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Chemical Production of Food Creation of food in the laboratory rather than in the field.
(From Mizora: A Prophecy [1881] by Mary E. Bradley Lane) |
Threat Team (of sf writers) Gathering together a group of science fiction writers to try to predict what will happen, or to understand an unknown threat.
(From Footfall [1985] by Larry Niven (w/J. Pournelle)) |
VEIL A wearable device used to foil facial recognition systems.
(From Fall; or, Dodge in Hell: A Novel [2019] by Neal Stephenson) |
OLED Body Film Attaching or implanting flexible screen material to the body as decoration.
(From Waste Tide [2019] by Chen Qiufan) |
Space Tug A small vessel used to maneuver other ships.
(From Murder on the Asteroid [1933] by Eando Binder) |
Pneumo-Slacks Pants that make you look beefier.
(From The Proud Robot [1943] by Lewis Padgett) |
Vastening It's hard to describe, but it's a robotic sense perception.
(From The Proud Robot [1943] by Lewis Padgett) |
Thermalarm Relays Detects objects by their heat radiation, so space craft can maneuver around them.
(From Collision Orbit [1942] by Jack Williamson) |
Seetee Blinker A marker of contraterrene matter (antimatter) asteroids, to aid in interplanetary navigation.
(From Collision Orbit [1942] by Jack Williamson) |
Negative Safety-Field A paragravity-based shield for space craft.
(From Collision Orbit [1942] by Jack Williamson) |
Plastifoam Used to seal large leaks in space craft.
(From Collision Orbit [1942] by Jack Williamson) |
Fire Storm When clouds of antimatter dust encountered ordinary matter spaceships.
(From Collision Orbit [1942] by Jack Williamson) |
Pleasure Planet A vast world devoted to enjoyment.
(From After World's End [1939] by Jack Williamson) |
Asterite A person who was born and lived amongst the asteroids.
(From Collision Orbit [1942] by Jack Williamson) |
Space-Burned Analogous to sun-burned.
(From Collision Orbit [1942] by Jack Williamson) |
Igloo-Shaped Space Shelter Easy to set up on airless asteroids.
(From Collision Orbit [1942] by Jack Williamson) |
Dirigible Space Armor (Working Space Suits) Heavy-duty space suits for mining work on asteroids.
(From Collision Orbit [1942] by Jack Williamson) |
Paragravity Artificial gravity.
(From Collision Orbit [1942] by Jack Williamson) |
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