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| Veridicator A device that measured physiologic responses (biometric data) and translated it to a set of colors that unerringly reported whether or not the measured person was telling the truth. (From Little Fuzzy [1962] by H. Beam Piper) |
| Selector Card Pneumatic delivery of book films by using a mechanical form of data storage; selector cards - probably punch cards. (From The Puppet Masters [1951] by Robert Heinlein) |
| Dog Suit A disguise worn by an alien detective, allowing him to look just like a domestic canine. (From Doorways in the Sand [1976] by Roger Zelazny) |
| Microde A tailored virus, that infects the selected person, and passes on whatever characteristics have been implanted in the virus. (From Armed Memory [1995] by Jim Smith) |
| Decorative Implant Small devices that can be implanted subcutaneously in the body and then controlled consciously. (From Babel-17 [1966] by Samuel R. Delany) |
| Sandsnork A device like a snorkel that would provide air to a tent buried by a sand storm. (From Dune [1965] by Frank Herbert) |
| Rhennius Machine Device of alien manufacture, which will reverse, or turn inside out, any object passed through its mobilator. (From Doorways in the Sand [1976] by Roger Zelazny) |
| Transcriber A automated transcriptionist - a machine which perfectly translates human speech into words on paper. (From Second Foundation [1953] by Isaac Asimov) |
| Uniflesh A type of artificial skin and underlying flesh. (From The Dosadi Experiment [1977] by Frank Herbert) |
| Bedog A sentient creature designed to be a bed. (From The Dosadi Experiment [1977] by Frank Herbert) |
| Odalarm An alarm clock that awakens the sleeper with a selected odor. (From The Dosadi Experiment [1977] by Frank Herbert) |
| Zoo Fences Caustic water moat (From The Dosadi Experiment [1977] by Frank Herbert) |
| Sonabarrier A type of energy fence, used to keep birds away from particular areas. (From The Dosadi Experiment [1977] by Frank Herbert) |
| Network Monitoring Detection Detection of someone monitoring your computer workstation (From The Dosadi Experiment [1977] by Frank Herbert) |
| Chairdog A chair that is alive and partly sentient; it shapes itself to the person sitting in it. (From The Tactful Saboteur [1964] by Frank Herbert) |
| Taprisiot A kind of symbiote, which attuned itself to the user, allowing an expansion of consciousness - telepathic communication anywhere in the galaxy in real time. (From The Dosadi Experiment [1977] by Frank Herbert) |
| Cyberspace A computer technology that allowed people to see a computer network as an internal experience. (From Burning Chrome [1982] by William Gibson) |
| Interactive Video Column A video display in a chain convenience store that shows random scenes from other stores in the chain around the world. (From All Tomorrow's Parties [1999] by William Gibson) |
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