diff --git a/code/game/objects/items.dm b/code/game/objects/items.dm
index b6f5ec56cd5..6b8961c9769 100644
--- a/code/game/objects/items.dm
+++ b/code/game/objects/items.dm
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ var/global/image/fire_overlay = image("icon" = 'icons/effects/fire.dmi', "icon_s
 			msg += "<span class='notice'>Testing potentials:</span><BR>"
 			var/list/techlvls = params2list(origin_tech)
 			for(var/T in techlvls) //This needs to use the better names.
-				msg += "Tech: [capitalize(T)] | magnitude: [techlvls[T]] <BR>"
+				msg += "Tech: [CallTechName(T)] | magnitude: [techlvls[T]] <BR>"
 			msg += "Research reliability: [reliability]% <BR>"
 			if(crit_fail)
 				msg += "<span class='danger'>Critical failure detected in subject!</span><BR>"
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ var/global/image/fire_overlay = image("icon" = 'icons/effects/fire.dmi', "icon_s
 		if(materials.len)
 			msg += "<span class='notice'>Extractable materials:<BR>"
 			for(var/mat in materials)
-				msg += "[capitalize(copytext(mat, 2))]<BR>" //Capitize first word, remove the "$"
+				msg += "[CallMaterialName(mat)]<BR>" //Capitize first word, remove the "$"
 		else
 			msg += "<span class='danger'>No extractable materials detected.</span><BR>"
 		msg += "*--------*"
diff --git a/code/modules/research/rdconsole.dm b/code/modules/research/rdconsole.dm
index b15c8600c3c..9da2e98d9da 100644
--- a/code/modules/research/rdconsole.dm
+++ b/code/modules/research/rdconsole.dm
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ won't update every console in existence) but it's more of a hassle to do. Also,
 	var/list/datum/design/matching_designs = list() //for the search function
 
 
-/obj/machinery/computer/rdconsole/proc/CallTechName(ID) //A simple helper proc to find the name of a tech with a given ID.
+/proc/CallTechName(ID) //A simple helper proc to find the name of a tech with a given ID.
 	var/datum/tech/check_tech
 	var/return_name = null
 	for(var/T in typesof(/datum/tech) - /datum/tech)
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ won't update every console in existence) but it's more of a hassle to do. Also,
 
 	return return_name
 
-/obj/machinery/computer/rdconsole/proc/CallMaterialName(ID)
+proc/CallMaterialName(ID)
 	var/datum/reagent/temp_reagent
 	var/return_name = null
 	if (copytext(ID, 1, 2) == "$")