Mechanics 1 - wheels, levers 2 - gears 3 - hydraulics/pneumatics 4 - machined parts 5 - micro mechanics 6 - nanotech 7 - molecular mechanics Electric/Electronic 1 - simple electromagnetic effects 2 - vacuum tubes 3 - semiconductors 4 - integrated circuits 5 - superconductors 6 - quantum control 7 - quark control Materials 1 - natural (wood, stone) 2 - metals 3 - ceramics/glass 4 - plastics 5 - advanced ceramics 6 - compound materials 7 - ultralight/ultracondensed materials 8 - shaped enery EM-Waves 1 - simple optics 2 - radio 3 - x-ray 4 - laser 5 - ultrashort pulses 6 - extreme frequency 7 - wave nets/wave grids Time-Space 1 - space shaping 2 - local time influencing 3 - space control 4 - time control 5 - probability levels 6 - subspace manipulation Hyperspace 1 - hyper crystals/hyperwave transmission 2 - hyperwave scanning 3 - hyperspace movement 4 - hyperspace (energy) scooping 5 - zero time computing Cyber/Biotech 1 - muscle-controlled attachments 2 - nerve coupling 3 - augmentation devices 4 - emotio and reflex transmission/mind controlled devices 5 - articicial intelligence 6 - biotech compound devices 7 - artficial life Psionics 1 - mind detection 2 - thought amplification 3 - mind control 4 - artficial psionics 5 - alternate reality Next thing is to make up a list of devices that use the technologies. The idea, influenced by suggestions from R. Dan Henry, is that a device uses several technologies of different levels: Examples: Electric light (bulb): Matrials (3) Electric/Electronic (1) Electric light (fluorescent tubes): Matrials (4) Electric/Electronic (2) Steam engine: Mechanics (2) Materials (3) Electric/Electronic (1) Combustion engine: Mechanics (2) Materials (4) Electric/Electronic (1) Electric engine: Mechanics (2) Materials (4) Electric/Electronic (1) Laser pistol: Materials (5) Electric/Electronic (4) Mechanics (3) EM-Waves (4) Zero delay long-range communicator: Materials (6) Mechanics (3) Electric/Electronic (5) Hyperspace (1) Radio Mechanics (4) Electric/Electronic (3) Materials (4) EM-Waves (2) Pocket Radio Mechanics (4) Electric/Electronic (4) Materials (4) EM-Waves (2) Mechanical watch Mechanics (4) Materials (4) Electronic watch Mechanics (4) Materials (4) Electric/Electronic (4) Holographic projector Mechanics (5) Materials (5) Electric/Electronic (4) EM-Waves (4) Hypnotic-teaching device Mechanics (6) Materials (5) Electric/Electronic (5) EM-Waves (5) Psionics (3) Hyperspace jumpdrive Mechanics (6) Materials (6) Electric/Electronic (6) EM-Waves (7) Hyperspace (3) Continuous Hyperdrive Mechanics (6) Materials (7) Electric/Electronic (7) EM-Waves (7) Hyperspace (3) Personal teleport device Mechanics (7) Materials (8) Electric/Electronic (7) EM-Waves (7) Hyperspace (3) Water boiler Mechanics (2) Materials (3) Electric/Electronic (1) Hyperscoop Mechanics (7) Materials (7) Electric/Electronic (7) EM-Waves (7) Hyperspace (4) Force field generator Mechanics (5) Materials (6) Electric/Electronic (6) EM-Waves (7) Vacuum tube EM Amplifier Mechanics (4) Electric/Electronic (2) Materials (3) EM-Waves (1) Vacuum cleaner Mechanics (3) Electric/Electronic (1) Materials (4)