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"It is change ... that is the dominant factor in society today... the world as it will be. This means that ... every man must take on a science fictional way of thinking.""
- Isaac Asimov
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| Solidograph-Projector | ||
| A device that projected a 3D image of objects or a person. |
| "... I have a record, if you'd care to see it."
"Yes, put it on," Tortha Karf gestured toward the solidograph-projector. "It's set for miniature reproduction here on the desk; that be all right?" Verkan Vall nodded, getting out the film and loading it into the projector. When he pressed a button, a dome of radiance appeared on the desk top; two feet in width and a foot in height. In the middle of this appeared a small solidograph image |
| Technovelgy from Police Operation,
by H. Beam Piper. Published by Astounding SF in 1948 Additional resources -
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See also solidograph.
And what did you run through a solidograph-projector? Why, solidograph-film, of course.
Unlocking a container on the instrument panel, he removed a small roll of solidograph-film, which he stowed in his bag.
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