diff --git a/code/game/objects/items.dm b/code/game/objects/items.dm
index 52563eb5689..f07c621f0b1 100644
--- a/code/game/objects/items.dm
+++ b/code/game/objects/items.dm
@@ -144,8 +144,31 @@
 		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.
-				msg += "Tech: [capitalize(T)] | magnitude: [techlvls[T]] <BR>"
+				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 += "Research reliability: [reliability]% <BR>"
 			if(crit_fail)
 				msg += "<span class='danger'>Critical failure detected in subject!</span><BR>"