A small secure container for the transport of messages or other small objects. Shamelessly ripped from the Da Vinci Code.

A staple of sci-fi, the holo-projection table

non-mecha robots designed and used by the space mining company ElectroCorp

With mass produced manufactured food, adding flavor is a vital part of eating in the Cosmic Era

Similar to the ubiquitous wojek, an auto-detek is a an automatic detective.

The projector drone allows the operator to project a 3D image of life-like quality with sound and real-time movement. Ideal for personal defense, distraction, and amusement.

In the far future, tiny bots injected into the body can do great good-or great harm, depending on what kind of bots they are.

Borrowed from Battlestar Galactica

Sometimes it is not wise to carry a weapon. Noble dignitaries can't very well bring a sword to negotiate with a rival family, an assassin cannot walk into a public event with daggers on his belt and a priest with a dangerous past cannot risk his position in the church by carrying a dangerous weapon. However, that doesn't mean that carrying a weapon is not necessary. The following is a list of seemingly mundane items that contain a deadly, hidden blade.

A class of cybernetic prosthetics worn over the face

Relying entirely on A-pods for flight, the Kaze class of aircraft is well known, and the Nipponese Fuijin is the best known Kaze type.

A collection of legendary guqin (a specific type of Chinese string instrument) from actual history (2nd of my Chinese Lore series)

Screenery - the images and loops shown on large screens and monitors inside space stations, arcos, and geofronts to counter the feeling of oppression or claustrophobia that can occur in such enclosed locations.

Expertise on a tab? Of course! Sign me up!

The Advance of Technology seems unstoppable. Some things while possible are probably best not produced...

One of the most common healing devices found in the world of Therafter. Suitable for near future settings.

When a future imagines something as fantastic as faster than light travel it has also to imagine a fantastic power source.

The term Sensors refers to a broad range of devices on a space ship that are used to observe the environment outside the spacecraft. Some sensor systems are passive, absorbing and processing information. Other systems are active: provoking objects in space to gain information.

The term Sensors refers to a broad range of devices on a space ship that are used to observe the environment outside the spacecraft. But sometimes what you really need to do is stick your head out the window and have a look. In deep space it is better if you ask your drone to do it for you.