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submitted 5 months ago by ininewcrow@lemmy.ca to c/tenforward@lemmy.world

In The Original Series in the 60s, people had no idea what the future would look like or what technology would look like. In one of the early episodes, they had a paper print out machine on the bridge that looked like a fax machine, which was considered futuristic in the 1960s.

Like the example of the Enterprise fax machine, what technology or system do you think are we displaying in the current Star Trek shows that will show how dated we will become in the future?

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[-] over_clox@lemmy.world 7 points 5 months ago

Has anyone noticed the lack of trash cans in Star Trek? I guess they finally solved all the trash problems in the future...

[-] cm0002@lemmy.world 20 points 5 months ago

It's mentioned a few times, replicators can work "in reverse". They'll put in trash, dirty dishes, old clothes, whatever is no longer needed back in for the replicator to break back down into energy for later use

[-] AA5B@lemmy.world 5 points 5 months ago

Seems like there’s a murder-mystery episode waiting to be written

[-] ininewcrow@lemmy.ca 1 points 5 months ago

... or accidents ... imagine placing your finger or hand on a replicator at the wrong possible moment or it just malfunctions and you happen to be standing nearby ... your finger or hand either get dematerialized or augmented with a tuna sandwich and a glass of orange juice.

[-] over_clox@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago

Side question..

What do they do with the occasional dead bodies? Do they ever bring that up? I'd think that if replicators can work "in reverse", then they should also have their teleporters able to work similarly "in reverse", but not actually teleport the bodies anywhere, but rather absorb the raw atoms, molecules, and energy..

?

[-] cm0002@lemmy.world 7 points 5 months ago

Bodies are put in a photon torpedo casing and shot out during a ceremony in a "burial at sea" kind of way or occasionally brought back to earth if you're not lost in the Delta quadrant lol

[-] over_clox@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago

Oh yeah that's right. I loosely remember the episode when Spock died.. ☹️

[-] SevenStack@startrek.website 3 points 5 months ago

They do have a morgue on the Enterprise D, so presumably they just keep bodies there before they go through whatever death rituals the society has.

[-] ininewcrow@lemmy.ca 2 points 5 months ago

or if they wait too long .... they just dump you into the replicator and Picard gets to drink your former atoms as his daily cup of hot Earl Grey tea.

[-] almar_quigley@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago

Like the Prey recyclers. Not something I was aware of, neat.

[-] over_clox@lemmy.world 1 points 5 months ago

Ah, okey dokey, gotcha. Can't say I've seen every episode there is, I haven't seen much Star Trek since the original series and the TNG series.

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