Devices that interact with or exploit dimensions beyond the standard three of space and one of time. This is the applied wing of the theory. Think: sensors that detect 4D spatial anomalies, communication devices that send data through a folded 5th dimension (explaining FTL), storage devices that use extra dimensions for near-infinite capacity, or weapons that project force from a direction you can't perceive or shield against. They operate on principles that are literally unimaginable to a 3D-bound brain.
*Example: "The alien probe wasn't cloaked; it was using N-Dimensional technology. It existed partially in a rotated 4th spatial dimension. To our 3D sensors, it was just a shimmering, impossible cross-section that we could see but not physically touch or scan, like a 2D being trying to grab the middle of a 3D pencil." N-Dimensional Technologies
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*Example: "The mystic said he perceived 4D shapes during meditation. The hard problem of N-Dimensionality: any description he gives will be a 3D shadow or metaphor ('it was like a constantly turning inside-out cube'). We have no language or sensorium for the real thing. Proof is impossible, because any evidence would, by definition, manifest within our dimensional prison."*
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