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| Dropshaft An elevator shaft with no elevator - the "lift" is from gravity or suppressed inertia. (From Deeper Than the Darkness [1957] by Harlan Ellison) |
| Ugly T-Shirt Uses disruptive patterning to make the wearer invisible to computerized surveillance techniques. (From Zero History [2010] by William Gibson) |
| Communinet A public data network.i (From Dune [1965] by Brian Herbert) |
| Electronic Cash A digital currency, like Bitcoin. (From Heavy Weather [1994] by Bruce Sterling) |
| Burn the Ship Utilize parts of the ship as fuel for forward movement. (From Around the World in 80 days [1868] by Jules Verne) |
| Voicecorder A device that records verbal output and determines truth or falsehood. (From Whipping Star [1969] by Brian Herbert) |
| Substance D An addictive, psychoactive drug. (From A Scanner Darkly [1977] by Philip K. Dick) |
| Logical Pathogen Malware concealed in DNA. (From The Medusa Chronicles [2016] by Alastair Reynolds (w/S. Baxter)) |
| Roboticist A person who works on robots. (From Evidence [1946] by Isaac Asimov) |
| Negative Matter Space Drive A reactionless space drive using negative matter. (From Timemaster [1992] by Robert Forward) |
| Rat-Robot A small remotely-operated surveillance robot. (From Anything You Can Do [1962] by Gordon Randall Garrett) |
| Third Eye An output device that uses the skin of the user. (From Daemon [2006] by Daniel Suarez) |
| Test Box A remote-controlled device for capturing small objects from open space. (From The Devil's Pocket [1940] by F.E. Hardart) |
| Sun Dome Used on Venus to give relief from the endless rain. (From The Illustrated Man [1951] by Ray Bradbury) |
| Gait-Cam A surveillance camera system that analyzes the unique way in which people walk, to identify them. (From Little Brother [2008] by Cory Doctorow) |
| Light Traps (Dyson Sphere) Surrounding a sun, a set of devices to capture or focus solar power. (From Star Maker [1937] by Olaf Stapledon) |
| Trans-Oceanic Rocket Also, a rocket-plane. (From The Worlds of If [1935] by Stanley G. Weinbaum) |
| Subjunctivisor Projects a possible future, based on your own impressions. (From The Worlds of If [1935] by Stanley G. Weinbaum) |
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