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| Robot Control Board Control panel with small screens showing the point of view of different robots. (From The Robot Master [1929] by O.L. Beckwith) |
| Trans-Space Transmission A curious method of communication between worlds. (From The Moon Moth [1976] by Jack Vance) |
| Living Book A small creature that is used to contain and play back information. (From The World Below [Collins So] by Sydney Fowler Wright) |
| Pocket Gravity Nullifier Personal device stops gravity's effect. (From The Sky Maniac [1929] by Henri Dahl Juve) |
| Air Tunnel A means of sending trains through the air. (From Through the Air Tunnel [1929] by Harl Vincent) |
| Beeper A handheld radar set, used to find items that have drifted off. (From Islands in the Sky [1952] by Arthur C. Clarke) |
| Cylinder Space Suit A mostly rigid, cylindrical space suit. (From Islands in the Sky [1952] by Arthur C. Clarke) |
| Tannin-Secretion Pills Artificially darkens skin, for skin protection. (From Crashlander [1994] by Larry Niven) |
| Robobug A cyborg insect. (From The Golden City [2009] by John Twelve Hawks) |
| Crowdcutter A device worn to part crowds. (From Infomocracy [2016] by Malka Older) |
| Gravity Nullifier Shields a large object from the effect of gravity. (From The Sky Maniac [1929] by Henri Dahl Juve) |
| New Blood For Old Replacing the blood plasma of older people with material from younger people. (From Methuselah's Children [1941] by Robert Heinlein) |
| Flip to Brake Maneuver to put the tail end (with rocket output) in the forward direction of travel to use for lowering velocity. (From Methuselah's Children [1941] by Robert Heinlein) |
| Interplanetary Clearance Bureaucratic red tape associated with busy space ports. (From Methuselah's Children [1941] by Robert Heinlein) |
| Panoramic Viewer Permits observation at a distance, as well as the projection of a holographic image. (From Childhood's End [1953] by Arthur C. Clarke) |
| Protective Field (Safety Field) An static energy field used to protect a city. (From The Man in the Maze [1969] by Robert Silverberg) |
| Flying Robot Drone Probe A remote-controlled flying drone used for remote investigation and surveillance. (From The Man in the Maze [1969] by Robert Silverberg) |
| Zero 'g' In a ship in orbit, in free fall. (From Islands in the Sky [1952] by Arthur C. Clarke) |
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