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Implanted Comlink
Transceiver inserted below the skin.
(From Savior [2004] by Nancy Kress)
Golden Ray of Synchronized Vibrations
Disrupts matter by hurling electrons out of their energy states and scattering them.
(From The Return of the Murians [1936] by Nat Schachner)
Teaching Machine
A helmet placed on the head focuses illimitable knowledge into even the head of an earth man.
(From The Return of the Murians [1936] by Nat Schachner)
Delivery Robot
A small autonomous device that will bring goods directly to a person or place.
(From Podkayne of Mars [1962] by Robert Heinlein)
Ether Ship
A space-going ship.
(From Aleriel or A Voyage to Other Worlds [1886] by W.S. Lach-Szyrma)
Flame Projector
Handheld device shoots flame.
(From Water-Bound World [1932] by Harl Vincent)
Violet Shrink Ray
A miniaturization ray.
(From The Pygmy Planet [1932] by Jack Williamson)
Laboratory Planet
A toy planet created in a laboratory; a fully functional world in miniature.
(From The Pygmy Planet [1932] by Jack Williamson)
Optophone (Opto)
A video call system.
(From Too Many Boards! [1931] by Harl Vincent)
Hollow Asteroid
An asteroid that has been hollowed out for use as a space habitat.
(From Juke Box Asteroid [1944] by Joseph Farrell)
Disrupter Ray (Molecule Disrupter)
Atoms of materials no longer adhere to each other.
(From The Silent Destroyer [1929] by Henri Dahl Juve)
Sol-Ido
The universal language of interplanetary travelers.
(From Water-Bound World [1932] by Harl Vincent)
Time-Space Television
A device for seeing into the past.
(From Water-Bound World [1932] by Harl Vincent)
Negrian Death Ray
A ray that causes the cessation of life processes.
(From Invaders From The Infinite [1932] by John W. Campbell)
Tetrahedron Interference Projector
Projects a field of force around the Solar System, bending the light of stars to make them seem more distant.
(From The Great Illusion [1938] by Will Garth)
Eros Ship-Planetoid
A vast cylindrical ship, long thought to be a planetoid.
(From The Great Illusion [1938] by Will Garth)
Local Time Clock
A clock for use in airships that always indicates the time for the place they are flying over.
(From The Silent Destroyer [1929] by Henri Dahl Juve)
Indirect Cold Light
Apparently source-less lighting, highly efficient, with no waste heat.
(From The Silent Destroyer [1929] by Henri Dahl Juve)
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