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"If I can make you see the world the way I see it, then you will automatically think the way I think."
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![]() Wire recorders were the precursor to tape recorders; the concept was first demonstrated in the 1870's using piano wire. The military used wire recorders very successfully during World War II and they were the first commercially successful form of recording device available to the public. See the Wire Recorder Transfer page for more information.
See the entries for solido projector and minimic film for other uses of shigawire. See also microwire from Between Planets, a 1951 novel by Robert Heinlein.
Helpfully, the glossary for Dune provides us with this information about shigawire:
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