Icosahedron
SOC-14 1K
My 2Cr:
As I understood it, the whole idea of Crystaliron was that it has NO fault planes, being produced on a molecular level by nanotech, and as such is stronger than any form of steel. Superdense is also an option, IIRC it turns out not much heavier than gold.
Arthur's full-tang knife could have stuff in the gaps.
Our current aversion to battery-operated accessories is probably due to the current unreliability and low energy density of our batteries. If these problems are overcome, they may be much more widely used - I use a mobile phone and a flash drive much more often than a survival knife, but then that reflects my lifestyle. Why bother with a separate firelighter if your comm battery has enough energy-density to act as a mini tazer when shorted (and will still run your comm for weeks afterward)? Will a future scout find a pocket laser more useful than a knife? Probably, if it's reliable enough. Will screwdrivers still be used? More and more of today's products are fastened with adhesives or welds. Maybe a Sonic Screwdriver will be needed to separate such bonds? Again following today's trends, maybe anything that is fixable will simply clip together and need no tools, anything else simply cannot be fixed outside of a factory.
Sci-Fi has a whole history of wrong predictions - just go with what's good for YTU.
As I understood it, the whole idea of Crystaliron was that it has NO fault planes, being produced on a molecular level by nanotech, and as such is stronger than any form of steel. Superdense is also an option, IIRC it turns out not much heavier than gold.
Arthur's full-tang knife could have stuff in the gaps.
Our current aversion to battery-operated accessories is probably due to the current unreliability and low energy density of our batteries. If these problems are overcome, they may be much more widely used - I use a mobile phone and a flash drive much more often than a survival knife, but then that reflects my lifestyle. Why bother with a separate firelighter if your comm battery has enough energy-density to act as a mini tazer when shorted (and will still run your comm for weeks afterward)? Will a future scout find a pocket laser more useful than a knife? Probably, if it's reliable enough. Will screwdrivers still be used? More and more of today's products are fastened with adhesives or welds. Maybe a Sonic Screwdriver will be needed to separate such bonds? Again following today's trends, maybe anything that is fixable will simply clip together and need no tools, anything else simply cannot be fixed outside of a factory.
Sci-Fi has a whole history of wrong predictions - just go with what's good for YTU.
