In quoting my post, you affirm and agree that you have not been goaded, provoked, emotionally manipulated or otherwise coerced into responding.
"The difference between what we do and what we are capable of doing would suffice to solve most of the world’s problems.”
Mahatma Gandhi
Did you know IMPressPolly, that I once asked a mate of mine, who happens to be very much like the characters of Big Bang Theory if he liked the show. He said "Typical nerd humour". HA! That guy never gets a $#@!. Wait. you know, lately I have been able to relate to that guy much better than I ever have in the past.
I dont really watch Star Trek. Like I have seen it but when I was a kid the movies bored me. I saw next Generation a bit and reruns of the Originals but I havent seen many originals and only ever had a passing interest in Next Generation. ( I am not offended by Big Bang Theory ((: )
Are you a fan of Wil Wheaton? Did you see Toy Soldiers? That movie was $#@!ing awesome.
Wil Wheaton.
edit- You know what? That song is much better when it only lasts for 20 seconds. Bare Naked Ladies suck.
edit- I actually remember David from Rosanne. Now that is $#@!ed up.
Actually, in my opinon, She Devil was a great movie.
edit- Ok, I gave it some thought, and I came up with this.
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I think Spock would look sporting in one of these hunting caps. Do you think he would like?
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I'd prolly cheap out and replicate him some scented meditation candles.
Cutesy Time is OVER
Spock's bday is 9/16...1966.
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Star Trek Tricorder Moves Closer to Reality...
Star Trek Tricorder Moves Closer to Reality
January 22, 2018 — Assessing someone's medical status was easy on the TV series, Star Trek. Dr. McCoy just waved his tricorder over the patient, and any broken bones, concussions or internal bleeding were instantly revealed.
While in real life, ultrasounds and x-rays help physicians diagnose everything from breast cancer to kidney stones, those scans can not reveal what is inside the masses. Having that immediate knowledge could help millions of patients avoid unneeded stress and surgery. Purdue University Biomedical Engineering professor Ji-Xin Cheng has devoted his life’s work to technology that will be able to provide that internal view. He and his team have developed several medical tools that help diagnose patients using sound and light. “Eventually we want to make a device like the tricorder in Star Trek," he explains, "so our dream is to make a movie into a real practice.”
Label-free imaging
In conventional medicine, surgeons must either cut out suspect tissue for analysis, or risk exposing already very sick patients to fluorescent dyes and nanoparticles. These "labels" light up lesions so doctors can study them. Team member Jesse Vhang explains their technique - called "label-free imaging" - eliminates more invasive or toxic procedures by bouncing light off molecules in the tumor. “We do not need a label," he points out. "We can basically look at the vibrations of the molecules and these vibrations can generate signals in our microscope.”
Ji-Xen Cheng's team has been shedding new light on cell biology using the advanced spectroscopic imaging tools developed in their lab.
Those vibrations serve as molecular fingerprints, unique to each type of molecule. The patterns can be mapped to identify such things as lipids, proteins, and nucleic acids. In essence, the devices give doctors the ability to look at a patient in three instead of two dimensions. Vhang says, “For example we could use this to image biological samples from patients. We can see if the patient has cancer, which usually accumulates a lot of lipids.” The label-free imaging devices have shown promise in identifying kidney, liver, and breast cancer.
MarginPAT
One device, the MarginPAT, funded by the National Institute of Health, will also help breast cancer surgeons remove tumors more efficiently and accurately. In the United States, about a quarter of all breast cancer patients must undergo a second surgery to remove missed malignant cells. The developers expect MarginPAT will dramatically reduce that number. Cheng and his partner, Dr. Pu Wang, founded Vibronix to manufacture the device. Wang says it could revolutionize medicine around the world. "I think this will be good in mainland China where medical practice is not as good as the tier one hospitals in the big cities or aboard. They will be able to use the setup to provide the same surgery as the big city doctors."
If all goes as planned, the MarginPAT will be on the market within three years and several more of Cheng’s label-free imaging devices will not be far behind, making his dream of a real Star Trek tricorder one step closer to reality.
https://www.voanews.com/a/real-life-...k/4218343.html