Editing Vorkosigan Saga (section)

===Technology===
Most of the technology in the series is based on 20th-century engineering situations,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Brycko |date=2022-09-29 |title=Artificial Wombs in Science Fiction |url=https://www.reddit.com/r/scifiwriting/comments/xr8l3u/artificial_wombs_in_science_fiction/?utm_source=chatgpt.com |access-date=2025-05-19 |website=r/scifiwriting}}</ref> projected into null-g or alternative solar system situations. Biomedical advances such as cloning, artificial wombs (named "uterine replicators") and cryochambers to preserve and revive recently deceased people are featured heavily in the series.

Bujold presents issues of technological obsolescence and the high rate of failure of R&D projects in personal terms, via bioengineering. Two jump pilots with obsolete navigational brain implants and a number of characters created by genetic manipulation are psychologically stranded by the termination of the programs for which they were designed.

The series features gravity manipulation, both artificially generated in spaceships, and artificially suppressed in ground transport and elevators. ''Falling Free'' and ''Diplomatic Immunity'' explore the relationship between a culture adapted to an environment without gravity and one which depends on gravity.