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Glossary
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A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
| Device Name | Book/Story | Author | Date |
| Nanny Robot - child-care robot with punch | Nanny | Dick | 1955 |
| Nanobot | Steel Beach | Varley | 1992 |
| Nanofax - fax 3D objects, not flat ones | All Tomorrow's Parties | Gibson | 1999 |
| Nanomachine Swarm (Black Cloud) - tiny machines work together | The Invincible | Lem | 1954 |
| Nano-Paste | Alpha Centauri | Meier | 1999 |
| Nanotech Buildings - built with fibers | Idoru | Gibson | 1996 |
| Napcap Capsule - snooze at will | Saturn's Race | Niven (w/S. Barnes) | 2000 |
| Napcap Induction Cap - get a good night's sleep | Saturn's Race | Niven (w/S. Barnes) | 2000 |
| National Network Surveillance | The Shockwave Rider | Brunner | 1975 |
| Nautilus - Captain Nemo's ride | 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea | Verne | 1875 |
| Navicloud Custom Debinder | Rainbows End | Vinge | 2006 |
| N-e (Needle-eyeification) Weapon - absolute positioning precision | The Zap Gun | Dick | 1965 |
| Near-Space Solar Energy Collectors | Star Maker | Stapledon | 1937 |
| Necap | The Human Blend | Foster | 2010 |
| Neck Radio | Our Friends From Frolix 8 | Dick | 1970 |
| Neck-Phone | The Chromium Fence | Dick | 1955 |
| Needle Beam Gat | Moon Crystals | Haggard | 1936 |
| Needle Gun | The Empress of Mars | Rocklynne | 1939 |
| Needle Pipe - needle gun | Beyond the Stars | Cummings | 1928 |
| Needlecast - tightbeam transmission of being | Altered Carbon | Morgan | 2003 |
| Needle-Gun | Lucky Starr and the Moons of Jupiter | Asimov | 1957 |
| Needles (Chocolate and Vanilla) | Sundiver | Brin | 1979 |
| Negative Gravity Field | 50th Century Revolt | Stangland | 1932 |
| Negative Molecular Motion | The Universe Between | Nourse | 1951 |
| Nemourlon | West of Honor | Pournelle | 1976 |
| Neodog - smarter than Fido | Starship Troopers | Heinlein | 1959 |
| Neoterics - genius on tap | Microcosmic God | Sturgeon | 1941 |
| Neotopological Metaeuclidean Adjacency - just around the corner | The Hole in the Hole | Bisson | 1994 |
| Nerve Machine | The Stainless Steel Rat's Revenge | Harrison | 1970 |
| Net Shutdown Worm - computer tapeworm project | The Shockwave Rider | Brunner | 1975 |
| Netwar - communications warfare | Distraction | Sterling | 1998 |
| Network Monitoring Detection - why the slowdown? | The Dosadi Experiment | Herbert | 1977 |
| Networked Personal Device - the backend is more important | The Age of The Pussyfoot | Pohl | 1966 |
| Networked Telephone Answering Machine | Men Like Gods | Wells | 1923 |
| Networked World | When the Sleeper Wakes | Wells | 1899 |
| Neural Cut Out Chip - makes a meat puppet | Neuromancer | Gibson | 1984 |
| Neural Door Lock | The Unreconstructed M | Dick | 1957 |
| Neural Lace | Surface Detail | Banks | 2010 |
| Neuristor | The Moon is a Harsh Mistress | Heinlein | 1966 |
| Neuristor Brain | My Name is Legion | Zelazny | 1976 |
| Neuroinduction Field | Starfish | Watts | 1999 |
| Neuro-netsukes - tiny personality construct | Rim | Besher | 1994 |
| Neuronic Control Apparatus - put your experience in reverse | Masson's Secret | Gallun | 1939 |
| Neuronic Receptor-Transmitter | Masson's Secret | Gallun | 1939 |
| Neuronic Whip - it delivers pain | The Stars, Like Dust | Asimov | 1951 |
| Neutral (Point) | On The Martian Way | Bishop | 1907 |
| Neutron Disruption Blaster | The Complete Paratime | Piper | 1951 |
| Neutronic Dust | Twelve Hours To Live | Williamson | 1931 |
| Neutronic Shielding - monomolecular protection | The Sign of the Tiger | Nourse (w/Meyer) | 1958 |
| Neutronium - how dense is it | Skylark Three | Smith | 1930 |
| Neutronium Slippers | Revolt on the Tenth World | Hamilton | 1940 |
| New Blood For Old | Methuselah's Children | Heinlein | 1941 |
| News Clown - they're all the rage | Stand-By | Dick | 1963 |
| News Receptor - listens for news | If There Were No Benny Cemoli | Dick | 1963 |
| News Roundup - better than Tivo | Beyond This Horizon | Heinlein | 1942 |
| Newsbox (News-Receptor) - better than Google news plus Tivo | Methuselah's Children | Heinlein | 1941 |
| News-Dispenser | After Armageddon | Flagg | 1932 |
| Newspad - flat panel news display | 2001: A Space Odyssey | Clarke | 1968 |
| Newspad Electronic Newspaper | 2001: A Space Odyssey | Clarke | 1968 |
| Newstaper Gear | Flash Crowd | Niven | 1972 |
| Nexialist | Voyage of the Space Beagle | van Vogt | 1950 |
| Nexus-6 Brain Unit - meet my friend Roy | Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? | Dick | 1968 |
| Nexus-7 Android | Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? | Dick | 1968 |
| Nightmask | Hellstrom's Hive | Herbert | 1972 |
| Nikon Eyes - cultivated eyes | Neuromancer | Gibson | 1984 |
| No-Globe | Heretics of Dune | Herbert | 1984 |
| Normal Space | Islands of Space | Campbell | 1931 |
| Norm-All Program | Spark | Twelve Hawks | 2014 |
| Nose Gun | Arm of the Law | Harrison | 1958 |
| No-Ship | Heretics of Dune | Herbert | 1984 |
| Nothing - just holes | It was Nothing - Really! | Sturgeon | 1969 |
| Novel-Writing Machines | 1984 | Orwell | 1948 |
| Nubot | Spark | Twelve Hawks | 2014 |
| Nuclear Shears | Foundation | Asimov | 1951 |
| Nuclear-Field Depressor | Foundation and Empire | Asimov | 1952 |
| Nullboxing Bubble | Streetlethal | Barnes | 1983 |
| Nullentropy Bin - world's best salad crisper | Heretics of Dune | Herbert | 1984 |
| Nullfield | The Ophiuchi Hotline | Varley | 1977 |
| Null-Suit | The Ophiuchi Hotline | Varley | 1977 |
| Numbitol | The Mote in God's Eye | Niven (w/J. Pournelle) | 1974 |
| Nutrient Extractor and Maximizer (NEM) - get more out of food | The Human Blend | Foster | 2010 |
| Nutri-Matic - not quite tea | The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy | Adams | 1979 |
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