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Engineered Plague
A virus that primarily attacks one sex.
(From The Hole in the Moon [1952] by Margaret St. Clair)
Automatonic Autosuggestive Subvibratory Superaccelerator
Time goes in a circle.
(From The Yehudi Principle [1944] by Frederic Brown)
Tomato Babies
Unusual fruit native to Iapetus, can hold electric soul.
(From Return Engagement [1952] by Margaret St. Clair)
Robie Vending Robot
A robotic vending machine that seeks out customers.
(From A Bad Day For Sales [1953] by Fritz Leiber)
Metal Lark
A device that adjusts the vocal chords and helps the user to be the best singer possible.
(From The Metal Lark [1948] by Margaret St. Clair)
Dobridust
A fully automated cleaning machine; it cleans till it runs out of energy.
(From The Dobridust [1948] by Margaret St. Clair)
Vizi-math
A device that accepts written equations and then provides a visualization of what it has been given.
(From Aleph Sub One [1948] by Margaret St. Clair)
Vitalizer
Do you lack energy? This fixes your problem. Be careful.
(From The Soma Racks [1947] by Margaret St. Clair)
Thiotimoline
Remarkable substance dissolves about 1.12 seconds before contact with a solvent.
(From The Endochronic Properties of Resublimated Thiotimoline [1948] by Isaac Asimov)
Belt Pick
Used to chip off pieces of Saturn's ring material for analysis.
(From The Ring Bonanza [1947] by Otto Binder)
Prospecting Saturn's Rings
Solitary men traverse Saturn's treacherous rings looking for valuable materials.
(From The Ring Bonanza [1947] by Otto Binder)
Rotohouse
A house that turns upon a central pivot.
(From The Rotohouse [1948] by Margaret St. Clair)
Police Web
A kind of stasis field, which can be made portable.
(From The Soft Weapon [1967] by Larry Niven)
Viewphone
Comm that provided both sound and video.
(From Revolt of the Star Men [1932] by Raymond Z. Gallun)
Super Whost
A kind of breakfast food.
(From Super Whost [1947] by Margaret St. Clair)
Robots Earn For Individuals
The point at which humanoid robots with AGI can be purchased and then rented out by ordinary people, for a profit.
(From The Instigators [1956] by Raymond E. Banks)
Space Raft
A kind of escape craft, or lifeboat.
(From Dusk on the Moon [1943] by Hannes Bok)
Unlocker Robot
An autonomous device that unlocked doors, as needed.
(From But Who Can Replace A Man [1958] by Brian Aldiss)
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