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Buck Rogers, 2430 AD by Philip Nowlan (w/D. Calkins):
Science Fiction Inventions, Technology and Ideas
Exciting series of Buck Rogers comic strips from 1929 to 1931. They begin with Buck falling asleep in a mine cave-in and awakened 500 years into the future, just in time to join the resistance movement against the Red Mongols. Select
an invention:
Aircycle Motorcycle for the air with gravimetric coils instead of wheels.
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Hypnotelevisor A device that displays memories directly on a helmet screen.
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Mechanical Hand A large robotic hand or claw, large enough to grasp a person.
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Moon Weaponized A military application of moons, planetoids and asteroids; dropping them from space.
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Ship Pushes Moon Altering the course of a small moon by pushing on it with a rocket motor.
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Spinner Ship Pinwheel rockets created centrifugal forces like gravity.
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