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Dictionary of Miscellaneous Terms in Science Fiction
(Technovelgy items at top: skip
down to News)
Name |
Author (Publication Date) |
Calster - portable cash printer A handheld device that printed legal currency on the spot. |
Stanislaw Lem (1961) |
Fake-Meter - counterfeit detector A pocket-sized counterfeit currency detector. |
Jack Vance (1964) |
Related Science Fiction in the News
Bush Robots - Fingers On Your Fingers On Your Fingers... From Heinlein to Moravec to MacLeod - bush robots are cool. (re: Robert Forward, 10/30/2005 ) |
Amateur Innovators - This Is Your Century! the 21st century could mark the return of the talented (and obsessed!) amateur to the first ranks of science. This is a fantastically useful and interesting observation; this observation could be as important as the ideas in The Structure of Scientif (re: Arthur C. Clarke, 10/7/2004 ) |
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