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Xentrick
good to go
Member # 64

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sort of like deflectors http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/space/20000725/sc/force_fields_and_plasma_shields_get_closer_to_reality_1.html

sort of like phasers set on stun http://news6.thdo.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_342000/342188.stm

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Sol System
two dollar pistol
Member # 30

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The most interesting thing is how the writer tosses out "USS Voyager" with no context at all. See, Trek is still pop culture.

Actually, I kid. This is a rather fascinating article, Xentrick. Shields and cloaking devices? Recent letter-writers to Time magazine have expressed a certain disdain for the future we seem to be so rapidly gaining on, but I say let's go!

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Diane
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Member # 53

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There was an article a few months ago on Discover about a new injection tool that acts like a hypospray, and before that there was another article about a prototype replicator that makes things out of plastic.

Who says Star Trek is fiction?

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Aethelwer
Frank G
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The planet with the tachyon core does. Oh, and see my status line.

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

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Yes, why would they say "USS Voyager"? Usually, the Enterprise is used for vague Trek references...

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Teelie
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And don't forget they're working on Transporters.

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Fabrux
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The Tricorder Mk 1 is already among us!

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