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Bob DeWoody Send message Joined: 9 May 10 Posts: 3387 Credit: 4,182,900 RAC: 10 |
Everyone knows that one of Star Trek's most used technologies is the transporter. Pick up matter here and deposit it there. I wonder if such technology is ever really developed how long it will take for someone to figure out it could be used to replace having to sit on the john for up to an hour to remove waste material. Of all of the bodily functions that is the one I would like to do away with the most. Just imagine, go into the restroom, push a button, you body gets scanned and the poop is removed. Bob DeWoody My motto: Never do today what you can put off until tomorrow as it may not be required. This no longer applies in light of current events. |
Carlos Send message Joined: 9 Jun 99 Posts: 29754 Credit: 57,275,487 RAC: 157 |
Before that happens we will probably develop food that is 100% used by the body. We already have dog food that reduces feces to about 10% or normal. We very well could end up deleting dejon. |
Gordon Lowe Send message Joined: 5 Nov 00 Posts: 12094 Credit: 6,317,865 RAC: 0 |
Never thought of using the transporter for that, but it's a novel idea! :~) The mind is a weird and mysterious place |
Dena Wiltsie Send message Joined: 19 Apr 01 Posts: 1628 Credit: 24,230,968 RAC: 26 |
Before that happens we will probably develop food that is 100% used by the body. We already have dog food that reduces feces to about 10% or normal. We very well could end up deleting dejon. Fiber is good and it makes the task at hand easer. On the other hand when we had horses we would sometimes go to the processing plant and get a pickup full of rejected carrots. Not only was the volume greatly reduced but the orange color made it easy to find all the deposits. |
Dena Wiltsie Send message Joined: 19 Apr 01 Posts: 1628 Credit: 24,230,968 RAC: 26 |
The super computer and sensor ability would make it possible to track all your possessions so you would never misplace your keys or eyeglasses again. |
Carlos Send message Joined: 9 Jun 99 Posts: 29754 Credit: 57,275,487 RAC: 157 |
The super computer and sensor ability would make it possible to track all your possessions so you would never misplace your keys or eyeglasses again. Remember the retinox 5 and voice controlled locks. |
Dena Wiltsie Send message Joined: 19 Apr 01 Posts: 1628 Credit: 24,230,968 RAC: 26 |
The super computer and sensor ability would make it possible to track all your possessions so you would never misplace your keys or eyeglasses again. If you don't have a reaction to Retinox 5 and sometimes old school still has it's advantages. All of our locks today could be electronic keypads but we still carry a keychain because keys are far more reliable in most applications. |
TimeLord04 Send message Joined: 9 Mar 06 Posts: 21140 Credit: 33,933,039 RAC: 23 |
The super computer and sensor ability would make it possible to track all your possessions so you would never misplace your keys or eyeglasses again. "...But, I'm allergic to Retinox." ;-) TimeLord04 Have TARDIS, will travel... Come along K-9! Join Calm Chaos |
Admiral Gloval Send message Joined: 31 Mar 13 Posts: 20153 Credit: 5,308,449 RAC: 0 |
If that happens. What will you do with all your unread books, magazines and news papers? |
zoom3+1=4 Send message Joined: 30 Nov 03 Posts: 65709 Credit: 55,293,173 RAC: 49 |
Don't forget the "quadrotriticale"... The T1 Trust, PRR T1 Class 4-4-4-4 #5550, 1 of America's First HST's |
Angela Send message Joined: 16 Oct 07 Posts: 13130 Credit: 39,854,104 RAC: 31 |
In how many episodes of Star Trek did we see women in labor... generally at the most inopportune of times!!! Ok, fess up. When that happened how many of us screamed at the t.v. "Lock on to coordinates and beam that baby out!!!!!!!!!!!!!" |
Admiral Gloval Send message Joined: 31 Mar 13 Posts: 20153 Credit: 5,308,449 RAC: 0 |
In how many episodes of Star Trek did we see women in labor... generally at the most inopportune of times!!! I actually do have a anime on DVD that that actually happens. |
Bob DeWoody Send message Joined: 9 May 10 Posts: 3387 Credit: 4,182,900 RAC: 10 |
In how many episodes of Star Trek did we see women in labor... generally at the most inopportune of times!!! I actually thought of that too +1 Bob DeWoody My motto: Never do today what you can put off until tomorrow as it may not be required. This no longer applies in light of current events. |
zoom3+1=4 Send message Joined: 30 Nov 03 Posts: 65709 Credit: 55,293,173 RAC: 49 |
Building a ship for space on Earth, then having the ship/space station(plus the contents) jump/beam itself to orbit, would solve the need for expensive launches. The T1 Trust, PRR T1 Class 4-4-4-4 #5550, 1 of America's First HST's |
celttooth Send message Joined: 21 Nov 99 Posts: 26503 Credit: 28,583,098 RAC: 0 |
Transporter tech could mean immortality for all mankind.... |
Julie Send message Joined: 28 Oct 09 Posts: 34041 Credit: 18,883,157 RAC: 18 |
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mrperk Send message Joined: 2 Mar 03 Posts: 825 Credit: 697,033 RAC: 0 |
Transporter tech could mean Yup, save your pattern in the buffer and reassemble as needed ;-) I think there was an episode where a duplicate was created... more like Transporter cloning than immortality. |
Carlos Send message Joined: 9 Jun 99 Posts: 29754 Credit: 57,275,487 RAC: 157 |
It would be a cure for cancer. Just beam out all the cancer cells. |
Admiral Gloval Send message Joined: 31 Mar 13 Posts: 20153 Credit: 5,308,449 RAC: 0 |
Transporter tech could mean There was. Two Riker's. Then in two other episodes they used the transporter to modify people's ages. |
Dena Wiltsie Send message Joined: 19 Apr 01 Posts: 1628 Credit: 24,230,968 RAC: 26 |
What about the medical scanner? Would that be a cure for hypochondria? |
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