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| Conductive Film | ||
| A spray-on conductor capable of carrying a signal. |
| Gersen worked deftly and quickly. He inserted a trifle of receptor tape into the angle between door molding and wall, where it became for all practical purposes invisible. Using a pressure canister he sprayed a trail of conductive film from the tape around the door casing into the adjoining office and around the walls to the window...He touched his detector to the conductive trail he had sprayed upon the wall and turned high the volume...Presently he heard Panshaw's voice:'What caused the alarm?' 'Lumen impact, brief and low intensity' |
| From The Face,
by Jack Vance. Published by DAW in 1979 Additional resources -
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(Thanks to Richard Probert for this item.)
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