Fresh
Technovelgy
(Most Recent Additions - 3937 Total)
|
Sloth Pill A medication to induce a kind of somnolence like short-term hibernation; used in air travel.
(From The Breach [2020] by M.T. Hill) |
Analogue Treatment Hypnotic drug treatment that normalizes behavior in humans.
(From Ticket to Anywhere [1952] by Damon Knight) |
Aero Bus (Flying Bus) A flying bus.
(From What Not: A Prophetic Comedy [1918] by Rose Macaulay) |
Burner Modem A connection device that can be thrown away if necessary.
(From The Breach [2020] by M.T. Hill) |
DNA Swab Palate Adheres to the palate, and provides false material for DNA swabs.
(From The Breach [2020] by M.T. Hill) |
Basic Robot Personality Providing simple personalities to robots.
(From Simultaneous Worlds [1938] by Nat Schachner) |
Treatment of Extramundane Aborigines Laws for aliens on their own planet.
(From Symbiotica [1943] by Eric Frank Russell) |
Scuttle-bot An all-purpose surveillance robot that climbed rather than flew.
(From Hella [2020] by David Gerrold) |
Bio-Implant (Compensator Chip) A neural implant that helps an autistic child to live a more complete and useful life.
(From Hella [2020] by David Gerrold) |
Knife Missile A sharp-edged weapon that can maneuver in space.
(From Use of Weapons [1990] by Iain M Banks) |
Finely Divided Dust Propellant Reaction mass to drive spacecraft.
(From Earthlight [1955] by Arthur C. Clarke) |
Tangler Strong webbing in a tiny capsule, it expands to a net, capturing a suspect.
(From Logan's Run [1967] by William Nolan (w/G.C. Johnson)) |
Homer A device fired from a gun that ends the life of a citizen, based on the color of their palm flower.
(From Logan's Run [1967] by William Nolan (w/G.C. Johnson)) |
Sleepshop A quiet place to die.
(From Logan's Run [1967] by William Nolan (w/G.C. Johnson)) |
Vapor Charge A bullet that discharges gas.
(From Logan's Run [1967] by William Nolan (w/G.C. Johnson)) |
Dermadisk A means of quickly administering drugs directly through the skin.
(From Neuromancer [1984] by William Gibson) |
Habitable Exoplanet Moon An Earthlike moon that orbits a gas giant.
(From Star Wars [1976] by George Lucas) |
Build A Planet With Asteroids The idea that it is possible to gather up enough of the asteroids in the solar system to "build" a planet out of the scraps.
(From And Then the Town Took Off [1958] by Richard Wilson) |
|