Tricorder
It’s nice that the iTricorder will probably be available in a few years, but since I’m not a doctor it does me a fat lot of good. What I really need is a Replicator. Preferably not running Windows. A Replicator in my hands would not be used in an evil way. I would make sure that everybody had enough food. Clothing would be plentiful. Drinks would be large and cold. Christopher Moore books would be available in every bookcase. I think I’d also have the thing replicate every Star Wars toy that I ever had, and probably the few that I didn’t.
A Transporter would be pretty sweet as well. Definitely not running Windows:
Me: One to beam over to Coney Island for a hot dog.
Transporter: A fatal exception 0E has occurred at 0145:GJKP34R8. The current application will be terminated. Press any key to terminate the application. Press Ctrl+Alt+Del again to restart your computer. You will lose any unsaved information in all applications. Press any key to continue.
July 4th, 2007 at 5:43 pm
Would you be considered unsaved information if you were in the process of beaming over? Youch. Wonder how you’d “save” yourself first… clone first maybe?
July 4th, 2007 at 8:02 pm
From what I understand, the transporter destroys the object and then rebuilds it on the other end. I hope that by the time we have transporters we’ll also have a way to back our brains up, some sort of hard drive that we could regularly access…would be very helpful for remembering events, etc.