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Peace Dove (Metal Bird) Robotic winged guardians.
(From The Reefs of Space [1963] by Jack Williamson (w/F. Pohl)) |
Citizens Booth A special location for citizens to register their displeasure with public officials.
(From A Ticket to Tranai [1955] by Robert Sheckley) |
Badge Of Office Explosive Politicians wear what amounts to a bomb, which is controlled by citizen vote.
(From A Ticket to Tranai [1955] by Robert Sheckley) |
Microscreen An immaterial protective helmet.
(From Bolden's Pets [1955] by F.L. Wallace) |
Time Travel Back Pack A handy time machine you can conveniently wear.
(From Tryst in Time [1936] by C.L. Moore) |
Fixing Machines Machines that fix machines.
(From Frankenstein - Unlimited [1936] by H.A. Highstone) |
Robot Language Specialized talk that machines developed for their own use.
(From Frankenstein - Unlimited [1936] by H.A. Highstone) |
Thumb Print Phone ID Verifying identity on a phone call with thumb print.
(From The Zap Gun (Project Plowshare) [1965] by Philip K. Dick) |
Orville Ask it questions verbally, and this plowshared guidance system will compute an answer, and provide it telepathically.
(From The Zap Gun (Project Plowshare) [1965] by Philip K. Dick) |
Cog Life Life in the bureaucracy.
(From The Zap Gun (Project Plowshare) [1965] by Philip K. Dick) |
Electronic Voting A system of elections that used the responses of a statistically average voter.
(From Franchise [1955] by Isaac Asimov) |
Hand Telegraph (Texting) A means of sending and receiving text messages from a small instrument.
(From Anno Domini 2000; or, Woman's Destiny [1889] by Sir Julius Vogel) |
Malthusian Belt Readily available oral contraceptives.
(From Brave New World [1932] by Aldous Huxley) |
Distance Viewing Look at any scene anywhere on Earth.
(From Giphantia [1761] by Charles-François Tiphaigne de La Roche) |
Canvas Image A permanent facsimile image is created without drawing; a photograph.
(From Giphantia [1761] by Charles-François Tiphaigne de La Roche) |
Twilight Belt The narrow zone of livable territory on a tidally-locked planet.
(From The Mystery of the Twilight Belt [1934] by J.N.T. Lintott) |
Astrographer A person who makes maps of space and its features, like meteors or gas clouds.
(From Flaming Frontier [1934] by Bernard Buley) |
Rocket Suit A space suit with its own means of motive power.
(From Flaming Frontier [1934] by Bernard Buley) |
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