diff --git a/code/game/objects/items.dm b/code/game/objects/items.dm
index f07c621f0b1..6f4597ef7d8 100644
--- a/code/game/objects/items.dm
+++ b/code/game/objects/items.dm
@@ -144,31 +144,8 @@
 		if(origin_tech)
 			msg += "<span class='notice'>Testing potentials:</span><BR>"
 			var/list/techlvls = params2list(origin_tech)
-			var/tech = null
 			for(var/T in techlvls) //This needs to use the better names.
-				tech = T
-				switch(tech)
-					if("materials")
-						tech = "Materials Research"
-					if("engineering")
-						tech = "Engineering Research"
-					if("plasmatech")
-						tech = "Plasma Research"
-					if("powerstorage")
-						tech = "Power Manipulation Technology"
-					if("bluespace")
-						tech = "'Blue-space' Research"
-					if("biotech")
-						tech = "Biological Technology"
-					if("combat")
-						tech = "Combat Systems Research"
-					if("magnets")
-						tech = "Electromagnetic Spectrum Research"
-					if("programming")
-						tech = "Data Theory Research"
-					if("syndicate")
-						tech = "Illegal Technologies Research"
-				msg += "Tech: [tech] | 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>"
@@ -179,7 +156,7 @@
 		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 9072217e4f7..f0e7a0ddf69 100644
--- a/code/modules/research/rdconsole.dm
+++ b/code/modules/research/rdconsole.dm
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ won't update every console in existence) but it's more of a hassle to do. Also,
 	var/selected_category
 	var/list/datum/design/matching_designs = list() //for the search function
 
-/obj/machinery/computer/rdconsole/proc/CallTechName(var/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 subtypesof(/datum/tech))
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ 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(var/ID)
+proc/CallMaterialName(ID)
 	var/datum/reagent/temp_reagent
 	var/return_name = null
 	if (copytext(ID, 1, 2) == "$")
@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@ won't update every console in existence) but it's more of a hassle to do. Also,
 /obj/machinery/computer/rdconsole/Topic(href, href_list)
 	if(..())
 		return 1
-		
+
 	if(!allowed(usr) && !isobserver(usr))
 		return 1
 
@@ -1115,7 +1115,7 @@ won't update every console in existence) but it's more of a hassle to do. Also,
 
 	dat += "</tr></table></div>"
 	return dat
-	
+
 /obj/machinery/computer/rdconsole/core
 	name = "Core R&D Console"
 	desc = "A console used to interface with R&D tools."
@@ -1126,7 +1126,7 @@ won't update every console in existence) but it's more of a hassle to do. Also,
 	desc = "A console used to interface with R&D tools."
 	id = 2
 	req_access = list(access_robotics)
-	
+
 /obj/machinery/computer/rdconsole/experiment
 	name = "E.X.P.E.R.I-MENTOR R&D Console"
 	desc = "A console used to interface with R&D tools."
@@ -1137,4 +1137,3 @@ won't update every console in existence) but it's more of a hassle to do. Also,
 	desc = "A console used to interface with R&D tools."
 	id = 4
 	req_access = list(access_mechanic)
-	
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