History Main / TechnoPath

%%** To wit: Static generally does this because LightningDoesEverything. [[GadgeteerGenius Gear]] is an inversion (in the animated series anyway); his [[RobotBuddy computer Backpack]] can communicate with him.

* In ''Film/SkyHigh2005'', Gwen Grayson's superpower is her ability to control technology with her mind. [[spoiler:Under her original identity, Sue Tenny, this made her an outcast and got her [[PopularityPolynomial relegated to sidekick class]] while the popular kids called her a MadScientist, as [[BornInTheWrongCentury technopathy]] was [[WhatKindOfLamePowerIsHeartAnyway not seen as particularly useful]] back in TheSeventies -- and [[CreateYourOwnVillain sure enough]], she became the {{supervillain}} Royal Pain. After a battle with the Armstrongs resulted in her being de-aged, she returned to Sky High in the '00s and found that, in a more computer-driven society, [[HeartIsAnAwesomePower her power is actually extremely potent]], and on her second go-around, her powers made her [[AlphaBitch the most popular girl in school]].]]

Compare with WalkingTechfix, which is usually not deliberate. Contrast with MachineEmpathy, where a character is closely attuned to a machine's behavior simply due to prolonged experience, and TechnoWizard for people capable of only ''metaphorical'' wizardry. Not to be confused with WalkingTechbane, which is when a person is destructive to technology just by being near it.

* In ''ComicBook/AstroCity'', the heroic Assemblyman is suggested to be one of these, and he is shown controlling and reconfiguring machines into various weapons. There is also a civilian named Magda who can "talk" to machines and persuade them to do things; she uses her powers to [[MundaneUtility restore classic cars.]]

** The Deadly Sixfrom ''VideoGame/SonicLostWorld' also have this ability, being able to control dozens of Dr. Eggman's mechs at will. It's the reason why Eggman needed the Cacophonic Conch to subdue them; once Sonic brashly knocked it out of his hands thinking it was just another tool of Eggman's, they immediately went rogue and outgunned the doctor with ease.

* This is the ability of the [[PsychicPowers "witch"]] [[AllWomenAreLustful Kazumi Schlierenzauer]] from ''Manga/BrynhildrInTheDarkness''. Later it turns out that there are two more "witches" who have the same ability.

* Weisz Steiner from ''Manga/EdensZero'' has a form of [[MagicByAnyOtherName Ether Gear]] called Machina Maker that lets him create and remodel machines in an instant through physical contact. As a young man, he can use this power to repair broken machine parts, construct artificial limbs, transform weapons, and upgrade spaceships mid-flight. His skills as an older man are said to be on a whole other level, however; as [[RobotBuddy Happy]] can attest to, he can [[BrainUploading transfer living creatures' minds into mechanical bodies]] that are completely indistinguishable from their organic forms. When sufficiently pissed off, he also shows he can do things like [[spoiler:convert a {{Cyborg}}'s mechanical body into a [[WhyAmITicking walking bomb]].]]
* ''Anime/ElHazardTheMagnificentWorld'': Makoto. this makes convincing a [[PersonOfMassDestruction Demon God]] [[RobotGirl Android]] to change sides (with [[{{Robosexual}} romance]]!) a tad easier.
* The Dark Sisters in the second ''VideoGame/GalaxyFrauleinYuna'' OVA had sophisticated control over machines.
* In ''Anime/GaoGaiGar'', Guy is a technopath. Or just plain awesome. He can summon a giant mecha-lion or transformable jet-plane by just yelling. He even does it once while being in space without wearing a space-suit. After he becomes an Evoluder, he is able to interface with machinery and computers. In FINAL, he uses his powers to overcome a lock on Orbit Base's computer system, and also to pilot Phantom Gao. In his battle with Palparepa, [[spoiler: he uses it to turn Palparepa's nanomachines against him (although this doesn't have quite the intended effect)]].
* Psycommu ("Psychic Communicator") technology in the Universal Century of ''Franchise/{{Gundam}}'' is all about this: machines that can interpret the psychic emanations of Newtypes as commands. It started with Zeon's Elmeth mobile armor in ''Anime/MobileSuitGundam'' and continued in the Psyco Gundams of ''[[Anime/MobileSuitZetaGundam Zeta Gundam]]'' and the "Funnel" AttackDrone systems, all the way up to the [[Anime/MobileSuitGundamUnicorn Unicorn Gundam's]] NT-D system, which allows total psychic control over the entire mobile suit.
** Official info says that ''[[Anime/MobileSuitGundamWing Gundam Wing]]''[='s=] ZERO System sets up a mental link between pilot and machine, allowing for speed-of-thought reaction times. Combined with the amount of battle data fed directly into the pilot's brain, this makes the system extremely dangerous to use since it can send anything other than a perfectly focused mind spiraling into total madness.

** Paisley Park, the Stand of Yasuho Hirose from ''Manga/{{JoJolion}}'', has the ability to manipulate technology to guide Yasuho and her allies to the optimal outcome for her. It's done such things as hijack a GPS system, switch around some google search results, and - on multiple occasions - hack into security footage to track an enemy.
* Out of all the people with PsychicPowers in ''Manga/KimagureOrangeRoad'', [[YamatoNadeshiko Manami]] is implied to have this specific skill. More exactly, she shows it off when [[spoiler:she secretly erases a videotape that contains proof of her younger sister's {{telepathy}}, without touching it.]]

