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| Vibroblade A knife-like weapon. (From If This Goes On... [1940] by Robert Heinlein) |
| Group Ego A group mind; a single entity that shares a number of bodies. (From Methuselah's Children [1941] by Robert Heinlein) |
| Cold-Rest Lowering body temperature and metabolic levels, as in hibernation; also called reduced temperature somnolence. (From Methuselah's Children [1941] by Robert Heinlein) |
| Cold-Sleep A state of hibernation, created by lowered temperature and metabolism. (From Methuselah's Children [1941] by Robert Heinlein) |
| Nanny Robot A child-care robot with a surprisingly competitive side. (From Nanny [1955] by Philip K. Dick) |
| Marvin the Robot Another fine robot from the marketing division of the Sirius Cybernetics Corporation (From The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy [1979] by Douglas Adams) |
| Robot Cab Driver You think you have problems? Robots have the worst problems of anyone. (From A Present for Pat [1954] by Philip K. Dick) |
| Robot Cells (Crystal-Shaped Modules) Minute dodecahedral units that could combine into different shapes to become full robots. (From Isaac Asimov's Odyssey : Robot City: Book1 [1987] by Michael P. Kube-McDowell) |
| Space Elevator (Orbital Tower) A physical link between a point on the surface of the Earth and a satellite in geosynchronous orbit. (From The Fountains of Paradise [1978] by Arthur C. Clarke) |
| Telepresence Bulldozer A bulldozer on the Moon that is operated remotely by a driver on Earth. (From Oath of Fealty [1981] by Jerry Pournelle (w/L. Niven)) |
| Helmet Visor Display A heads-up display with a variety of advanced features. (From The Tank Lords [1997] by David Drake) |
| Cavorite An antigravity metal; when it cools, whatever it covers will be impervious to gravitational forces. (From The First Men in the Moon [1901] by H.G. Wells) |
| Apergy (Apergion) An antigravity substance with sufficient power to propel a space ship from the Earth to Mars. (From Across the Zodiac [1880] by Percy Greg) |
| Space Freighter A large spacecraft used for heavy cargo; can lift off from the Earth or other planets. (From The Space Rover [1932] by Edwin K. Sloat) |
| Robofish (Mitsubishi Robot Turbot) A powerful, meter-long robotic fish used to take samples from liquid lakes on other worlds (like Titan). (From Slow Life [2002] by Michael Swanwick) |
| Virtual Reality (Virtual Matrix) An early use of a term very similar to the idea of cyberspace. (From The Judas Mandala [1982] by Damien Broderick) |
| Storer-Gulls Wings Recreational aid for lunar colonists; lightweight wings for cave flying. (From The Menace From Earth [1957] by Robert Heinlein) |
| Plasteel Extremely tough form of steel, stabilized with stravidium fibers grown into its crystal. (From Dune [1965] by Frank Herbert) |
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