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Machine Servant A wheeled plastic box with universal-joint arms.
(From The Star of Life [1947] by Edmond Hamilton) |
Space-Split Access to other dimensions provided by splitting space itself.
(From The Star of Life [1947] by Edmond Hamilton) |
Synthetic Flesh Material resembles human flesh, handy for disguises.
(From The Amazon Fights Again [1940] by Thornton Ayre) |
Synthetic Voice Artificial human speech.
(From The Amazon Fights Again [1940] by Thornton Ayre) |
Pokkecon A device tied into a good will network.
(From Maneki Neko [1998] by Bruce Sterling) |
Sub-C Of ships, older models that travel at speeds below that of light.
(From The Impossible Planet [1953] by Philip K. Dick) |
Distributed Assembly Plant Bringing parts together for assembly in a crowd anonymously.
(From Daemon [2006] by Daniel Suarez) |
Product Prescription A file that can be used to reproduce an object.
(From The Magellanic Cloud [1955] by Stanislaw Lem) |
Pocket Receiver An early visualization of the smartphone.
(From The Magellanic Cloud [1955] by Stanislaw Lem) |
Trion Library An early visualization of the Internet.
(From The Magellanic Cloud [1955] by Stanislaw Lem) |
Skip-Glide A means of using the atmosphere to delicately slow a space craft during re-entry.
(From The Planet Strappers [1961] by Raymond Z. Gallun) |
Food Pills A substitute for ordinary nutrition.
(From A Strange Trip [1885] by John Baker Hopkins) |
Unobtainium A humorous reference to a substance both rare and unlikely.
(From Startide Rising [1983] by David Brin) |
Electric-Yacht A surface vessel powered entirely by electricity.
(From A Strange Trip [1885] by John Baker Hopkins) |
Atomic Engine A motor running on atomic fuel.
(From The World Set Free [1914] by H.G. Wells) |
Robotic Butterfly A tiny, electromechanical flying robot.
(From I, Robot: The Movie [1987] by Harlan Ellison) |
Robotaxi A fully automated, driverless taxi.
(From Dugal Was A Spaceman [1953] by Joe Gibson) |
Robot Music Music created and performed entirely by robots.
(From The Robot God [1941] by Ray Cummings) |
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