* Fujimaru from ''Manga/SnowWhiteAndSevenDwarfs'' is able to literally talk with machinery. [[spoiler:His full ability, when he takes off his PowerLimiter, includes being able to become a part of the machine, hijacking it altogether]].

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** Gear (himself a RidiculouslyHumanRobot) from the post-reboot Legion, via UnusualUserInterface.
* ''ComicBook/{{Batgirl}}'': Oracle (a.k.a. Barbara Gordon), is normally only a hypercompetent PlayfulHacker, but she develops technopathic abilities after a [[TheVirus remnant]] of [[Characters/SupermanBrainiacCharacter Brainiac]] decides to use her as a [[FetusTerrible brood mare]] so he can reconstitute. She manages to defeat him, but some programming is left behind, and decides to enhance her of its own accord, giving her subdermal circuitry and the like. This programming allows her to control computers remotely through a mask interface. Eventually, it gets [[AIIsACrapshoot too big for its britches]], and is removed surgically.

** [[Characters/SupermanBrainiacCharacter Brainiac]] and his counterpart from the ComicBook/LegionOfSuperHeroes, Brainiac 5. In fact, this is one of Brainiac's few consistent powers, alongside his SuperIntelligence.

** ''ComicBook/WonderWoman1942'': Professor Menace can control his Wonder Woman duplicate robot remotely using his mind and when the thing is electrocuted and shorted out he gets a painful bit of feedback. He later controls three different robots this way, but seems to have sorted out the feedback problems.

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* ''ComicBook/AvengersArena'' has [[spoiler:Apex and her twin brother Tim, who are technopaths]].
* [[Characters/MarvelComicsOttoOctavius Doctor Octopus]] has been getting this attributed to him lately.
* Thanks to {{Nanomachines}}, ComicBook/IronMan can directly interface with most digital technology ''using only his mind''. Still, it gets some getting used to, as [[spoiler:people start thinking he's schizophrenic because he's suffering from a form of 'information overflow' and can't turn it off -- though his hallucinations do come in handy with regards to the plot]]. [[StatusQuoIsGod He lost this power]] after ''ComicBook/SecretInvasion''.

* The third [[Characters/MarvelComicsLoki Loki]] from ''ComicBook/TheMightyThor'' exhibits technomantic affinity in their [[ComicBook/LokiAgentOfAsgard solo series]]; of course, in this case, this means actual magic. We don't know exactly how they do it, but they claim that it's easy because ''technology is very gullible'', so it might involve [[ConsummateLiar lying]]. ''ComicBook/UltronForever'' also features a possible future version of Loki who has been transformed into a ContagiousAI against his will.

* Because it was spawned when [[Characters/MarvelComicsCarnage Carnage]] was being used as [[OrganicTechnology organic circuitry]] for a [[ArtificialLimbs prosthetic arm]], the symbiote named Scorn is described as not being able to discern the difference between technology and organics, freely capable of manipulating both. Carnage eventually learns how to do this, and turns ComicBook/IronMan's own armor against him.
** In the 100th ''ComicBook/SpiderMan'' anniversary issue, in fact an issue only depicting what a 100th anniversary story would be like, ComicBook/{{Venom}} has been modified to be able to control and travel through electronics.

** [[Characters/MarvelComicsApocalypse Apocalypse]] is one of the greatest, as well as most convoluted, examples of this power -- ironically enough, because infecting [[ComicBook/{{Cable}} Nathan Summers]] with his T.O. virus as a child had his older future self come after him in the past, demonstrating his own technopathic abilities, and [[StableTimeLoop infecting En Sabah Nur with his own techno-organic pathogen that he'd grow into when Cable killed him]].
** [[Characters/MarvelComicsXMan Nate Grey]] is also capable of technopathy, via one of the more arcane uses of his vast PsychicPowers, scanning a database in seconds. He rarely uses it, as he rarely needs to -- given that he's the most powerful psychic in the Marvel Universe at his peak and an outright RealityWarper, this is not surprising.

** Madison Jeffries, formerly of ComicBook/AlphaFlight and later a recruit of the Characters/XClub, can reshape metal, plastic and glass at will, often by talking to it.

** The mutant called the Reanimator, who can control anything electronic (such as [[HumongousMecha Sentinels]]. Uh-oh!).

* In ''ComicBook/AstroCity,'' the heroic Assemblyman is suggested to be one of these, and he is shown controlling and reconfiguring machines into various weapons. There is also a civilian named Magda who can "talk" to machines and persuade them to do things; she uses her powers to [[MundaneUtility restore classic cars.]]
* Willow the cybernetic telepath from the comic ''ComicBook/{{Dreadstar}}''. (Unusually, she is also a conventional telepath.)

* Electro, from ''Fanfic/CalvinAndHobbesTheSeries'', uses this to take over [[GadgeteerGenius Calvin's]] many inventions twice.
* Shirley Fenette in ''Fanfic/JusticeSocietyOfJapan'' has a very powerful [[PowerIncontinence (and hard to control)]] variant of this power.

