Comic Book Tech for the Real World

Mainstream comic books have mostly kept with the tradition they began with. You can find the same superheros that were around since the 1930s and most deviations from the traditional have been farther out on the fringe. There are many exceptions to that statement but science fiction has not been integrated into the comic gender as much as it has in other media forms. There have been a lot of comic facsimiles of television science fictions shows, such as most all versions of the Star Trek series. Star wars movies have inspired it's place in the comic world. Let's look at some of these tech type things and see how they might integrate into our lives.

Star Trek comics contained the same tech as in the shows. The Star Trek tech was believable and similar to the real world we live in projected into the future. Here is a list of the technological devices that we don't have but should be in the present world.

1. Spock's Tricorder was an amazing multifunction device. It could detect organic and inorganic objects from a great distance and analyze their genetic makeup and chemical composition. It could do it without contact or destruction of the substance, unlike today. The Tricorder had other functions. It could tell how far the objects were, but, to some degree, that is already possible with todays technology.

2. The transporter was already used in several other non-comic shows such as The Invaders or The Fly. The transporter used in the Star Trek comics could be scientifically explained and was believable. I would like to see that technology here today. It would save on gas but would probably be owned by a major corporation and take a lot of quarters. Beam me up Scotty.

3. It would be really cool to have the Enterprise itself to run around in and explore other worlds. Looks like me may have to wait awhile for that one. I would like to have some stock in the company that comes up with the metal it is made of, tritanium.

Star War's comics had it's share of the same ray guns, space ships and other tech similar to Star Trek but it's own tech is worthy of some mention.

1. Robotic technology dominated in most of the Star Wars comics. C3PO and R2D2 are famous and have their own personalties. It would be nice having a robot with the same capability of at least C3PO.

2. A lot of people would probably like to have a light saber. They must since many paid $100 for a toy one.

3. Flying motorcycles seem cool. Just like with the Harley's the cool factor will get lower when everyone has one.

The traditional superheros had their share of tech that would be good to have now.

1. Wonder Woman's invisible space ship must of had a high tech cloaking device. There are times I wish I had a cloaking device.

2. In the original spider-man comics the web shooters was an invention and not part of his body. Would be great to have for washing windows on skyscrapers.

3. All the Green Lanterns had a special power ring created by the Guardians of the Universe. Maybe if MIT came up with some or those I might buy one. It would be worth the price to gain control over the physical world.

You could conclude that without these high tech devices comics wouldn't be as interesting as they are now. Much more could be said but time is short, unless you can get a hold of a good used time machine.