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In an episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation a redshirt used a tricorder to check the weather and said they would have to beam up soon because a storm was ap
by jiggawatts 3y ago
In an episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation a redshirt used a tricorder to check the weather and said they would have to beam up soon because a storm was approaching.
At the time I thought to myself: “Bah, that’s never happening, it’s pure fantasy!”
A few years later I told some friends we’d have to pack up our picnic because according to the weather radar app on my phone we had about 7 minutes until we got drenched… no wait… 6 minutes.
5m:30s later we were standing under shelter watching the storm front rolling in, and I remembered that Star Trek scene.
We live in the future.
- thefurdrake 3y agoWe basically have tricorders, especially if you consider all the fancy things you can attach to them, like flir IR cameras. I think we've almost EXCEEDED star trek in that area.
- kridsdale3 3y agoI want a programmable hypospray. I'd be real popular at parties.