* Jaune in ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/11235609/chapters/25109694 Shattered Stars]]''. He's the only reason why they haven't replaced [[CoolStarship the Beacon's]] nearly unreadable OS. He also has a tendency to ''actually'' talk to the machines. As if they were [[CompanionCube real people]]. And call them things like [[CargoShip "sexy" or "beautiful"]]. [[DidISayThatOutloud Out loud]], sometimes forgetting that there are other people in the room who don't know he's a technopath.
* This is part of the standard powerset for earth-aspected humans in the ''Fanfic/OversaturatedWorld''. Technology of all kinds simply works ''better'' for earth-aspects, in ways ranging from Diamond Tiara's ability to bully computer programs into doing what she wants all the way to the way Applejack's tools have become sharper and more durable and her farm vehicles more fuel-efficient and requiring less maintenance.
* ''Fanfic/TriptychContinuum'': This turns out to be part of [[spoiler:Rachette's hybrid]] magic. [[spoiler: By smearing a ''[[{{Magitek}} device]]'' with her blood, she]] telepathically links to that ''device'', enabling [[spoiler:her to power]], activate, and control it.

* Franchise/RoboCop has an [[UnusualUserInterface Universal Interface Spike]] in his arm that can talk to any computer in TheVerse. It also has [[BladeBelowTheShoulder stabbity applications]].

* Gwen Grayson from ''Film/SkyHigh2005'' is the TropeNamer, her superpower being her ability to control technology with her mind. [[spoiler:Under her original identity, Sue Tenny, this made her an outcast and got her [[PopularityPolynomial relegated to sidekick class]] while the popular kids called her a MadScientist, as [[BornInTheWrongCentury technopathy]] was [[WhatKindOfLamePowerIsHeartAnyway not seen as particularly useful]] back in TheSeventies -- and [[CreateYourOwnVillain sure enough]], she became the {{supervillain}} Royal Pain. After a battle with the Armstrongs resulted in her being de-aged, she returned to Sky High in the '00s and found that, in a more computer-driven society, [[HeartIsAnAwesomePower her power is actually extremely potent]], and on her second go-around her powers made her [[AlphaBitch the most popular girl in school]].]]

* Jedi in ''Franchise/StarWars'' effectively have this [[DependingOnTheWriter occasionally]]. Notably in the ''Film/RevengeOfTheSith'' novelization Obi-Wan seems to use this several times; first triggering the full reverse function on his starfighter before it crashes and twice [[FlawExploitation reversing the polarity of the components of mechanical hands and causing them to open]]. He even does this to Anakin, who is stronger in the Force, though he notes ItOnlyWorksOnce.

* ''Film/UpUpAndAway'': Adam Marshall (AKA Silver Charge) can manipulate electromagnetic fields. He can, reportedly, use them to hack into computers. However, the one time we're shown him attempting, he gets overexcited and fries the machine. He is much better at causing LaserGuidedAmnesia in people.

* Summer from ''Film/ZoomAcademyForSuperheroes''' telepathy works on machines as well as people. She can combine it with her telekinesis to fix machines, similar to Gwen Grayson.

* Not shown, but referenced in ''Literature/{{Animorphs}}''. Ax complains about primitive human computers not even having a psychic link.[[note]]Since the Andalite's normal mode of communication is telepathic anyway, this is basically equivalent to ordinary voice recognition.[[/note]]

* Angie Mitchell from Creator/WilliamGibson's ''Literature/CountZero'' and ''Literature/MonaLisaOverdrive'' had her nervous system modified with bioware designed by A.I.s which enabled her to connect to the series' equivalent of the internet by thought alone and granted her considerable hacking skills.
%%* Gaby is one in the Literature/DocSidhe novels.

* In Rhiannon Lassiter's ''[[http://www.rhiannonlassiter.com/books/hex.html Hex]]'' series feature genetically engineered humans capable of interfacing directly with computers.
* Mostly the [[TheCracker cybreakers]] and the mnemonics in ''Literature/TheHistoryOfTheGalaxy'' later (timeline-wise) novels, but also anyone with a simple brain implant that translates brainwaves into digital commands which allows them to mentally control household appliances and the like. One of the novels mentions a cybreaker who was threatened with a gun (a futuristic {{Magnetic Weapon|s}}), while he remotely disabled the firing circuit (wouldn't have happened with a conventional gun, but those are nigh-impossible to find). Also, when a bunch of thugs attempt to physically assault him in a restaurant, he takes control of one of the server robots and has it stab one of the thugs before asking the others if they would like a table. They can also use the same brain implants that everyone has to conduct ElectronicTelepathy.

* ''Literature/TheMarkOfTheDragonfly'': [[spoiler:Piper turns out to be one.]]

* The ''Literature/SholanAlliance'' series features Kusac. He has endured [[spoiler: being TouchedByVorlons and]] some psychic TrainingFromHell in order to achieve this.

%%* This is Kit's specialty in the ''Literature/YoungWizards'' books.
%%** And later Dairine's.

* ''Series/TheFortyFourHundred'': In "Ghost in the Machine", Warren Trask gained the ability to control machines after taking promicin. This was not immediately apparent as he had a stroke which rendered him unable to speak or move before his powers manifested. However, Warren's mental faculties were unaffected. He managed to tap into the computers running his life support and spread a virus to every operating system developed by Ubient Software from [=ATMs=] and laptops to government mainframes and international banking databases. This had a severe effect on the global economy. Warren did so out of revenge as Ubient's CEO Drew Imroth stole the idea for the operating system Enzyme from him in the early 1980s and made billions while he received only $100,000 as part of an out of court settlement.

