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** Holographic (3D) recording
** Holographic (3D) recording
** Recording with limited interactive ability (cf. the movie ''I, Robot'')
** Recording with limited interactive ability (cf. the movie ''I, Robot'')
** Miniature spy camera or audio device ("bug")
* 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


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Revision as of 04:56, 31 October 2005

(This is a stub, referenced by Magic)

Advanced technology

  • 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
    • 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
  • 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)
    • 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)
  • 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")
  • 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