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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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[–] [email protected] 0 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Hey, we're getting there lol. If you count things like RFID tags (which have circuitry and microcontrollers embedded), we have plenty of disposable, single-use tech.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 5 months ago (2 children)

There is definitely lots of single use tech in use today, but I'm more referring to IPAD/Tablet like things that seem to be single use in Trek shows.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 months ago

I don't think they're single use like you'd throw them away or anything. I think they use multiple PADDs so they can hold and interact and look at multiple documents at the same time.

In a post scarcity setting, it makes sense. Sometimes I like having multiple paper documents in front of me, and that feels like the equivalent.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago

Pretty sure they used single use PADDs to bridge the meaning of paperwork to the digital age.

What for example screams being busy more? A bunch paper stacks/PADDs or just a single PADD?