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| Pilot-Robot The piloting gear of a space tug. (From Collision Orbit [1942] by Jack Williamson) |
| Contraterrene Matter (Antimatter) Contraterrene (CT) Matter (sometimes abbreviated "Seetee"). (From Collision Orbit [1942] by Jack Williamson) |
| Plastiskin Artificial human skin to cover prosthetics. (From Unforeseen [1949] by Roger P. Graham) |
| Wrist Search Display A wearable device that uses its own search beam to view scenes close by. (From A Matter of Size [1934] by Harry Bates) |
| Solar Engine A space ship that gets it motive power from the rays of the sun. (From A Matter of Size [1934] by Harry Bates) |
| Artificial Telepathy Using technology to determine thoughts, and then translate it to speech that could be shared electronically. (From We All Died At Breakaway Station [1969] by Richard Meredith) |
| Automatic Navigator Device steers your spaceship to its destination without additional effort from you. (From A Matter of Size [1934] by Harry Bates) |
| Jump Point A specific location in space where an interstellar jump can be accomplished. (From Bill for Delivery [1964] by Christopher Anvil) |
| Single Vehicle Tunnel A small diameter tunnel that accepts a single vehicle to a single destination. (From Foundation [1951] by Isaac Asimov) |
| Bot The first use of this contraction for "robot". (From We All Died At Breakaway Station [1969] by Richard Meredith) |
| Space Force That branch of the military with a presence outside the atmosphere. (From Wandl, The Invader [1932] by Ray Cummings) |
| Home Planet Usually the birthplace of your species or simply your planet of origin. (From In the Deep of Time [1897] by George Parsons Lathrop) |
| Dropshaft An elevator shaft with no elevator - the "lift" is from gravity or suppressed inertia. (From Deeper Than the Darkness [1957] by Harlan Ellison) |
| Ugly T-Shirt Uses disruptive patterning to make the wearer invisible to computerized surveillance techniques. (From Zero History [2010] by William Gibson) |
| Communinet A public data network.i (From Dune [1965] by Brian Herbert) |
| Electronic Cash A digital currency, like Bitcoin. (From Heavy Weather [1994] by Bruce Sterling) |
| Burn the Ship Utilize parts of the ship as fuel for forward movement. (From Around the World in 80 days [1868] by Jules Verne) |
| Voicecorder A device that records verbal output and determines truth or falsehood. (From Whipping Star [1969] by Brian Herbert) |
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