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Far Future gadgets (and toys for the rich)

Why can I see fighter pilots lining up to get the bladder installed


The glow flower has one important consideration. Line the corridors of a naval vessel with them for emergency guiding lights if the main lighting systems go out. Also cycle some CO2->Oxygen. I can see more a fungus/moss then a plant though
 
Absolutely, veltyen! Glowing flowers are useless? Absolutely not! At a minimum, it would make a great night light - my son still likes his bedside lamp on at night, and there's a plug-in model in the bathroom.

I like the idea of glowing moss. It could be applied like this:
http://www.storiesfromspace.co.uk/data/html/mossgraffiti.html

My only problem with the bladder is that it doesn't account for that extra volume required inside the person. Nice that the bladder is bigger, but if it fits in the same space, outside pressure will still force the urge to go.
 
Another use for the Luciferaze/Luceferine genes: glowing tattoos. A common skin feature in MTU's Matriarchate, these tattoos use gengineered (and micro-manipulated) vat-grown skin fragments (including luciferine-positive cells arranged in a certain pattern by micro-manipulation or microbots) which are transplanted in the recipient. Once they heal, they continue to function as long as the subject lives (though exposure to radiation might damage the tattoo if it damages too many Luciferine-positive cells).

Note: Luciferine/Luciferaze exist IRL and are well known to biologists; this page on the chemistry of pigments will give you alot of info on it (and several other ideas for pigment gengineering). Luciferine is very close to the bottom of that page.
 
Originally posted by Baron W. The PreacherMan:
How about a portable device that takes any biodegradable mass and produces a paste for survival purposes?

An upgraded model could produce different flavors like chockolate, turkey gravy, orange, peanut butter, etc.

What tech Level would this be?
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The Fusion Still/ man-portable* does this already to make water H20. 10kg stuff into 1kg/liter of water, iirc. It's TL-D, and OTU.

For Food? Hmmmm. TL-E, my guess. For a protein paste.
TL-F it has flavors, like what you suggested.

[* Okay, four hefty men can move one]
 
Originally posted by Fritz88:
Hmmm, how would glow-in-the-dark tattoos effect hiding/stalking/sneaking manuevers?
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They'll probably be in places that could be covered by clothes if needed; but if exposed, they should create a DM of -1 or -2 to sneaking. Remember that while they glow, they don't glow MUCH.
 
Would Matches become a novelty item?

They are smelly, untrustworthy, won't work if wet and VERY RETRO.

Yup! Lets make em pay big credits for these things!
 
How about Hi Tech Camping Gear? What will they be using? Fusion generator lights, cooking grill?

Will Charcoal come back into fasion?
 
