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Medical Use for Weightlessness
Early reference to the idea of using a weightless environment for medical purposes.
(From Accidental Flight [1952] by W.F. Wallace)
Gravital Unit
Device that maintains Earth-comparable gravity on an asteroid.
(From Accidental Flight [1952] by W.F. Wallace)
Saddle
A comfortable riding saddle - minus the horse.
(From The Big Front Yard [1959] by Clifford Simak)
Needle Beam Gat
A thin disintegrator beam.
(From Moon Crystals [1936] by J. Harvey Haggard)
Artificial Food
Food produced without soil, chemically.
(From The World Set Free [1914] by H.G. Wells)
Luxobe Crystals
They give light.
(From Moon Crystals [1936] by J. Harvey Haggard)
Vitrisheen
A translucent glass-like fashion choice.
(From Moon Crystals [1936] by J. Harvey Haggard)
Beckerley Electrical Field
An energy field that can protect a city or large area.
(From Smothered Seas [1936] by R.M. Farley (w/SG Weinbaum))
Gyro-Hat
Hidden in a top hat, this device cures staggering and reeling, for whatever reason.
(From An Experiment in Gyro-Hats [1926] by Ellis Parker Butler)
Phonographic Locks
Doors that open using voice recognition.
(From A Journey to the Year 2025 [1921] by Clement Fezandie)
Electric-Automatic Household Robot Cook
A robot chef - an Electric-Automatic Household Benefi­cent Genius!
(From Ely's Automatic Housemaid [1899] by Elizabeth Bellamy)
Electric-Automatic Housemaid Robot (Automaton)
A very early description of a robot to help around the house.
(From Ely's Automatic Housemaid [1899] by Elizabeth Bellamy)
Membrane
A listening device.
(From We [1922] by Yevgeny Zamyatin)
Spinning Mill for Veins (Artificial Organs)
The manufacture of artificial organs, digestive tract, veins - body parts.
(From R.U.R. [1920] by Karel Capek)
Food Preparation Machine
An automated device for the production of complete meals.
(From Unto Us A Child Is Born [1933] by David H. Keller)
Synthetic Food
Edible food for humans, grown in the laboratory.
(From Unto Us A Child Is Born [1933] by David H. Keller)
Synthetic Babies
A means of gestating eggs to term is found.
(From A Biological Experiment [1928] by David H. Keller)
Human Serial Number
A unique number tattooed on body of a person.
(From Unto Us A Child Is Born [1933] by David H. Keller)
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