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"We are all repositories for genetically-encoded information that we're all spreading back and forth amongst each other, all the time. We're just lousy with information."
- Neal Stephenson
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| Aerocar | ||
| A personal flying vehicle. |
This is (as far as I know) the first use of the word "aerocar."
| He was now developing the film in his room at the Flash office, and the aerocar which had brought him was still outside the large bay window swinging gently to and fro at its moorings in the summer breeze. |
| From The Abduction of Alexandra Seine,
by Fred C. Smale. Published by Not Known in 1900 Additional resources -
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At the time this book was written, there were neither standardized cars nor airplanes.
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Gerry was dubious. She had seen abortive attempts at paralysis rays before.
Let your fingers - uh - your robot do the walking. And hopping.
