Technology


 * Not to be confused with Tech.5, Technology 2, Tech X, or The Ludovico Technique.

Technology is a passive item.

Effects

 * Replaces tears with a piercing laser with unlimited range, but does not fire over rocks and obstacles.

Synergies

 * Brimstone: Overrides Technology.
 * The Technology laser coils around the Brimstone beam, granting a 1.5x damage multiplier.
 * Chocolate Milk: Moderate Tears Up.
 * Epic Fetus: Fires lasers in all directions upon impact of a missile.
 * Fire Mind: Laser lights enemies on fire but loses ability to explode enemies.
 * Mom's Eye: Fires a laser from the back of Isaac's head as well as the front.
 * Monstro's Lung: Several additional lasers fire in random directions. (One beam will always fire straight forward as normal.)
 * Mutant Spider: Isaac shoots 4 lasers; expected Tears Down.
 * Polyphemus: Greatly increases damage while decreasing rate of fire.
 * Proptosis: Doubles damage.
 * Doubles damage but damage rapidly decreases with distance.
 * Soy Milk: Expected high Damage Down and very high Tears Up. Because Technology has no knockback like standard tears, this will generally be a good DPS increase.
 * Technology 2: Both fire at the same time.
 * Tech X: Both fire at the same time.
 * The Inner Eye: Isaac shoots 3 lasers; expected Tears Down.
 * The Ludovico Technique: Tear is replaced with a controllable laser ring, which visually looks like a shot fired by Tech X.
 * Tiny Planet: Laser circles around Isaac and then continues its path forward in a straight line. The laser is also spectral.

Interactions

 * 20/20: Overridden by Technology.
 * Shoot 2 lasers.
 * A Lump of Coal: No Effect.
 * Damage increases the further away the enemy is, on a multiplier that is roughly +20% per tile of distance. This allows for a huge damage increase from longer distances.
 * Anti-Gravity: Tears up, but no Anti-Gravity effect.
 * Azazel: Overrides Azazel's Brimstone.
 * Technology laser wraps around the Brimstone beam, dealing extra damage, but not increasing Brimstone range.
 * Blue Cap: Tears up, shot speed decrease is ignored.
 * Blood Clot: 50% chance to apply the flat Damage Up with each shot.
 * Chemical Peel: 50% chance to apply the flat Damage Up with each shot.
 * Continuum: Overridden by Technology.
 * Cursed Eye: Overridden by Technology.
 * : Huge tears up.
 * Cricket's Body: Tears Up as expected, but no benefit from the splash effect.
 * Dead Onion: Shoots spectral lasers.
 * Death's Touch: Overridden by Technology, but still gain damage.
 * Dr. Fetus: Overrides Technology.
 * Fires lasers in addition to bombs.
 * Godhead: Homing laser, but the halo is lost.
 * Head Of The Keeper: Overridden by Technology.
 * Hook Worm: Laser follows a square wave, which increases its hitbox.
 * Ipecac: Laser poison targets.
 * Iron Bar: Overridden by Technology.
 * Jacob's Ladder: Overridden by Technology.
 * Mom's Knife: Overrides Technology. Both fire normally.
 * Mom's Knife + The Ludovico Technique: The laser ring becomes centered on Isaac and cannot be controlled, and the knife can not be fired. This makes some rooms impossible to do without a familiar.
 * My Reflection: Overridden by Technology.
 * Makes the beam curvy when moving.
 * Mysterious Liquid: Overridden by Technology.
 * Number One: Expected Tears Up; Laser's color turns yellow.
 * The Parasite: Overridden by Technology.
 * Parasitoid: Overridden by Technology.
 * Rubber Cement: Overridden by Technology.
 * Lasers bounce off of walls.
 * Sacred Heart: Homing laser.
 * Spoon Bender: Homing laser.
 * Whip Worm/Flat Worm/Pulse Worm/Ring Worm: No effect.
 * Wiggle Worm: Laser follows a sine wave, which increases its hitbox.

Trivia

 * This item is used in Challenge #16 (Computer Savvy).

Seeds
9SS3 3YXY (Second floor treasure room) (+ Technology 2 on third floor) GXSE V7P4 (Treasure room adjacent to spawn) EZTZ CL68 (Treasure Room adjacent to spawn) RR0G KKQJ (Treasure room adjacent to spawn) GXA1 L6XC (Treasure room adjacent to spawn) 11DA E0JZ (Treasure room adjacent to spawn)