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* The almighty [[Peter F. Hamilton]] has, in his ''[[The Night's Dawn Trilogy]]'', two things like this. The first is the Molecular Binding Force Generator, which reinforces materials several times over their normal strength (it might be only with some specially-made materials, but it's not clarified), and the Valency Generator, which is cleverly used in an airbag-like safety mechanism: in a collision, the vehicle is flooded with a gel or foam-like substance, and then the valency generator kicks in, making the substance rigid, absorbing the momentum of the passenger. Yeah, you need to be cut out of it, but still, you're safe.

* ''[[Star Trek]]'' has lots of shields and force fields. On ''[[Star Trek: Enterprise]]'', we even get to watch these get invented. Later ships have a "structural integrity" system, to or from which one can divert power. The abundance of [[Tim Taylor Technology]] coupled with the availability of force fields has led some to theorize that, in fact, ''all'' Federation technology is held together by tiny force fields.

** The Structural Integrity Field [TM] first received that name on ''[[Star Trek: The Next Generation]]''. Presumably, the "polarized hull plating" of ''[[Star Trek: Enterprise]]'' was the forerunner to TNG's structural integrity field.

* In ''[[Dungeons & Dragons]]'' magic items are more resilient than their mundane prototypes, and all artifacts are almost indestructible (much like [[The Lord of the Rings|the One Ring]]). There were even enchantments specifically making important things much less fragile.