Fresh
Technovelgy
(Most Recent Additions - 3937 Total)
|
Undersea City A great city under the sea, covered by a crystal dome.
(From The Crystal City Under the Sea [1895] by Andre Laurie) |
Flexible Sprung Boots Boots designed to be flexible when walking, but upon a hard step, will have a spring characteristic.
(From Inherit the Stars [1977] by James P. Hogan) |
Identification Beacon Radio pulse to identify orbiting craft.
(From Methuselah's Children [1941] by Robert Heinlein) |
Heliocar Ground vehicle that can also lift off like a helicopter.
(From The Prince of Space [1931] by Jack Williamson) |
FTL Abbreviation for "faster than light".
(From The Enchanted Forest [1950] by Fritz Leiber) |
Search-Bug An exploratory robot.
(From Autofac [1955] by Philip K. Dick) |
Rocket Tug The equivalent of a tug boat for space ships.
(From Crystalized Thought [1937] by Nat Schachner) |
Repulsor Screen Diverts troublesome asteroids.
(From Crystalized Thought [1937] by Nat Schachner) |
Plani-Glass Transparent and light and has the tensile strength of steel!
(From Crystalized Thought [1937] by Nat Schachner) |
Automatic Factory Manufacturing facility that functions entirely autonomously.
(From Autofac [1955] by Philip K. Dick) |
Photo-Electric Mosaic A means of capturing astronomical images.
(From Beyond Which Limits [1937] by Nat Schachner) |
Mercy Gas Breathe it and die.
(From The Saga of Pelican West [1937] by Eric Frank Russell) |
Poldek Ability to sense life.
(From The Saga of Pelican West [1937] by Eric Frank Russell) |
Automatic Ore Cart An autonomous truck for raw ore processing.
(From Autofac [1955] by Philip K. Dick) |
Magnetic Anchor A means of affixing an anchor point on a spacecraft hull.
(From Dead Star Station [1933] by Jack Williamson) |
No Human Programmers The idea that computers are too complicated and too important to be programmed by human beings.
(From Millennium [1983] by John Varley) |
Pizzled (Semantic Garble) Use of nonsensical statements to deliberately confuse an artificial intelligence.
(From Autofac [1955] by Philip K. Dick) |
Synthetic Milk Milk made without cows.
(From Autofac [1955] by Philip K. Dick) |
|