If you could bring any Star Trek tech to this world... ?

[zDarby]

Industrial Replicators. If nothing else, by itself, it would change the way we dealt with the physical world in a way that 3-d printing is currently dreaming about doing in forty years.

But, to make a replicator work, you need amazing computers and components that could be rearranged to make holodecks and transporters...and maybe gravitic deck plates, deflectors, fusion generators and a miriad of other cool stuff.

But, again, even without that, the replicators would revolutionize everything....That's what I want.

 

[Mario de Monti]

That would imply, that all existing Trek technology is programmed into the replicator as you bring it into this world. The purpose of this thread, as I understand it, is to choose a single technology. Thus if you decide to go with replicators, they should be "blank" and only be able to replicate what you can program into it. Otherwise it´d be like "if I had a wish, I´d wish for ten more wishes". And that´d be terribly boring

Hey hey hey, I choose to interpret it as I can go into the Star Trek world and pick up something and bring it back. Nothing was said about wiping any memory banks or anything.

So stop ruining my fun!

You got it, have fun

Personally, I just have more fun when I´m limiting myself a little

 

[Chrono85]

Definitely a warpdrive . All of that other stuff is small business compared to the ability to explore the universe.

 

[xvicente]

Rayna Kapec.

 

[robau]

Data so he can build and program a replicator.

 

[bbjeg]

Am I the only one who thinks Earth isn't ready for warp?

Data so he can build and program a replicator.

I don't think Data would.

 

[Tiberius]

Rayna Kapec.

Oh, yes.

 

[bbjeg]

I'll put this here. It's not quite a repost and it's in general because it spans multiple series and it's more opinion than spec specific. It also has a poll.

http://www.trekbbs.com/showthread.php?t=230098

 

[Saturn0660]

Transporters, easily. No more traffic jams or drunk drivers; no more hijacked airplanes; no more cruise ships run aground. And a lot less pollution.

I don't really think you'd have less pollution. You gotta figure that a transporter would take heavy duty power


But i'd go with a Replicator.. It will work fine because to "load" it you just stick something in and it scans it.. Boom more of the same.

 

[SWHouston]

I'd have to go with two...

Transporter, and a Varon-T Disruptor. Then I'd get rid of our Terrorist problems.

 

[jayrath]

Rayna Kapec.

Oh, yes.

Or Andrea the Android. Or . . .

CORBOMITE!

 

[werdegast]

If I had to be very strict in the selection I would choose Dr. McCoy's kidney growing pills (STIV)... sounds like a patent medicine.

Otherwise... replicators (with supporting tech)

 

[bbjeg]

I'll put this here. It's not quite a repost and it's in general because it spans multiple series and it's more opinion than spec specific. It also has a poll.

http://www.trekbbs.com/showthread.php?t=230098

I forgot to post the actual polled thread on this topic -
http://www.trekbbs.com/showthread.php?t=230137

While this Trek Tech thread is focused on the technical aspect of choices, the links General Trek thread is just opinions on the matter.

 

[Saturn0660]

If I had to be very strict in the selection I would choose Dr. McCoy's kidney growing pills (STIV)... sounds like a patent medicine.

Otherwise... replicators (with supporting tech)

Hahahaah THIS....

 

[Tiberius]

Rayna Kapec.

Oh, yes.

Or Andrea the Android. Or . . .

CORBOMITE!

lol, technically we already have Corbomite.

 

[BK613]

gravity control (artificial gravity/ anti-gravity)

 

[Saturn0660]

gravity control (artificial gravity/ anti-gravity)

Interesting, now thats something i never thought about.. But you are pretty spot on with that. That would change everything about our lives.

 

[Chuck4]

Transporter, for accessing contents of bank vaults. :-)

 

[zDarby]

^^ I would say that greatly depends on the details. If you put in electricity and got out a controlled gravitational force, then yes. But if it requires a whole lot of M/AM plasma, then no.

The 23rd century can afford to feed its gizmos in ways we can not.

Of course, that's just as true for replicators, holodecs and what ever else.

Interesting question: if you put in a kilowatt of power and the gave plate converts this at, say, 0.1% efficiency, what units would you measure the field in? Newtons? Newtons per second? Newton-meters per second?

 

[Saturn0660]

^^ I would say that greatly depends on the details. If you put in electricity and got out a controlled gravitational force, then yes. But if it requires a whole lot of M/AM plasma, then no.

The 23rd century can afford to feed its gizmos in ways we can not.

Of course, that's just as true for replicators, holodecs and what ever else.

Thats true. I could take heavy duty power to run a grav-mat.

I'll take mine back and say cheap/safe/reliable Fusion Power. With cheap power money could be spent elsewhere on other things.