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Technovelgy
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Tin Foil Hat (Tin Pulpit) A metal device that protects the user from unwanted telepathic intrusions.
(From The Tissue-Culture King [1927] by Julian Huxley) |
Autotrawler Autonomous Fishing Factory Ship An entirely autonomous vessel with imprisoned labor that scrapes the sea for protein and off-loads it to other ships.
(From The Mountain in the Sea [2022] by Ray Naylor) |
AI Control Portal A special window into an artificial intelligence, to allow an operator to take control of it if necessary.
(From The Mountain in the Sea [2022] by Ray Naylor) |
Sentenced Man A person who commits asocial actions and lives in society, but in reduced circumstances.
(From Robot Justice [1959] by Harry Harrison) |
Space Traffic The movement of numbers of ships through space.
(From Satan in Exile [1935] by Arthur William Bernal) |
Juiciveal Artificially grown veal.
(From Lazarus [1955] by Margaret St. Clair) |
Synthimeat (Crop Protein) A more general name for synthetic meat
(From Lazarus [1955] by Margaret St. Clair) |
Warp Drive Traveling across the gap between universes.
(From The Tides of Time [1940] by R.M. Williams) |
Artificial Blood (Synthetic Blood) A manufactured substitute for the genuine article.
(From The Eternal Professors [1929] by David H. Keller) |
Tiny Robot Planes A swarm of very small independently maneuverable unmanned aerial vehicles.
(From Blood on the Sun [1942] by Hal K. Wells) |
Atomobile An atomic-powered car.
(From The Moon of Doom [1928] by Earl L. Bell) |
Power-skis Just the accoutrement for exploration, depending on the world.
(From Selection [1964] by Ursula Le Guin) |
Electromagnetic Gun An electromagnetic railgun angled up a mountainside, which uses electricity for the power to launch a space ship.
(From The Moon Conquerors [1930] by R.H. Romans) |
Domed City A vast city covered entirely by a vast covering of glass.
(From Mrs. Maberly: Or, The World as it Will be [1836] by Anonymous Author ) |
Street Slides A means of moving a spot on the road to different places, by means of machinery under the ground.
(From Mrs. Maberly: Or, The World as it Will be [1836] by Anonymous Author ) |
Solar-Heat Condenser A device that concentrates solar power across many devices.
(From The Conquest of the Moon [1889] by Paschal Grousset) |
Weather in Space The idea that weather concepts could be applied to interplanetary space.
(From Around the Universe [1927] by Ray Cummings) |
Sun-Engine A device that absorbs solar rays for power.
(From Valley of Lost Souls [1939] by Eando Binder) |
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