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Historical Listening Machine
Device can hear sounds from down through the ages.
(From The Machine That Knew Too Much [1933] by A.T. Locke)
Sapience
The ability of a species to think, to reason with discernment and wisdom.
(From The Planet Entity [1931] by E.M. Johnson (w/C.A. Smith))
Gyrocars with Photo-Electric Braking
Force the tires into maximum contact with the road, then use photo-electric sensors to control braking and turns.
(From Photo Control [1934] by Bernard Brown)
Ultra-Terrene
Originating from some world other than Earth.
(From An Adventure in Futurity [1931] by Clark Ashton Smith)
Liquid Metal
Metal that can be sprayed on.
(From The Dual World [1938] by Arthur K. Barnes)
Anti-Fatigue Pill
A pill that counteracts the effects of fatigue and lack of sleep.
(From The Silent Destroyer [1929] by Henri Dahl Juve)
Terrene
Pertaining to the Earth.
(From An Adventure in Futurity [1931] by Clark Ashton Smith)
Self-Opening Box
Don't show this to Apple.
(From Child's Play [1947] by William Tenn)
Solar-Powered Electric Helicopter
An electric helicopter, with sun cells.
(From Into the Meteorite Orbit [1933] by James Patrick Kelly)
Space-Suit Rockets
Attached rockets allow movement in zero-gee space.
(From Into the Meteorite Orbit [1933] by Frank K. Kelly)
Telephotography
Sending pictures over a distance, displaying them on a vast screen.
(From The Cosmic Cloud [1931] by Bruno H. Burgel)
Vibratium Wall Time Machine
An element that is unstable in time makes time travel possible and enables the Grandfather Paradox.
(From Ancestral Voices [1933] by Nat Schachner)
Floating Robot
A robot that floats in mid-air.
(From The Floating Robot [1941] by David Wright O'Brien)
Robot Snake
A mechanical reptile, with no legs.
(From Bait for the Tiger [1958] by Lee Chaytor)
Robot Brother
A roboticist brings home a robot brother for his natural son.
(From Brother Robot [1958] by Henry Slesar)
Sound Nullifier
A barrier to sound; the cancellation of sound waves.
(From Prima Donna 1980 [1931] by Bernard Brown)
Perfect Voice Modulation
Artificially creating the perfect human singing voice.
(From Prima Donna 1980 [1931] by Bernard Brown)
Adoption of Television
Prediction of TV penetration in homes and the death of movie houses.
(From Prima Donna 1980 [1931] by Bernard Brown)
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