SRS seems to be the right answer for increasing the long term recall of just about anything. For main points of a tech paper, you could probably use the link m

SRS seems to be the right answer for increasing the long term recall of just about anything. For main points of a tech paper, you could probably use the link method to associate a strong image for each of the main points in the technical paper and then link them. Then you could pump those images into your SRS system for review. You can find info on the web about link methods and recall, or you can just grab Higbee's "Your Memory : How It Works and How to Improve It" from Amazon. I found old copies pretty easily in university libraries as well.