* The eponymous character from the TV series ''[[Series/Jake20 Jake 2.0]]'', although, while he can remotely hack into a computer to display certain information, he still needs to read it normally.
* Ryan Walker from Series/MechX4 uses technopathy to disrupt electronics and change information on computer screens, usually to help him and his friends get into places or escape from situations. He also uses it to pilot the giant robot MECH-X4.

** When Rodney accelerated his own evolution in "Tao of Rodney", he gained psychic powers, among other things. They were revealed to the team in a skirmish with the Genii where Rodney won the battle for them by thinking "wouldn't it be awesome if suddenly the Genii troopers' weapons jammed?" Guess what happened.

* Wrestling/TheUndertaker usually just messed with Wrestling/{{WWE}} sound and display systems but has done other things, like cause motor vehicles to move without drivers. Supposedly, this is an extension of his [[LightningCanDoAnything lightning summoning powers.]][[/folder]]

* In the TabletopGame/D20Modern setting Urban Arcana, a 2nd level Techno Mage gains a +2 Competence Bonus to any skill checks involving technology, and can use any technology even if untrained in the relevant skill. While it is called MachineEmpathy, this class and ability has more of a technopath feel.
* In ''[[TabletopGame/{{Deadlands}} Deadlands: Hell On Earth]]'', Junkers achieve this effect through shamanistic interactions with a special kind of tech spirit called a browser spirit. Since the game is set AfterTheEnd, there are a lot of disembodied tech spirits floating around, and Junkers create new bodies for them to live in out of spare parts. It's kind of like tech-necromancy. While most tech spirits just inhabit their new bodies, browser spirits can communicate telepathically with any Junker that touches their body, and the most powerful kind of browser spirit keeps up a permanent telepathic link with the Junker who made its body.
* In the third edition of ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons''' ''TabletopGame/{{Eberron}}'' setting, there were some [[GadgeteerGenius Artificers]] whose powers came from [[PsychicPowers Psionics]] rather than [[{{Magitek}} magic]], essentially making them this.
* TabletopGame/{{GURPS}} has a whole setting about this trope, by the name of ''[[TabletopGame/GURPSTechnomancer Technomancer]]''. ''Psionic Powers'' brings us Cyberpsi, which has similar effects, but doesn't use spells, leaning toward more of a ComboPlatterPowers approach.
* Palladium's [=RPGs=], especially ''TabletopGame/HeroesUnlimited'' and ''TabletopGame/{{Rifts}}'' has the ability/power Telemechanics, which makes the user into a Technopath.
** In ''Rifts'' particularly, this ability was how Hagan Lonovich became Archie-3's idea man.

* In the TabletopGame/NewWorldOfDarkness,
** Fan-supplement ''TabletopGame/GeniusTheTransgression'', every PC is (or can be) one.
** ''TabletopGame/GeistTheSinEaters'' gives us the Industrial Key, which, when filtered through the right Manifestation, allows a Sin-Eater to gain control over a building and every device therein (Boneyard), install technology right into their body (Caul), understand just how a device works (Oracle), or manipulate a device from afar (Marionette). They do have a limitation, however; seeing as they derive their powers from the Underworld, they're better off dealing with "anachrotech," and take penalties when dealing with newer technologies. So, it's easier to hack a Model T than it is an iPhone.
** The Embassy to Machines in ''TabletopGame/PrincessTheHopeful''. Members of this Embassy never take penalties for trying to use unfamiliar technology, can automatically succeed on any roll to operate a machine by spending Willpower, can infuse a machine with Light to make it function more effectively, and more.
** Pretty much every nWoD splat, save Hunter, deals with this in some way. It's an animistic world, after all.
* This was split into the psychic powers "Cyberkinesis" and "Cyberpathy" in the Sorcerer supplement to the TabletopGame/OldWorldOfDarkness game ''TabletopGame/MageTheAscension''.

* ''TabletopGame/{{Shadowrun}}'' most hackers have to use a hacking rig called a cyberdeck which had to be connected by a [[BrainComputerInterface datajack]]. Then came the Otaku, kids who had a mysterious ability to interface with machinery and [[TheAlternet the matrix]] with nothing but a datajack, no extra equipment needed. Then the Crash 2.0 happened, and the Matrix was relaunched in a wireless format, and [[EverythingIsOnline practically everything]] is connected, even things that shouldn't be. The Otaku all disappeared when the wired internet got blown up, and were replaced by Technomancers, whose brains have an equally mysterious ability to access the new wireless internet by thought alone. In addition, they have access to the Resonance. Nobody is quite sure what it is, but the best guess is that it's the raw "stuff" of the Matrix, giving technomancers strange, impossible-on-paper abilities, including making simple AIs called sprites.
* ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}}'' has several examples.

*** Speaking of the Mechanicus, a subsect called the Machine Empaths are trained to interact and coax the A.I. of an object into cooperation. Higher members can literally feel what a machine is thinking without a direct link.

* In ''VideoGame/Borderlands2'', [[spoiler:Angel]] has this power due to [[spoiler:being a Siren. She is networked into every machine in Pandora and is essentially a living supercomputer.]]

