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==See also==
* [[Machine]]
* [[Magic]]


==Advanced technology==
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* Space travel
* [[Time travel]]
* Instant transportation
** Transmat beams (short range)
** Teleportation
** Worm holes / gateways / portals to another region of space (one or two way)
* [[Weapons]]
** May require ammunition or recharging
** Handguns - pistol, blaster, laser, phaser. May have various settings from "stun" to "lethal".
** Large guns - rifle (normal, laser, sniper), shotgun, rail gun, machine gun
** Grenades - stun, smoke, gas, incendiary, fragmentation
** Heavy duty - bazooka / rocket launcher
** Mounted - missile (guided / heat seeking), torpedo, energy weapons
** Explosives - dynamite, C4
** Bombs, nuclear weapons
* Nanotechnology (microscopic machines)
** Can inhabit a creature's body and enhance its abilities
* Force field
** Invisible door
** A personal force field
** A space ship's shield
* Other kinds of field
** Magnetic field
** Attraction (tractor beam)
** Repulsion (deflector shield)
* Cloaking device (invisibility)
* Holograms and projections
* Communication devices
** Hand held communicator (or bracelet) - audio, audio visual
** May require line of sight (or at least no major obstacles between the sender and receiver)
** Messages may be broadcast on "all known frequencies"
** Jammers to prevent communication inside a region
** Secure and insecure communication lines (which may be tapped into or forged)
** Public broadcast receivers - television, radio
* Recording devices
** Voice recorders
** Video
** Holographic (3D) recording
** Recording with limited interactive ability (cf. the movie ''I, Robot'')
** Miniature spy camera or audio device ("bug")
* Positioning systems
** GPS (Global Positioning System)
** Tracking devices
* Clothing
** Space suit, wet suit, fireproof suit
** Gas mask
** Bullet proof vest, body armor, exoskeleton
** Magnetic boots
** Jet pack, "flying" boots
* Keys
** Pin number, password
** Swipe card, special object (such as a ring)
** Voice authentication
** Thumb print, hand print or iris pattern
* Miscellaneous devices
** Translator unit
** Medikit, diagnosis device
** Scanner, radar
** Cooker, microwave, food generator
** Microscope
** Telescope
** Simulator, virtual reality, holodeck (''Star Trek'')


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