mobe

A small cubic pamnetic memory chip that stores all a person's data, programs, buying habits, music, GPS coordinates, credit cards, passwords, etc. Can be installed inside cellphones, laptops or under the skin. Uses Bluetooth to communicate with other devices. Contains orders of magnitude more memory than current chips since pamnetic circuits spans multiple layers of silicon. Mobe is slang for mobile.

Folio

Page-based computer. Can be laptop- or cellphone-sized. Device contains anywhere from two to ten flippable 'pages' of semi-rigid plastic mated to a slim processor case used to display web pages, software applications, magazine and newspaper subscriptions or digital ink documents. A technical compromise recognizing the fact that despite computer advancements, humans still remain paper-based.

Epaulette

The NSA's new eavesdropping computer that dissects and analyzes graphic and video files for content and coded messages hidden inside. Follow-on to the current Echelon program, an audio listener.

NCI

Non-cooperative Interrogation. A classified government process of identifying and pinpointing any device on the Internet by the use of an intrusive electronic ping. IC manufacturers have been tattooing their chips for years with unique silicon fingerprints and storing the data in NSA's massive AQUAMARINE supercomputer. NCI is managed by the director for Network Attack.

Ortholeptic Projector

An array of nano-LEDs that, when placed in the brim of a hat or inside a pair of sunglasses, shines down on the wearer's face in such a manner to disguise his appearance by simulating false skin color, blemishes, wrinkles or bone structure. Typically used by spies or famous celebrities.

Thumpers

Otherwise normal humans who have been given exceptional strength, agility and sensory acuity through the use of Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation. Though short-term benefits are significant, long-term effects often result in mental retardation and death as hundreds of miniature coils are used to 'thump' select parts of the brain, killing or injuring them so that the other side of the brain can pick up the slack, unimpeded.

Side-Channel Attack

Breaking electronic locks and passcodes by observing a processor's power usage and CPU cycles. Instead of running through a sequence of numbers, a device's current spikes and response times are monitored. When they spike, it is indicative of a near-miss and this information enables a hacker to break a lock in minutes instead of hours or days. This is the way the Sovereign Forces use to break the POTUS permissive-action-links and reprogram the Minuteman MIRVs.