* In all three ''Franchise/MassEffect'' games, classes like the Engineer and Infiltrator have a natural affinity for all things electronic, which translates into abilities like Overload, (AI) hacking and summoning combat drones. Certain squad members have these abilities as well.
** ''VideoGame/MassEffect3'' shows that due to Commander Shepard's experiences with the Prothean Beacons and the Cipher, they are recognised by ''all'' Prothean technology as though they ''were'' a member of the species. This also implanted Shepard with a unconscious understanding of the Prothean language as well as letting them view data recordings, which other species can only see as static. Shepard also demonstrates on [[spoiler: Thessia]], they have a limited ability to sense Prothean Beacons.
%%* [[BigBad Octalus Percy Defoe]] and [[LoveInterest Laurie Hemmings]] in ''VideoGame/ThePKGirl''. While PsychicPowers are uncommon in the setting, technopathy is ''extremely rare'' and the former...''[[StalkerWithATestTube desires]]'' the latter for this reason.

* [[MouthOfSauron The Black Signal]] of ''VideoGame/TheSecretWorld'' possesses this ability and uses it to the fullest possible extent in every single appearance: [[DoNotAdjustYourSet hijacking]] Masao Tanaka's emergency address, using Ricky Pagan's boom box to transmit a BreakingSpeech, and seizing control of every single Orochi drone, tank and HumongousMecha in the Manufactory are just a ''few'' of the things he gets up to. For good measure, he's even able to communicate with you by ''[[LeaningOnTheFourthWall hacking the game's lore]].'' [[spoiler: It's eventually revealed that he's actually a [[DigitizedHacker disembodied Filth-entity haunting the electronic systems of Tokyo]]; he can easily create a body of pure [[TheCorruption Filth]] for him to inhabit, but he prefers to work exclusively with tech.]]

* The [[MineralMacGuffin Phantom Ruby]] [[spoiler:and by extension, [[VideoGame/SonicForces Infinite]]]] from ''VideoGame/SonicMania'' can do this as part of its RealityWarper abilities, giving powerful upgrades to the Hard-Boiled Heavies [[spoiler:as well as Metal Sonic in ''Forces'']].
** The [[VideoGame/SonicLostWorld Deadly Six]] also have this ability, being able to control dozens of Dr. Eggman's mechs at will. It's the reason why Eggman needed the Cacophonic Conch to subdue them; once Sonic brashly knocked it out of his hands thinking it was just another tool of Eggman's, they immediately went rogue and outgunned the doctor with ease.

* The protagonist of ''VideoGame/WatchDogs'' has the ability to hack anything. ''Anything.'' Black out city blocks, mess with traffic lights, make individual machines activate, hack [=ATMs=], you name it, even stand-alone things like forklifts or cars. Sure, he uses a backdoor program and the city's universal free wi-fi to enable this, but there's essentially nothing electronic he can't bend to his will.
** For some reason, this includes [[spoiler:the BigBad's pacemaker]].

%%* "Lanterns" from Webcomic/TheGreeningWars have this distinct property in addition to ShockAndAwe, they also act as The Greening's communication network.
* ''Webcomic/MagickChicks'': [[{{meganekko}} Sandi]] [[TheSmartGuy Mnemonic]] has the ability to [[http://www.magickchicks.com/strips-mc/she_looks_out_for_us mentally project her very own i-Pad]], which she uses for storing, researching, and categorizing data. She's even talented enough that [[http://www.magickchicks.com/strips-mc/forces_of_darkness she can project multiple holo-screens at once]], with each containing separate bits of information; including video feeds. Which is the reason. [[StudentCouncilPresident Faith]] chose her as her personal secretary.

* ''Webcomic/SleeplessDomain'': Techno Blitz has the power to summon and manipulate various forms of [[{{Magitek}} magical technology]]. She's been able to, for example, summon and control a small robotic surveillance drone, and fabricate a fully-functioning prosthetic arm for Mingxing.

* ''Literature/TheJournalEntries'' has people with a whole raft of psychic powers, including this one, called cyberpathy in this setting. It is also present reverse, with AIs that are telepathic with organics. There are also a whole series of artificial interfaces that produce equivalent results, from external headbands to multiple generations of implants.

* Samantha Harrison from ''Literature/{{Phaeton}}'', technically she is a machine herself but who cares when you can order the gun pointed at you head to dismantle itself.

* The now-deleted[[labelnote:*]]In short, the author threw a hissy-fit and demanded that all of his works be deleted from the site[[/labelnote]] but still well remembered [[Website/SCPFoundation SCP-808]] (a.k.a. Alice). An otherwise normal girl, her ability to communicate with machines is complicated by the fact that the machines consider her to be [[LikeAGodToMe God]]. Fortunately an archived version exists [[http://web.archive.org/web/20100125115333/http://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-808 here]].
* Hafidha Gates of the ''Literature/ShadowUnit'' can not only consciously connect to and control any nearby machine which contains computer chips, but she can also, without any conscious effort, act as a Wi-Fi access point or cell phone tower [[note]]she can combine these abilities to directly connect to the Internet with her mind, but she instead prefers to control a computer which is connected to Internet[[/note]]. This is in addition to and separate from a paranormal boost to her technical skills, making her one of the most skilled {{Techno Wizard}}s on the planet.
* Several characters in the ''Literature/WhateleyUniverse'' can do this to one extent or another. At the SuperHeroSchool Whateley Academy, Ringo has this power, as does the hated Assistant to the Headmistress Ms. Hartford (so the school's computer network has security that DARPA envies) and even Samantha Everheart who is one of the schools security officers (but she has merged with a nanite supercomputer called Hive so she has an unfair advantage). Also the super villain Dr. Abel Palm has not only done this, but has magically encrypted his soul into AI viruses and is trying to destroy all humankind. Merry is a cyberpath who can dive into computer networks and do whatever she wants. Whatever. She. Wants.

