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Telagog
Remote control excellence - guaranteed!
(From The Guided Man [1952] by L. Sprague de Camp)
Memory Vault
Your personal computer memory, that you can't live without.
(From The End of Summer [1954] by Algis Budrys)
Racial Mentality
A kind of group-mind or shared consciousness.
(From Star Maker [1937] by Olaf Stapledon)
Pretentionists
People who took refuge in the past with their customs and lives.
(From Ring Around the Sun [1952] by Clifford Simak)
Teaching a Robot
Giving instruction to a robot whose brain is not preprogrammed or otherwise fitted for a particular task.
(From Lenny [1958] by Isaac Asimov)
Pseudopersonalities
Fragments of distress, playing back in an autonomous robot's brain.
(From Terminus [1961] by Stanislaw Lem)
C/Fe
A culture that combines the best of humans and robots.
(From Caves of Steel [1953] by Isaac Asimov)
Automated Blood Test
Blood draw and test without human assistance.
(From Caves of Steel [1953] by Isaac Asimov)
Dancing Robot
A humanoid robot able to perform dance moves.
(From The Instigators [1956] by Raymond E. Banks)
Lifescoot
A spaceship's lifeboat.
(From Deeper Than the Darkness [1957] by Harlan Ellison)
Inverspace
For faster than light travel.
(From Deeper Than the Darkness [1957] by Harlan Ellison)
Instantaneous Communication
Communication over interplanetary distances faster than radio signals.
(From The Robot Aliens [1935] by Otis Adelbert Kline)
Camper-Model Spacecraft
Space-going ships with expandable sections.
(From A Relic of the Empire [1966] by Larry Niven)
Human Supervision Of Robots
The notion that there should be a rule that groups of robots should always have human supervision and direction.
(From Installment Plan [1959] by Clifford Simak)
Transmog
A small device easily installed in a robot to alter its skill set.
(From Installment Plan [1959] by Clifford Simak)
Rainbow Dome
A planetary defense shield.
(From The Stars My Destination [1956] by Alfred Bester)
Canyon World
A world in which only a single scar in the landscape is habitable.
(From One Face [1965] by Larry Niven)
Stage Trees
Genetically modified trees with solid fuel rocket cores.
(From World of Ptavvs [1965] by Larry Niven)
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