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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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