Science Fiction Dictionary: Ideas, Terms and Technology
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Device Name Book/Story Author Date
X Gun (X-Beam Projector)
A device that projected soft x-rays into small planetoids to determine their composition.
Diamond Planetoid Giles  1937
Xenephrene Interstellar World
A planet not attached to a solar system.
A Brand New World Cummings  1942
Xixtline
Venusian drug provides a rejuvenate effect.
Parasite Planet Weinbaum  1935
XV
Allows anyone to directly experience another person's conscious awareness.
Mother of Storms Barnes  1994
XV Wedge
A piece of entertainment that consists of edited real experience.
Mother of Storms Barnes  1994

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18 Wheels Mutant Centipede Vehicle
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(9/15/2023)

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(9/11/2023)

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Safe Street Rebel Autonomous Vehicle Luddites And Schachner's 1931 Robot-Deranger
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(9/7/2023)

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'Droplet' Battery Microscale Power Pack
re: Alfred Bester
(9/3/2023)

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re: Fritz Lang
(9/1/2023)

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(8/27/2023)

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re: Frank Herbert
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DroneDog Ground Security Robot Dogs From Asylon
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(8/23/2023)

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re: EC Tubb
(8/21/2023)

Giant Lunar Surface Test Bed Built On Earth
re: Various
(8/19/2023)

FlyCroTug Drones Work In Teams Now
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(8/17/2023)

Zai Pits (West Sahel) And Dew Collectors (Dune)
re: Frank Herbert
(8/15/2023)

Delivery Robots Being Bullied, Robbed
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(8/13/2023)

Zoom Education Idea Is 100 Years Old
re: Harry Stephen Keeler
(8/11/2023)

 

 

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