible. (From Revolt on Inferno [1931] by Victor Rousseau) |
| Jetta Tube Spray causes immediately a trance-like state where a person’s body becomes rigid. (From Revolt on Inferno [1931] by Victor Rousseau) |
| Prison Planet (Penal Settlement) A prison so far from Earth. (From Revolt on Inferno [1931] by Victor Rousseau) |
| Chronanalyzer Isolate specific movements for analysis. (From Waldo [1942] by Robert Heinlein) |
| Maintenance Drone (Holon) A semi-autonomous flying device used to perform repairs. (From The Mountain in the Sea [2022] by Ray Naylor) |
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