What are scientists of the Star Trek universe working on if anything?
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By the way, not exactly on topic but has anyone ever read the short story "Commandoes"? Don't remember the author. It takes place in an advanced society on Earth where everyone gets around by teleportation and almost all goods and services are sent via teleportation.
It begins at the World Cup where someone hacks the global teleportation system and apparently kills both ball teams at the end of the game along with hundreds of spectators. What follows is a mad scramble to find the villains before all of society comes crashing down. As cities requiring millions of tons of supplies each day can no longer depend on the teleport system.
It begins at the World Cup where someone hacks the global teleportation system and apparently kills both ball teams at the end of the game along with hundreds of spectators. What follows is a mad scramble to find the villains before all of society comes crashing down. As cities requiring millions of tons of supplies each day can no longer depend on the teleport system.
Things you wouldn't understand. Seriously, I've thought about the concept of "no new worlds to conquer" in relation to Trek for a while. Oh, they may improve existing gadgetry, but fundamental breakthroughs may be eluding them which could result in a "steady state" society.
Turned out, the Klingons didn't have the same problem. They studied why, figured it out, and cleared that problem up a lot quicker than anyone expected.
^ I have NO idea where I'm remembering that from. But I didn't make it up. Which doesn't mean it wasn't another poster here.
Well the 24th century era humans have obtained a lot of knowledge from races like the Cytherians (The Nth Degree). IIRC Picard said it would take DECADES for the Federation to examine all the information they were provided. So obviously analyzing and applying that would take a long time. First up would be the Cytherians ability to transport starships such great distances and as Barkley did, radically increase the power of a starships shield systems.
Three inventions still elude the Federation's grasp: circuit breakers, seat belts, and a better mouse trap.
They did invent seat belts in the Kelvin timeline. #betterfuture
Chroniton food supplements.
Portable memory erasers.
Hard light holographic clothing.
Liquiformable/morphogenic pharmaceuticals.
Portable memory erasers.
Hard light holographic clothing.
Liquiformable/morphogenic pharmaceuticals.
I suppose modern science improved a lot of people's lives in the 20th century. But before that and since then "quality of life" has stagnated IMO unless you count entertainment, vanity gadgets and so forth. In the US at least, people are living longer but quality of life has not improved.
Holding people in the transporter buffer during interstellar travel.
Think of all the trouble that would be avoided if passagers were beamed up only as far as the pattern buffer, held there during the journey, then beamed down to their destination.
Never actually setting foot on the ship.
Think of all the trouble that would be avoided if passagers were beamed up only as far as the pattern buffer, held there during the journey, then beamed down to their destination.
Never actually setting foot on the ship.
Hacking the Q continuum I'd imagine.
Figuring out how to repeat the Traveller's warp experiments and send a probe to the end/beginning of the universe, and unravel the interchangeable properties of thought/time/matter/energy and incorporate it in the next iPhone.
Delve in to the sub-subatomic realm that Kes described to Tuvok would list highly I imagine.
Figuring out how to repeat the Traveller's warp experiments and send a probe to the end/beginning of the universe, and unravel the interchangeable properties of thought/time/matter/energy and incorporate it in the next iPhone.
Delve in to the sub-subatomic realm that Kes described to Tuvok would list highly I imagine.
And communication.
Stable slipstream drive or transwarp networks.
Replicating the Doctor's mobile emitter and/or recreating Soong's work.
Time travel without slingshot.
Investigations of the Q Continuum - highly esoteric and prone to disruption by the study species.
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Replicating the Doctor's mobile emitter and/or recreating Soong's work.
Time travel without slingshot.
Investigations of the Q Continuum - highly esoteric and prone to disruption by the study species.
Recipe for the ultimate jambalaya, Madras curry and perfect blend of vodka, whiskey and bloodwine to make a warrior's drink that would cause Odin to shit his guts out.
Because "post scarcity" is effectively a requirement for a world with "no money". It doesn't mean there's zero needs, it just means most people don't have material limitations. Limitless energy feeds replicators which feed you. Closed, sustainable loop with no additional inputs.
The fact that starship fuel (or the regulator thereof) is precious and hard to find is largely immaterial for most people on Earth. That's a galactic 1%er problem, like finding the right marina for your superyacht.
It's not just the Federation. Societies significantly more advanced technologically than their own also lacked certain things we'd consider basic. The Borg seemingly never assimilated firewalls. Apparently, the notion of a boot sector program (or virus) was unknown to the Iconians. And so on...
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Dr. Richard Daystrom was a computer scientist working on the next generation of multitronic computers. http://memory-alpha.wikia.com/wiki/Richard_Daystrom
Dr. Paul Stubbs was an astrophysicist who studied the affects of a neutron star/red giant star binary system. http://memory-alpha.wikia.com/wiki/Paul_Stubbs
Lenara Kahn was a scientist studying how to create artificial wormholes. http://memory-alpha.wikia.com/wiki/Lenara_Kahn
Dr. Noonian Soong and Bruce Maddox were both cyberneticists working on advanced artificial lifeforms and AI. http://memory-alpha.wikia.com/wiki/Bruce_Maddox
Just a few examples of Federation scientists and what they are or were working on.
Dr. Paul Stubbs was an astrophysicist who studied the affects of a neutron star/red giant star binary system. http://memory-alpha.wikia.com/wiki/Paul_Stubbs
Lenara Kahn was a scientist studying how to create artificial wormholes. http://memory-alpha.wikia.com/wiki/Lenara_Kahn
Dr. Noonian Soong and Bruce Maddox were both cyberneticists working on advanced artificial lifeforms and AI. http://memory-alpha.wikia.com/wiki/Bruce_Maddox
Just a few examples of Federation scientists and what they are or were working on.
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