* Inspector Lawrence Reinhardt, from the Roleplay/{{Crinoverse}} is a metahuman with the natural ability to communicate with and control machines, sending instant messages with his brain and shutting down robots without lifting a finger.
** The Crinoverse also has Troy Alexander/Maven.

* In ''WesternAnimation/BatmanBeyond'', Willy Watt gained this ability after an accident involving a giant robot which he was controlling via a neural interface. The ability later morphs into MindOverMatter.
* Cooper from ''Franchise/Ben10'' has the ability to [[MindOverMatter telekinetically]] merge with and control electronic devices, disassembling and reassembling them at will, as well as telepathically interfacing and communicating with machines to analyze and gather information. While using these abilities, his eye color would turn into a bluish color with a robotic-like print on them to show his connection to technology.

%%* Megavolt from ''WesternAnimation/DarkwingDuck'' has this ability, as well. He's much more dangerous than other examples, since he's also a PsychoElectro.
* ''WesternAnimation/DiGataDefenders'': [[PersonalityPowers Befitting his role]] as the team's GadgeteerGenius, some of [[TheSmartGuy Erik's]] spells create machines and mechanical devices.
* Rex from ''WesternAnimation/GeneratorRex'' can do just about anything with machines by "speaking" to them through his nanites.

* In ''WesternAnimation/TransformersAnimated'', Megatron discovers that he can control Earth machines because so much technology has been reverse engineered from him over the last 50 years. Which is rather useful, as he was reduced to a head when he found this out.

** In the ''ComicBook/TransformersShatteredGlass'' continuity, Heatwave has the ability to control non-sentient machines by communicating with them telepathically. Though he's a bit quirky in that, while he's doing so, he talks to the machines as if they were actually alive and sentient.

* Gwen Grayson from ''Film/SkyHigh2005'' is the TropeNamer, her superpower being her ability to control technology with her mind. [[spoiler:Under her original identity, Sue Tenny, this made her an outcast and got her [[PopularityPolynomial relegated to sidekick class]] while the popular kids called her a MadScientist, as technopathy was [[WhatKindOfLamePowerIsHeartAnyway not seen as particularly useful]] back in TheSeventies -- and [[CreateYourOwnVillain sure enough]], she became the {{supervillain}} Royal Pain. After a battle with the Armstrongs resulted in her being de-aged, she returned to Sky High in the '00s and found that, in a more computer-driven society, [[HeartIsAnAwesomePower her power is actually extremely potent]], and on her second go-around her powers made her [[AlphaBitch the most popular girl in school]].]]

* Gwen Grayson from ''Film/SkyHigh2005'' is the TropeNamer, her superpower being her ability to control technology with her mind. [[spoiler:Under her original identity, Sue Tenny, this made her an outcast and got her [[PopularityPolynomial relegated to sidekick duty]] while the popular kids called her a MadScientist, as technopathy was [[WhatKindOfLamePowerIsHeartAnyway not seen as particularly useful]] back in TheSeventies -- and [[CreateYourOwnVillain sure enough]], she became the {{supervillain}} Royal Pain. After de-aging herself, she returned to Sky High in the '00s and found that, in a more computer-driven society, [[HeartIsAnAwesomePower her power is actually extremely potent]], and on her second go-around her powers made her [[AlphaBitch the most popular girl in school]].]]

** It's also the only power punished by "immediate termination", and coming from this game, that's saying something.
*** One can only wonder (and shudder) at what Friend Computer would do with a genuine Communist who had this as his mutation. Dump thermonuclear hand grenades in the immediate area?
* Unity from ''TabletopGame/SentinelsOfTheMultiverse''. Her deck relies on getting around her mechanical golem's restriction of being unplayable during her turns play phase by using her base power or equipment.

%%* "Lanterns" from Webcomic/TheGreeningWars have this distinct property in addition to ShockAndAwe, they also act as The Greening's communication network.
* Rana from ''Webcomic/{{Sombulus}}'' can speak with mechanical objects of any kind and convince them to do almost anything, including (but not limited to) [[http://sombulus.com/comic/23 padlocks]], [[http://sombulus.com/comic/298 vault doors]] [[http://sombulus.com/comic/25 clocktowers ]], [[http://sombulus.com/comic/196 spark plugs]], and [[http://sombulus.com/comic/321 toaster scooters]].

* TabletopGame/{{GURPS}} has a whole setting about this trope, by the name of ''[[TabletopGame/GURPSTechnomancer Technomancer]]''. ''Psionic Powers'' brings us Cyberpsi, which has similar effects, but doesn't use spells, leaning toward more of a GreenLanternRing approach.

