AnubisGuard
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You'd have to be pretty sci-fi literate to even know what a cyborg was back in the '60s, let alone think that a woman wearing a metal ear accessory was one. So I imagine not.
The Wand Company TOS Tricorder is coming!
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You'd have to be pretty sci-fi literate to even know what a cyborg was back in the '60s, let alone think that a woman wearing a metal ear accessory was one. So I imagine not.
My parents were first-generation Trekkies. There was never any confusion. As with the phaser and communicator and tricorder, even without explicit explanation, their function was obvious.
Cool. As an extension of that question, if you showed them a picture of 7-of-9, would they get that she's a cyborg in 1966? They might think that that was jewelry or ornamentation. (I might be getting too deep in the concept...)
Yes, I was taking it out of context. I guess a picture alone wouldn't do anything. If everything is in the context of the episode, then it's obvious.
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The trick there is context. By the time she looked like that, she'd been de-cyborged, and that was just one obvious external bit they couldn't. If you showed a picture of her full-Borg, they'd've totally gotten the idea, even if they didn't know the word 'cyborg'. When did Doctor Who introduce the Cybermen?
I wonder if it could actually be used as a functional antenna? The disc-Yagi antenna uses a similar configuration. Thinking out loud here.Two-component construction. Stem with vanes is single milled piece of aluminum, hollow through the middle down to the intact bottom. Can house an antenna. Don't think there are batteries quite that small, but maybe. Main housing is aluminum shell over insulating plastic liner. Electronics, maybe battery, contained in that part. Milled threaded nub the antenna screws securely onto.
I may or may not have done preliminary work on how to at least make the functional shell of one of these, as well as a Bluetooth TNG commbadge with galvanic fingerprint coding, shaped sound, and combination mic setup. I may or may not have suggested these to the Wand Company some years back and gotten a "we might if there looks like there might be a sufficient market" response. They're... *sigh* ...pretty niche.
Leinads, yep. I was thinking mash that up with an AirPod, basically.
Jintosh, I went and checked, and mechanically-augmented persons have been part of the genre for over a hundred and fifty years. Check particularly the literary ones. I knew many of those, but not all. I got some reading to do!
But yeah, the concept would likely be understandable, if not already familiar, to those watching Star Trek in the '60s.
Jintosh, I went and checked, and mechanically-augmented persons have been part of the genre for over a hundred and fifty years. Check particularly the literary ones. I knew many of those, but not all. I got some reading to do!
But yeah, the concept would likely be understandable, if not already familiar, to those watching Star Trek in the '60s.
No, I was 6 and even at that age she appeared to be nothing more than a glorified Operator of the ship…
Ronldheld
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I never thought that it was not an earpiece.
Yep. That seems to be the case, even then. I found a pic of Uhura when she traveled back in time to WWII.
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Earpiece Slims. “You’ve come along way, baby”
With across the board industry delays, the issues of material acquisition and a continued manufacturing squeeze I believe we may be pleasantly surprised with some new upgraded components as equivalents for unavailable or now obsolete elements. I foresee units exceeding any stated features and specs. Fingers crossed.
FANATICO
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I think she’s still a Doll……
You guys are right…..back to the thread topic…
For the second time……Hey Wand! Where’s my Tricorder?
In the meantime while waiting for Wand…..I’ve been 3D printing a Tricorder….it’s a WIP. Once completed, I will post a new thread….
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The Wand Company has stopped doing updates on the Tricorder, is it ever coming out? At this point I would settle for a re-release of the phaser.
If there is no update there isn’t much to say. Supply chain issues are still hitting the industry and Wand is a small company. There are likely in a very long line of various companies waiting for parts.
Certified Old Fart (tm) here. I remember watching it live back in the 60's and never thought she was any part machine. It was obvious from the get-go that her earpeice was a wireless version of the earpiece I had for my transistor radio.
xlowes
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Starbase101
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Neither is patience during these trying times.
