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First, she hooks up Orsino into the receiving end of the machine, attaching electronic leads like in an EEG monitor. Then, with a marmoset hooked up to the transmitting station, she activates the machine, allowing him to get a sense of what the marmoset is feeling. The two men aren't convinced by this demonstration, so Dr Renshaw replaces the marmoset with [[ProfessorGuineaPig herself]], getting Orsino to write down a sentence that she thought of after getting hooked up. It works again, but Berkowitz still isn't convinced; he wants a control where there's nothing in the transmitting station.

* AsYouKnow: Dr Renshaw, a medical doctor, explains to [[MinimalistCast the other two characters]], laser experts, how versatile lasers are. She acknowledges that they already know what she's talking about, but the idea is to lead up to her idea for a new application for lasers that ''hasn't'' been done before.

* CutTheJuice: When the characters hear a voice coming from their ElectronicTelepathy machine, Dr Renshaw immediately takes it apart, and the characters discuss that their machine is capable of [[InstantAIJustAddWater generating intelligence from computers]].

* ElectronicTelepathy: Dr Renshaw is a neurologist who has developed a novel use of lasers; creating a more sensitive brainwave reader. In fact, [[MasterComputer the computer]]'s ability to analyze the electronic potential of human neurons is so detailed that Dr Renshaw claims you can transmit clear thoughts.
* GoneHorriblyRight: Dr Renshaw's laser experiment amplifies brainwaves (like in [=EEGs=]), but Berkowitz is concerned that they're fooling themselves into believing that their ElectronicTelepathy machine is working. So to test it, they set it up so that there isn't any brain in the transmitting station, where if Orsino still hears thought, then it would be a Blondlot experiment. However, when they turned it on, it [[InstantAIJustAddWater magnified the electromagnetic waves of the computer, causing it to gain awareness]].

** One of the other characters refers to Dr Genevieve Renshaw as "Jenny Wren", but not within her hearing.

* InstantAIJustAddWater: When the characters set up the ElectronicTelepathy experiment without anyone in the transmitting position, there's suddenly a new voice in the room, which the other characters realize must be [[MasterComputer the computer]]. Dr Renshaw immediately [[CutTheJuice removes the cords]].
* MasterComputer: Dr Renshaw's computer, while not the largest in the setting, is still large enough to occupy the entire laboratory in which she works. [[InSeriesNickname Mike]] is part of her study in analysing brainwave patterns, and is [[InstantAIJustAddWater accidentally given sapience]] during the story.
* MinimalistCast: There are only three characters present within this story; Dr Genevieve Renshaw, James Berkowitz, and Adam Orsino. [[spoiler:Four, if you count Mike, the [[InstantAIJustAddWater accidentally created AI]].]]
* OmnidisciplinaryScientist: Despite only having a medical doctorate in neurobiology, Dr Renshaw has also modified her laboratory computer into a MasterComputer, created a laser-based electroencephalogram, and combined the three disciplines to create ElectronicTelepathy. In order to avoid sounding [[MadScientist crazy]], she gives a demonstration to a pair of laser specialists so that she can get grant money to continue working on her telepathy machine.
* ProfessorGuineaPig: Dr Renshaw began her ElectronicTelepathy experiments five years ago, in her spare time. Lately, however, it has been taking up more time, and she's been including herself as a variable in the telepathic experiments. In order to prove her research is valid, she first needs to demonstrate how it works to Berkowitz and Orsino, the company's laser scientists.

** The computer in this work is nicknamed "Mike", sort for "'''my c'''omputer".

* AsYouyKnow: Dr Renshaw, a medical doctor, explains to [[MinimalistCast the other two characters]], laser experts, how versatile lasers are. She acknowledges that they already know what she's talking about, but the idea is to lead up to her idea for a new application for lasers that ''hasn't'' been done before.