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by Hnrobert42 188 days ago
That's great! I often measure technological progress by how close we are to TNG. Like, there is a new lithotripsy wand that breaks up kidney stones with ultrasound. That feels like something you would see Beverly Crusher use in sick bay.

Side note, the wand was developed to solve for: trip to Mars -> bone density loss -> minerals in blood -> debilitating kidney stone 1 year from a hospital.