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  • TL-10: Expedition Food Pack: Cr8/12, .5 Kilo A pre-packaged thin block of dried condensed foodstuff, 5 cm square and 1 cm thick. Drop into 1 litre of water, add heat, and it expands into a dinner-sized meal, if rather well-mixed. Comes in a variety of dishes and preparatory styles. Season to taste. The standard pack is widely viewed as tasty and acceptable. The Cr12/pack version is viewed as superior. Non-toxic. Guaranteed safe and edible for 200 years. Wrapper disintegrates into harmless waste within ten minutes of removal.</font>
  • TL-10: Hot Food Packs: Cr10/15, .25 Kilo A variant of the Expedition Food Pack. It is contained in a cup-shapped package. The top may be ripped off, and water added. The bottom of the cup is a block of self-heating chemicals that may be activated by removing an activation tab. Requires 60 seconds to fully heat and be ready to eat. Is enough for about 1/2 of a full meal. Non-toxic. Guaranteed safe and edible for 200 years. Wrapper disintegrates into harmless waste within ten minutes of removal.</font>
  • TL-12: Fire Block: Cr6 A 15 cm square, 2 cm thick. A pre-packaged block of flamable solid chemicals. When unwrapped, and the "lighter" tab ripped off, the block self-ignites. Lasts for thirty minutes. Burns in torrential downpours (and underwater, too, though usually ineffectual for cooking purposes). Leaves nothing behind after burn is completed. Non-toxic. Wrapper disintegrates into harmless waste within ten minutes of removal.</font>
  • TL-15: Imperium Novafire Expedition Goggles: Cr7,500 These goggles hold a single-pane of optically transparent nano-layered machinery. The pane may alter its outward appearing color from from clear to metallics of black, blue, green, orange, red, silver, or gold. Proactive anti-fog effect (fogging/moisture build-up on exterior and interior removed actively). Built-in barometer, humidity sensor, and altimeter (any world's information may be pre-programmed into the goggles to enhance the effectiveness of these sensors). Provides flash-suppressed low-light, far-infrared, ultraviolet, and x12 visual magnification. Provides a 36-bit color visual marquee display system. Automatic range-finder. Auto "target-select" mode: uses display system to "highlight/outline" groups of selected targets (user may select from built-in menus the types of targets that will automatically be selected, people, vehicles, etc.; named templated groups of targets may be established in advance); the system will show range to target, as well as provide textual lists of information about the target or target type that are loaded into onboard memory; onboard memory capable of holding up to 100,000 target types and a large amount of textual data for each target type. Integrates with six common global positioning systems. Integrated inertial tracking system. Tracking systems integrate with onboard display system, and can cross reference with maps to display courses, past and future. Has a one-hundred channel secure wireless high-bandwidth data transceiver, Range: 1000m. Records up to 200 hours of a/v (the main optical pane is the camera and microphone, as well) on removable datachips (has two slots). Is shatter and impact resistant (considered bullet-proof vs. TL-12 or lower projectiles, and will not shatter if struck with a heavy pry-bar; although 95% of kinetic force is still transmitted to the wearer). More expensive models integrate military quality frequency agility in the communications suite. Weight: .5 kilos.</font>
  • TL-15: OD-Steelsilk Reel (ODSR): Cr100 "On Demand Steelsilk". A 2cm thick and 9 cm wide circular "reel". Contains a resevoir of nano-machines that dispense themselves into a fine near-monolithic cord approximately the diameter of a human hair. Has a test load of 5,000 kilos. The amount of "stretch" is user-selectable before each dispensing. Can dispense up to 1000m of "cord". Cord is too thin to be useful for manual climbing, but is often quite useful for a variety other purposes.</font>
  • TL-15: OD-Steelsilk Anchors (ODSA): Cr1 A nano-based "stub" with a flat surface on one side that uses microscopically structured high-friction "connectors" to adhere to virtually any surface (which can be deactivated by applying a carefully three fingered pressure to the anchor from the opposite side). The reverse side has an attachment point for OD-Steelsilk. These anchors can successfully hold hair thin OD-Steelsilk, where most sophont appendages cannot.</font>
  • TL-15: OD-Steelsilk Climber (ODSC): Cr1,000 A large multi-purpose pistol shaped device that holds a magazine for up to 20 OD-Steelslik Anchors (ODSA), and one OD-Steelsilk Reel (ODSR). Can fire an ODSA up to 200m with 95% change of successfully adhering a target surface, and out to 400m with a 75% chance. The ODSA, when fired, drags a line of ODS behind it. If the anchor does not adhere, up to 100m of line per minute may be drawn back. If the anchor does adhere, the ODSC may be used to pull up to 500 kilos straight up against 1G. Also, the fired "cord" may be detached from the ODSC using a free ODSA, and then that may be adhered to a new surface; and then ODSC may then be converted to cord-traversing "conveyor".</font>
 
