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| Gravity Lens An optical lens created using the lightbending properties of gravity. (From Protector [1973] by Larry Niven) |
| Slowboat Slower than lightspeed spacecraft used for interstellar colonization. (From Protector [1973] by Larry Niven) |
| Anti-Gerasone Cheap immortality comes to your neighborhood convenience store. (From Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow [1954] by Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.) |
| Automatics Machinery capable of running some aspect of a space ship's operation on its own. (From Wandl, The Invader [1932] by Ray Cummings) |
| Ice-Nine A crystalline form of water so stable that in practical terms it would never melt. (From Cat's Cradle [1963] by Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.) |
| Twing Used in the hold of spaceships to keep articles all together, and to prevent them from floating around in free fall, or falling during periods of acceleration. (From Protector [1973] by Larry Niven) |
| Ramrobot (Ramscoop Robot) An autonomous interstellar exploration craft using gathered hydrogen for fuel. (From Bordered in Black [1966] by Larry Niven) |
| Webfoam Cradle A means of softening the landing for humans inside spacecraft. (From The Man in the Maze [1969] by Robert Silverberg) |
| Three Laws of Robotics (Rules of Robotics) The original formulation of Asimov's laws of robotics. (From Runaround [1942] by Isaac Asimov) |
| Solar Electric Paint - Black Power A black-colored paint that can be sprayed on, making any surface a solar power generator. (From The Woman in Del Rey Crater [1995] by Larry Niven) |
| Boosterspice A substance that extends human life almost indefinitely. (From One Face [1965] by Larry Niven) |
| Flashlight Laser Small cylindrical device that generates a green beam of variable intensity and focal length; can illuminate or cut. (From Ringworld [1970] by Larry Niven) |
| Flycycle Combination flying motorcycle, kitchen and autodoc. (From Ringworld [1970] by Larry Niven) |
| General Products Hull Nearly indestructible outer skin for spaceships; pick your hull size and put what you want inside. (From Neutron Star [1966] by Larry Niven) |
| Scrith The material used to build Ringworld; has remarkable tensile strength (From Ringworld [1970] by Larry Niven) |
| Webeye Communications device with a camera, microphone, zoom lens, projector, etc.; can be sprayed on. (From The Ringworld Throne [1996] by Larry Niven) |
| Disruptor Bomb A bomb with a very special purpose; when detonated in space, it makes it impossible to detect the center of the explosion from the dispersion of the fragments. (From The Man in the Maze [1969] by Robert Silverberg) |
| Schrieber Analyzer Superior automatic air testing - for the discriminating space traveler. (From Diabologic [1955] by Eric Frank Russell) |
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