* ''LightNovel/ACertainMagicalIndex'': Multiple:

* ''Series/{{Fringe}}'' had a character from the episode "Power Hungry" with this. He had experiments performed on him by a MadScientist to give him this. Unfortunately, he hadn't the slightest control over it, and mutilated his boss, killed the woman he secretly adored, and shorted out his mother's pacemaker. He was later kidnapped by the same people responsible for his power and had it altered so he actually had control over technology, which he then used to escape.
* On ''Series/{{Haven}}'' a repairman has a form of this ability; anything that he fixes comes to life and kills those who he dislikes, along with [[spoiler: those who would cause him to leave them]]. Unfortunately he has no control over this and until the end of the episode, he doesn't even know that it's him causing the machines to come to life.

* ''Series/TheOuterLimits1995'': In "Mona Lisa", the titular android is able to control any machine by remote. She uses this ability to hotwire a car and steal $100 from an ATM.

* The now-deleted[[labelnote:*]]In short, the author threw a hissy-fit and demanded that all of his works be deleted from the site[[/labelnote]] but still well remembered [[Wiki/SCPFoundation SCP-808]] (a.k.a. Alice). An otherwise normal girl, her ability to communicate with machines is complicated by the fact that the machines consider her to be [[LikeAGodToMe God]]. Fortunately an archived version exists [[http://web.archive.org/web/20100125115333/http://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-808 here]].

* Kogarashi from ''Manga/KamenNoMaidGuy'' serves as a comedic example of this. He manages to print a crystal clear picture from a printer by ''plugging the USB cord into his ear''. Which is just silly: the human ear is an input-only channel!

* The Dark Sisters in the second ''VideoGame/GalaxyFrauleinYuna'' OVA had sophisticated control over machines, though since the three of them are [[RidiculouslyHumanRobot gynoids]], they might not count.

* Out of all the people with PsychicPowers in ''Manga/KimagureOrangeRoad'', [[YamatoNadeshiko Manami]] is implied to have this specific skill. More exactly, she shows it off when [[spoiler: she secretly erases a videotape that contains proof of her younger sister's {{telepathy}}, without touching it.]]

** It's also the only power punished by "immediate termination", and coming from [[KillEmAll this game]], that's saying something.

* In ''Film/{{Tron}}'' and ''Film/TronLegacy'', Flynn has this ability whilst he's in the Grid.

* ComicBook/CaptainAtom had the ability to telepathically link to and access computers and telecomunnication networks, which makes sense, since his power set includes the ability to manipulate matter and energy in theoretically limitless ways. We only ever see him use this aspect of his abilities much in ''Captain Atom: Armageddon''. Interestingly, the Silver Shield, the being Cap got his powers from in the first place, had the ability to communicate telepathically with human beings, so it stands to reason that Cap could do so also, although he never seems to have figured out how.

* ''WesternAnimation/AdventuresOfTheGalaxyRangers'': Already a skilled hacker in his own right, Walter "Doc" Hartford's Series 5 implant cranks his technological affinity UpToEleven, to the point where he is effortlessly bossing around ancient alien computers.

A "technopath" is someone who can control machines and bend them to the user's will, either through a [[UnusualUserInterface physical]] or [[PsychicPowers mental interface]] link. In some cases, this power also allows them to "hear" what a machine is "thinking" and [[TheEmpath establish a direct line of communication]] with the machine. Might be referred to as "[[{{Whatevermancy}} Technomancy]]".

* Devices called [[UnusualUserInterface "brain computer interfaces (BCI)"]] are currently in development. They can be either implanted or worn on a skullcap and allow one to connect to a computer directly without an external interface. Researcher Kevin Warwick used one to control various computerized household devices with his brain.
** You can buy motorized {{Nekomimi}} ears that use a headset to [[MundaneUtility make the ears move based on brain impulses]].

A "technopath" is someone who can control machines and bend them to the user's will, either through a [[UnusualUserInterface physical]] or [[PsychicPowers mental interface]] link. In some cases, this power also allows them to "hear" what a machine is "thinking" and [[TheEmpath establish a direct line of communication]] with the machine. Might be referred to as "[[{{Whatevermancy}} Technomancy]]."

It's not rare to see technopaths bringing formerly [[AnimateInanimateObject inanimate objects to life]] (e.g. toasters moving around and firing ProjectileToast at disgruntled users), which is much easier to do if EverythingIsOnline.

** ''ComicBook/WonderWomanRebirth'': The Rebirth version of Dr. Cyber can control electronics remotely, which is initially her only way of interacting with the physical plane prior to her using said ability to build herself an android body.

** Minor character Cybermancer (Suzi Endo) had these powers. She was heavily involved in ''ComicBook/TheCrossing'', an infamous ContinuitySnarl, until she was RescuedFromTheScrappyHeap as War Machine's technical advisor.
* The third [[Characters/MarvelComicsLoki Loki]] from ''ComicBook/TheMightyThor'' exhibited technomantic affinity in their [[ComicBook/LokiAgentOfAsgard solo series]], of course in this case this means actual magic. We don't know exactly how they do it, but they claimed that it's easy because ''technology is very gullible'' so it might involve [[ConsummateLiar lying]]. ''ComicBook/UltronForever'' also features a possible future version of Loki who has been transformed into a ContagiousAI against his will.

