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Inurbanity (Inurbane) Criminal penalties for persons who are unable to behave properly in crowded cubic cities.
(From The Cubic City [1929] by Louis Tucker, D.D.) |
Helium Tubes Lighting that exactly mimics the frequencies of sunlight.
(From The Cubic City [1929] by Louis Tucker, D.D.) |
Rust Ray Pistol Makes the hardest steel or iron crumbly.
(From Gambler’s Asteroid [1944] by Manly Wade Wellman) |
Porter Televox-Robot A robot that carries your bags through the passageways of space liners.
(From On Board the Martian Liner [1931] by Miles J. Breuer) |
Sun-Room On a planet-wide city, the only way to get some sun without going to the roof.
(From Foundation [1951] by Isaac Asimov) |
Jupiter Mining Shoes Specialized footgear for walking on the Great Red Spot.
(From Red Storm on Jupiter [1936] by Frank Belknap Long, Jr.) |
Radiation-Proof Oxygen Suit A specialized space suit for use in radium mining on Jupiter.
(From Red Storm on Jupiter [1936] by Frank Belknap Long, Jr.) |
Wandering Sunless Planet A planet that is not bound to a star.
(From Dead Hand [1946] by Isaac Asimov) |
Foam Station Sprayer A device that stills the stormy Great Red Spot on Jupiter.
(From Red Storm on Jupiter [1936] by Frank Belknap Long, Jr.) |
Molecule Replacement Lamp A means of attaining practical invisibility.
(From Red Storm on Jupiter [1936] by Frank Belknap Long, Jr.) |
Implanted Comlink Transceiver inserted below the skin.
(From Savior [2004] by Nancy Kress) |
Golden Ray of Synchronized Vibrations Disrupts matter by hurling electrons out of their energy states and scattering them.
(From The Return of the Murians [1936] by Nat Schachner) |
Teaching Machine A helmet placed on the head focuses illimitable knowledge into even the head of an earth man.
(From The Return of the Murians [1936] by Nat Schachner) |
Delivery Robot A small autonomous device that will bring goods directly to a person or place.
(From Podkayne of Mars [1962] by Robert Heinlein) |
Ether Ship A space-going ship.
(From Aleriel or A Voyage to Other Worlds [1886] by W.S. Lach-Szyrma) |
Optophone (Opto) A video call system.
(From Too Many Boards! [1931] by Harl Vincent) |
Laboratory Planet A toy planet created in a laboratory; a fully functional world in miniature.
(From The Pygmy Planet [1932] by Jack Williamson) |
Violet Shrink Ray A miniaturization ray.
(From The Pygmy Planet [1932] by Jack Williamson) |
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