Subj : Re: My, God; It's Becoming Real! To : alt.tv.star-trek.enterprise From : 80 Knight Date : Tue Oct 11 2005 19:35:08 From Newsgroup: alt.tv.star-trek.enterprise "Kweeg" wrote in message news:zeW2f.149050$oW2.37724@pd7tw1no... > "Ron" wrote in message > news:1129033244.217339.14310@f14g2000cwb.googlegroups.com... >> I just saw on the news this morning that some of the >> cops here in Oregon are using ultra-sophisticated >> PDAs to give tickets and store information. It has >> occured to me that we're not even a generation from >> Star Trek's PADDs; some are already here. Even my >> doctor has a PDA with all of the drugs from the >> Physicians Desk Reference stored in it. Maybe it's >> just me, but I have a hard time calling them PDAs >> anymore; at least not the little small ones. I just >> have to wonder how long before everybody starts calling >> them PADDs? Maybe in a generation I'll be able to buy >> that tricorder I always wanted as a kid. :-) > > > A real-world device comparable to the tricorder was developed by the > Canadian company Vital Technologies Corporation in 1996. Known as the > TR-107 > Mark 1, 10,000 of them were sold before the company went out of business. > The TR-107 could scan electromagnetic radiation, temperature, and > barometric > pressure. > http://www.stim.com/Stim-x/0996September/Sparky/tricorder.html I remember seeing those advertised on a box of Shreddies back then. They looked great and were said to work very well. I do not remember the price though. Anyone know? > Also of interest... a medical "tricorder" > http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/2231989.stm > -- > > Qa'pla > Kweeg > Ten of Canadian Clubs in the Eeeevil Trek Cabal > http://members.shaw.ca/iksbloodoath > "Half a gallon a'scotch!" Scotty (Spectre of the Gun) > > > > .