To guide this conversation back towards the thread topic, which do you think we're more likely to get first?
1. A true handheld hypospray.
2. An energy beam that can stun.
3. A handheld scanner that can detect heartbeats and body temperature from (let's say) five feet away.
All of these things should be less than two hundred years away, in theory, so which do you think we'll get first? Not at the size that Star Trek has it, but at a size that can be carried around without too much trouble and run on fuel cells.
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