Andromeda: People: Bots and Droids
There is a myriad of high tech gadgetry and special stuff on-board the Andromeda. They are all fun!
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Technology
The Prisoner: Technology: Social Conversion Unit
The ultrasonic Social Conversion procedure was developed by formerly disharmonious Number 86 to quickly and efficiently modify the antisocial behavior of Unmutuals to conform to our normal standards of social operation, allowing them to become peaceful, cooperative members of the Village.
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The Prisoner: Technology: Reaction Transmitter
A reaction transmitter is small device used in conjunction with hypnosis to create a human tracking system.
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The Prisoner: Science: Neuroelectric Facilitator
Neuropharmacologist Number 14 invented and developed a machine which translates electrical impulses from REM sleep in sedated individuals into visual and audio signals, thus allowing observation of their dreams on a screen.
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The Prisoner: Technology: Forcefield
At times it is necessary to provide security to certain areas of the Village while maintaining the illusion of freedom of movement. For this reason, the forcefields were installed at the Town Hall and Administration.
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The Prisoner: Technology: Ships, Boats, Rafts
Planes, Trains and Automobiles are for wimps! Proper prisoners steal Ships, Boats and Rafts.
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The Prisoner: Science: Rover
Rovers, the Village Guardians, roam the Village and its outskirts as a constant reminder that there is no escape.
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The Prisoner: Science: Super Strength Meprobamate
Standard meprobamate, developed by F.M. Berger and B.J. Ludwig under the name Miltown, is an anti-anxiety drug which balances the chemistry in the limbic system and thalamus.
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The Prisoner: Science: Mytol
Mytol is the trade name of one of over 1500 drugs synthesized from the benzodiazepine group after the discovery of substance Ro-5-0690
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The Prisoner: Science: Virtual Reality Scenario
This procedure is used only in the most extreme cases of Cult of the Individual.
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The Prisoner: Technology: Speedlearn
Speedlearn is a revolutionary educational technique involving a combination of courses designed by a mass education computer known as the General.
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The Prisoner: Technology: Supercomputers
The underground control and administrative areas of the Village house many large computers which our staff rely on to interpret events and analyze Village behavior.
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The Prisoner: Technology: Electropass
An electropass is a device which allows high-ranking Village personnel freedom of movement while Rovers are present.
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The Prisoner: Science: Cloning
Clones appear throughout the Village in different areas, from general laborers to special-case Prisoners and even as a Number 2. It is unclear what the procedure is for clone design.
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The Prisoner: Science: Enhanced Hypnosis
Hypnosis provides a clean and simple way of managing the behavior of individual prisoners when an Infiltrator or Clone may not be practical because of time restraints.
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The Prisoner: Technology: Paralyzer
The Village is equipped throughout with different methods of stunning and temporary paralysis.
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The Prisoner: Technology: The Saltzman Machine
Jacob Saltzman (sometimes spelled “Seltzman”) developed a machine which allows the transference of consciousness from one body to another.
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Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy: Science: Babelfish
The Babel Fish is small, yellow, leechlike and probably the oddest thing in the universe. It feeds on brainwave energy, absorbing all unconscious frequencies and the excreting telepathically a matrix from the conscious frequencies and nerve signals…
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Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy: Science: Deep Thought
Deep Thought (no relation to Deep Throat although the very reverend Douglas Adams no doubt intended us to contemplate such an idea) was constructed by a race of pan dimensional mega beings as a supercomputer.
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Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy: Science: Sirius Cybernetics Corp.
The Sirius Cybernetics Corporation is responsible for the development of the most popular range of domestic and industrial robots. The marketing division defines a robot as “Your plastic pal who’s fun to be with.”
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Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy: Science: Infinite Improbability Drive
This is the latest way of travelling through space without out the need for all that tedious jumping in and out of hyperspace. The principal of generating finite amounts of improbability are so bloody obvious that I wont go into them here.
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Dune: Technology: Spice
Melange (me’lange also ma,lanj) n-s, origin uncertain (thought to derive from the ancient Terran Franzh): a. mixture of spice; b. spice of Arrakis (Dune) with geriatric properties first noted by Yanshuph Ashkoko, royal chemist in reign of Shakkad the Wise.
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Dune: Technology: Stone Burner
A stone burner is hands-down the most destructive weapon in the Dune universe, and maybe in all of sci-fi.
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Dune: Technology: Heighliner
These asteroid sized space ships are the how most people and cargo are transported between the various planets, moons and systems of the Empire.
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Dune: Technology: Ornithopters
Ornithopters, or thopters as they are commonly referred to, are the most common small transport vessels in the Imperium. These ships are capable of carrying 6 passengers, 9 if the back seats are removed.
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Dune: Technology: Shields
No respectable house leader or space craft would be caught without a shield. Shields are the most common protection measures in the Dune universe. They prevent any fast moving object from passing through their field. Shields function because of a Holtman field.
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Dune: Technology: Suspenders
Suspenders is also another common technology employed by humans that utilizes a Holtzman field.
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