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| Replicant An android; an artificial human being. (From Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? [1968] by Philip K. Dick) |
| Andy A slang term for "android" - an artificially created humanoid being. (From Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? [1968] by Philip K. Dick) |
| Odorophonics A system capable of reproducing selected scents capable of fooling the human nervous system. (From The Illustrated Man [1951] by Ray Bradbury) |
| Mobile Lab (From 2001: A Space Odyssey [1968] by Arthur C. Clarke) |
| Shigawire A very fine wire, used as a recording medium (among other things). (From Dune [1965] by Frank Herbert) |
| Minimic Film Very fine message medium. (From Dune [1965] by Frank Herbert) |
| Jubba Cloak An all-purpose garment in common use on Arrakis (From Dune [1965] by Frank Herbert) |
| Paracompass A very specialized compass that makes use of local magnetic anomalies. (From Dune [1965] by Frank Herbert) |
| Glowglobe Floating spherical light bulb with organic energy source. (From Dune [1965] by Frank Herbert) |
| HAL 9000 The canonical example of an artificially intelligent computer. (From 2001: A Space Odyssey [1968] by Arthur C. Clarke) |
| Hibernaculum A small, self-contained chamber in which a person could endure months of enforced sleep. (From 2001: A Space Odyssey [1968] by Arthur C. Clarke) |
| TMA-1 The Tycho Monolith. (From 2001: A Space Odyssey [1968] by Arthur C. Clarke) |
| Crysknife A knife blade ground from the tooth of a giant sandworm of Dune. (From Dune [1965] by Frank Herbert) |
| Newspad A notebook-sized computer and display screen for reading news stories or other text matter. (From 2001: A Space Odyssey [1968] by Arthur C. Clarke) |
| Polycarbon Phone Screen A telephone that provides videophone capability using a very thin screen that is folded away when not in use. (From Count Zero [1986] by William Gibson) |
| Watercouch A couch filled with water, rather than springs and cushions. (From Beyond the Blue Event Horizon [1980] by Frederik Pohl) |
| Orbital Terminus An airport in space; a terminal for low earth orbit flights. (From Count Zero [1986] by William Gibson) |
| Battle Language A special-purpose language designed for both clear communication of information related to war, and difficulty of translation. (From Dune [1965] by Frank Herbert) |
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