23 points

I’m gonna take this to ren faire and whip it out when I’m just barely out of line of sight

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I mean, cool.

It’s just that my early 21st century cellphone has more sensors than this 24th century device… 💁‍♂️

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And your cellphone even costs less. (unless you’ve bought a flagship phone)

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Can your cellphone identify the chemical composition of rocks 1000 feet underground, or scan someone for invasive pathogens, or identify lifeforms 10 KM away?

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3 points

No.

Can this Tricorder?

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Of course not, but the 24th century ones can.

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9 points

Wake me up when it’s functional

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Still doesn’t do medical scans

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Would we have the technical know-how for that?

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This disappoints me so much because it’s just a toy, when we have the technology to make a scanning device that is basically a real one (not as magically good, though). I’ve seen phone addons for scientific research that can scan things for various things. Like a glucose monitor, Geiger counter, barometer, light sensor, blood pressure monitor, and more; with no reason why a single device couldn’t have all of these things in one other than maybe cost.

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@Kolanaki
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We basically have a lot of highly advanced technologies already. I don’t think it’ll be long until our lives look like Star Trek.

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