** Network, a mutant that can speak to technology and control it. The simpler the technology, the easier a time she has controlling it.
** {{Subverted|Trope}} with Sage. She is called a cyberpath, and her brain operates like a computer, but she doesn't seem to be able to communicate with machines on her own. She's got a spiffy command center and lives in an EverythingIsOnline universe. She's recently gotten CoolShades which contain a wireless link to computers.
** [[Characters/MarvelComicsApocalypse Apocalypse]] is one of the greatest, as well as most convoluted, examples of this power. Ironically enough, because infecting [[ComicBook/{{Cable}} Nathan Summers]] with his T.O. virus as a child had his older future self come after him in the past, demonstrating his own technopathic abilities, and [[StableTimeLoop infecting En Sabah Nur with his own techno-organic pathogen that he'd grow into when Cable killed him]].

* Mitchell Hundred from ''ComicBook/ExMachina''. Due to living in New York City, he suffered a sensory overload seconds after getting his powers and blacked out half of Manhattan by screaming "Shut up!" Afterwards, his brain readjusted -- first he could only listen to technology he touched, then he could command them, then he could interact with any machine he could see. He can control technology ranging from complex electronics to those as simple as a handgun. [[spoiler: A bow and arrow is too simple though.]]

* Very minor example: from ''ComicBook/{{Transmetropolitan}}'', the "weird-looking fucker" communicates with his children via electrical signals. This might have been Spider just generalizing it, but..

* With Chucky being a robot in ''Film/ChildsPlay2019'', he can control anything made by the same company that made him. Including [=TVs=], phones, remote control drones, and automated automobiles.
* ''Film/IBoy'': Tom becomes this courtesy of his accident that left a piece of phone stuck in his brain. He's initially only able to "see" electrical signals and telecommunicatons through ExtremeGraphicalRepresentation, but he's able to hack into any network, operate cars, and even explode things.

* Franchise/RoboCop has an [[UnusualUserInterface Universal Interface Spike]] in his arm that can talk to any computer in TheVerse. It also has stabbity applications.

* ''[[Film/Shazam2019 Shazam's]]'' ShockAndAwe powers give him some control over machines with a chance of breaking them. He can use his lightning to charge phones and raid [=ATM=]s and vending machines.

* Arguably, the titular protagonists of the [[Film/TetsuoTheIronMan Tetsuo]] film series are this, gaining a rudimentary control over anything metallic, drawing it to them or turning it to scrap or turning other people into 'Tetsuos', as well as the typical manifesting metal from their bodies.

* The Franchise/DCExtendedUniverse's Victor Stone/Cyborg in ''[[Film/ZackSnydersJusticeLeague Justice League]]''. Due to being now paryl made from a Mother Box's technology, he is able to connect and interface seamlessly with anything technological from Earth and beyond, including being constantly plugged into the Internet. Notably, Cyborg is able to gain access to the Kryptonian ship's interface, and he also takes control of the Knightcrawler and reactivates it after it was wrecked by Steppenwolf. He even completely rebuilds a tape recorder he smashed to tiny bits, with it none the worse for wear.

* ''Literature/TheCampHalfBloodSeries'': In ''Literature/PercyJacksonAndTheOlympians'' and its sequel series ''Literature/TheHeroesOfOlympus'' have the children of Hephaestus. One of the chief characters of the latter series (Leo Valdez) is able to understand the inner workings of certain machines by simply touching them.

* Angie Mitchell from Creator/WilliamGibson's ''Literature/CountZero'' and ''Literature/MonaLisaOverdrive'' had her nervous system modified with bioware designed by [=AI=]s which enabled her to connect to the series' equivalent of the internet by thought alone and granted her considerable hacking skills.

* Mostly the [[TheCracker cybreakers]] and the mnemonics in ''Literature/TheHistoryOfTheGalaxy'' later (timeline-wise) novels, but also anyone with a simple brain implant that translates brainwaves into digital commands which allows them to mentally control household appliances and the like. One of the novels mentions a cybreaker who was threatened with a gun (a futuristic MagneticWeapon), while he remotely disabled the firing circuit (wouldn't have happened with a conventional gun, but those are nigh-impossible to find). Also, when a bunch of thugs attempt to physically assault him in a restaurant, he takes control of one of the server robots and has it stab one of the thugs before asking the others if they would like a table. They can also use the same brain implants that everyone has to conduct CyberTelepathy.

* ''Literature/TheMarkOfTheDragonfly'': [[spoiler: Piper turns out to be one.]]

* The limited use of this ability is one of many talents that makes the [[PsychoForHire psychopathic]] villain Dread from Creator/TadWilliams' ''Literature/{{Otherland}}'' so scary. In his case, it manifests as telekinesis that operates on the level of individual electrons, allowing him to alter the state of an electronic device independent of its programming. He uses it on an instinctual level, and refers to it as his "twist".

* Heather Farley, a rebellious young student in A. C. Crispin's [=StarBridge=] series, is both a traditional telepath and a cyberpath; she swears off using the latter ability after she nearly gets trapped in a computer system.

* Because Dana from ''Literature/PilgrennonsChildren'' had her BrainComputerInterface during the critical learning period of her infancy, she can interpret data from other computers as easily as information from her senses. She can use GPS data to navigate, copy test answers from school computers, and play a VR game without a headset, among other things.

* ''Literature/TheCampHalfBloodSeries'': In ''Literature/PercyJacksonAndTheOlympians'' and its sequel series ''Literature/TheHeroesOfOlympus'' have the children of Hephaestus. One of the chief characters of the latter series (Leo) is able to understand the inner workings of certain machines by simply touching them.