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Device Name Book/Story Author Date
X Gun (X-Beam Projector)
A device that projected soft x-rays into small planetoids to determine their composition.
Diamond Planetoid Giles  1937
Xenephrene Interstellar World
A planet not attached to a solar system.
A Brand New World Cummings  1942
Xixtline
Venusian drug provides a rejuvenate effect.
Parasite Planet Weinbaum  1935
XV
Allows anyone to directly experience another person's conscious awareness.
Mother of Storms Barnes  1994
XV Wedge
A piece of entertainment that consists of edited real experience.
Mother of Storms Barnes  1994

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SpaceX Wants A Moonbase Alpha
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(4/6/2024)

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re: Louis Tucker
(4/4/2024)

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re: Stanley G. and Helen Weinbaum
(4/2/2024)

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re: Miles J. Breuer
(3/30/2024)

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re: Hugo Gernsback
(3/28/2024)

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re: William Gibson
(3/26/2024)

No Tips! Robotic Food Delivery In Phoenix
re: Robert Heinlein
(3/24/2024)

Electric Catamaran 'Explorer Eco 40m' Has 'Solar Skin'
re: John Baker Hopkins
(3/22/2024)

Orbital Mechanics, The Liftoff, The Turnover, The Retrograde Burn
re: EE 'Doc' Smith
(3/20/2024)

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re: Vernor Vinge
(3/18/2024)

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re: John Edwards
(3/16/2024)

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re: Raymond Z. Gallun
(3/14/2024)

AI Enhances Images Your Brain Sees
re: Stanley G. Weinbaum
(3/12/2024)

Illustrating Classic Heinlein With AI
re: Robert Heinlein
(3/10/2024)

Deflector Plasma Screen For Drones ala Star Wars
re: EE 'Doc' Smith
(3/8/2024)

DIY Robotic Hand Made After Loss Of Fingers
re: Boris Zhitkov
(3/6/2024)

Cheap Drunk Driver Detection From UofM
re: Philip K. Dick
(3/4/2024)

Can A Human Land A SpaceX Rocket On Its Tail?
re: Stanley G. Weinbaum
(3/2/2024)

Robot Snakes No Longer Stopped By Stairs
re: Lee Chaytor
(2/28/2024)

Has Turkey Been Stealing Rain From Iran?
re: Neal Stephenson
(2/26/2024)

We Need To Build Anti-Drone Systems For Civilian Spaces
re: Neal Stephenson
(2/24/2024)

SensorWake Scent-Based Alarm Clock
re: Frank Herbert
(2/22/2024)

AI Worms That Spread
re: John Brunner
(2/20/2024)

Challenges Of Two-Armed Robots
re: Various
(2/18/2024)

 

 

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