[lonnarin]

I saw another video somewhere of a new medical monitoring device that looked almost identical to the TNG era medical tricorders, with mostly the same functions and a touchpad screen. Some fun toys to play with in the near future, though I'm still a little miffed that we never got to do war with Kahn Noonian Singh in 1996 like the official timeline says we did. Of course around 96 was when they were going through a big cloning experiment fad, so it might have happened in a CIA bunker lab somewhere in one big clandenstine operation.

Looking back, its interesting to see how modern technology mirrors sci-fi innovation. The entire reason we have CDs or DVDs today is because Mr. Spock used one in the original series; a tiny metal reflective record that stored optical data. No matter what they reproduce from Star Trek though, I will NEVER use a transporter pad. It is my understanding that only data signals and energy are transferred, and that theoretically, every time you transport, they really just kill the old you and replicate a new one from the blueprint using none of the original matter. I'd hate to finally journey to the afterlife and find literally thousands of me all ticked off because I displaced all those souls from their body... that kind of karma doesnt wash off easily.