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Saltah'na
Chinese Canadian, or 75% Commie Bastard.
Member # 33

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It does exist, I know that, but how to obtain one is a mystery. Anyone know?

What I do know that it analyzes Temperature and humidity, electromagnetic Radiation, light spectrum, and theoretically, it could measure the amount of chlorophyll in leaves.

Think of the practical household applications for this........

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Baloo
Curmudgeon-in-Chief
Member # 5

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[Whistling sound effects emanating from the kitchen]

"Honey! The biscuits are burning!"

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Nobody's perfekt.

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The First One
A lovely little thinker, but a bugger when he's pissed
Member # 35

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. . . Mrs. Dunehew doing Troi-speak: "I have a feeling of mild annoyance. Oh, no, wait, that's me. I can SMELL them burning, you twit!"

Sorry, Baloo. . . 8)

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TSN
I'm... from Earth.
Member # 31

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Do they make the sounds? I hope so. Otherwise, I don't want one... :-)

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Saltah'na
Chinese Canadian, or 75% Commie Bastard.
Member # 33

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I shoulda removed the word "household"....... But the basic point is, that it CAN be used for something, it wouldn't be like some cheap toy you'd get from Playmates.

TSN: yes, they come complete with sounds and the like. Saw an article where one of the creators of the tricorder went to show it to a farmer. In order to ensure the fact that it wasn't a toy, he disabled all the sounds, and when he looked at it, he said "Hey, I thought it was a Tricorder"!!!

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Saltah'na
Chinese Canadian, or 75% Commie Bastard.
Member # 33

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Humm...... anyone know where to get one of these things? More importantly, how much does it cost.

Should be the thing to get for ANY star trek fan.

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Jeff Raven
Always Right
Member # 20

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Could have sworn I started this topic way back when...heheheh.

http://commrelay.trekhosting.com/UBB510/Forum13/HTML/000014.html

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Jeff Raven - Having more fun than any human being should be allowed to have

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bear
Active Member
Member # 124

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The thing has to have

-Globel Positioning
-DNA sequencer
-Oscilloscope
-Girl scout cookie dispenser

If I sound like don't know what I am talking about it's probable be cause I don't.

lol

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Jeff Raven
Always Right
Member # 20

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That's ok, Bear, no one else here knows what they're talking about, even if they say they do

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Montgomery
Reigning Supreme
Member # 23

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Does it synthesise marshmallows to sustain hungry campers in forests?

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Siegfried
Fullmetal Pompatus
Member # 29

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Marshmellows? You mean marshmellons...

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Black Knight
Active Member
Member # 134

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Star Trek: The Magazine has an article on designing the tricorder and shows a pic with the caption: "REAL WORLD--Back in the 20th Century, Vital Technologies have even developed a working tricorder. It can be used to take readings of several environmental conditions."

(It even sort of looks like one)
i.e. same button config

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