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  • TL-15: Imperium Starfire Glory Odyssey Goggles: Cr14,000 A stylish improvement over the Novafire Expedition Goggles. Comes with x50 visual magnification, automatic multi-mode eye prescription configurations (dynamically corrective for any known vision defect, as programmed, switches for close and long range activity based on the built-in range finder), military quality frequency agility for wireless communications, 1 micron burst transmission capability, up to one million target memory, is shielded against up to gamma ray radiation, flash suppression speed increased to 1 nanosecond, and carries the imprint of the signature of the founder of Imperium Visual Optics (appointed Imperial Opticalist to the Iridium Throne), Baronet Michael V. Eriikshonn. Guaranteed free of defects from workmanship or optical pane scratches for 100 years (guarantee does not apply to combat or deliberate damage, original purchase receipt and product registration at headquarters on Dingir/Sol within 1 year of purchase are mandatory for recovery against guarantee terms, no exceptions). Weight: .6 kilos.</font>
  • TL-10: Auto-Tent Mk I: See Below for Cost A cube (see below for size) of hardened synthetic material. Waterproof, and cannot be harmed even by striking with heavy objects. When tossed on the ground (ideally on soft flat and level surface), and both activation buttons are pressed and held for five seconds, the cube unfolds and self-assembles into a fully free standing double-wall tent. The walls of the tent are not 100% waterproof, but it is nearly so. The double wall prevents an accidental touch of the inner wall bleeding water through the woven artificial fabric in major downpours. Inside, held in loops attached to the floor of the tent, are eight 12cm x 1 cm sharpened stakes used for securing the tent to the ground (the tent may not remain in place without being secured, but is still free standing). Removing and replacing all the stakes causes the tent to compress back into its cube shape. 1 Person, Cr1,000 (1 kilo, 5cm cube); 2 Person, Cr1,200 (1.1 kilos, 5.5cm cube); 4 Person, Cr2,000 (1.5 kilos, 7cm cube); 8 Person, Cr5,000 (2.5 kilos, 9cm cube); 12 Person, Cr8,000 (4.0 kilos, 12cm cube).</font>
 
I like that the stakes are on the inside, RoS! Though, there must be some high-tech seal that goes over the holes in the floor, right?
 
There are six exterior loops on the base of the tent. One on each corner, and one on each midpoint. There are also two guide-wires that lead off from the fore and aft top of the tent's two "V" tips (actually, it's not a perfect "V", it's sort of curved . . .), with loops at the end of the wires.

The first six keep the tent secure to the ground, and the second two help keep the top from shaking in high winds. (Basically, the interior struts gain some extra bracing when the guide-wires are stretched out and staked down.)


However, I am glad you and Baron tPM liked the various items.
 
RoS,

You have more fans out there than two. What other toys do you have tucked away?

How about hunting gear? Or non-lethal defenses against hostile native species? Or under liquid gear?

I was just thinking that maybe asteroid/planetoid camping would be an extreme sport of the future; you know, really getting away from it all! Would definitely require expensive, highly specialized gear.

Or maybe gas giant soaring/ballooning? It's scary how distracted I can, isn't it!?!
 
Originally posted by Andrew Boulton:
"They are smelly, untrustworthy, won't work if wet and VERY RETRO."

That describes half the people I know...
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Andrew, you don't work with folks from across the Channel do you?
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(Naughty Fritz, /hand slap/ naughty!)
 
Originally posted by Liam Devlin:
[QBFor Food? Hmmmm. TL-E, my guess. For a protein paste.
TL-F it has flavors, like what you suggested.[/QB]
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What TL would little foam-like cubes be (ST:TOS)? Would it be a step above or below protien flavored toothpaste?
 
Originally posted by Fritz88:
What TL would little foam-like cubes be (ST:TOS)? Would it be a step above or below protien flavored toothpaste?
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well, protein cubes not manufactured via the Fusion still food variant could be made as low as TL-9 methinks, with dehydration processes we laready see nowadays. Pop in mouth, and let the body's natural saliva moisten them for swallowing. They'd be much like crackers, salty, and bland. About size of a frozen waffle.

By TL-A one or two might give the entire nourishment of a meal.

By TL-B, one is a meal.

By TL-C one will give you a day's worth of calories. Not very filling, but they will sustain you.

those are my thoughts on food cubes. YMMV, as always.
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Originally posted by Ran Targas:
RoS,

You have more fans out there than two.
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:D


Originally posted by Ran Targas:
What other toys do you have tucked away?
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I just wrote that stuff up, I didn't have it tucked away. If I had an equipment list, I'd go ahead and post it.


Originally posted by Ran Targas:

How about hunting gear? Or non-lethal defenses against hostile native species?
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We'll see.


Originally posted by Ran Targas:
Or under liquid gear?
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:confused: What's "under liquid gear"?
 
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