ValueSubtracted@startrek.websiteM to Star Trek Social Club@startrek.websiteEnglish · 2 years agoFactory Entertainment Unveils Star Trek: The Next Generation Medical Tricorder Replica, Shipping in Late 2024blog.trekcore.comexternal-linkmessage-square14fedilinkarrow-up1104
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minus-squareEinar@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16·2 years agoI mean, cool. It’s just that my early 21st century cellphone has more sensors than this 24th century device… 💁♂️
minus-squareUESPA_Sputnik@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·2 years agoAnd your cellphone even costs less. (unless you’ve bought a flagship phone)
minus-squareAnticorp@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 years agoCan your cellphone identify the chemical composition of rocks 1000 feet underground, or scan someone for invasive pathogens, or identify lifeforms 10 KM away?
minus-squareAnticorp@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 years agoOf course not, but the 24th century ones can.
I mean, cool.
It’s just that my early 21st century cellphone has more sensors than this 24th century device… 💁♂️
And your cellphone even costs less. (unless you’ve bought a flagship phone)
Can your cellphone identify the chemical composition of rocks 1000 feet underground, or scan someone for invasive pathogens, or identify lifeforms 10 KM away?
No.
Can this Tricorder?
Of course not, but the 24th century ones can.