Posted Nov. 13, 2020, 9:22 p.m. by Ensign Kaia (Engineering Officer) (Riley W)
Posted by Lieutenant Kiama Naim (Chief Science Officer) in Side Sim - CSO’s Office - Now Is The Time (Tag Naim)
Posted by Ensign Kaia (Engineering Officer) in Side Sim - CSO’s Office - Now Is The Time (Tag Naim)
Posted by Lieutenant Kiama Naim (Chief Science Officer) in Side Sim - CSO’s Office - Now Is The Time (Tag Naim)
Posted by… suppressed (1) by the Post Ghost! 👻(snip)
“Um, sure! Maybe you can find K’Sang’s notes?” Kaia looked at the messy office. “Or he might have taken them with him when he left… We’ll see.” She lifted an arm and fiddled with her U.R.I., producing a holographic projection of her current model. The current model of the U.R.I. was pretty advanced compared to previous models, containing data storage, a personal UT, communications relays (it contained the functions of a combadge), remote interface capabilities, a transport beacon for Galdori “Teleporters”, and more. The big upgrade this time was the update to the holographic projection system, updated to copy a little from Federation holographic technology in making the projection out of a solid light interlace, which meant that Kaia could touch the projection, physically feel it against her hand, and move it around. Kaia rambled something about how cool the new URI was before her attention turned more to the projection. “This is what we had as of the last time we talked. It’s kinda a big collab between Engineering, Medical, and Science, since it kinda fits in all three categories.”
Kaia, Eng
“I will look for them,” Kiama replied with a smile and then shifted her attention to the U.R.I. and what Kaia was showing her. Nodding thoughtfully and replied, “I think I see what you were doing and as I said, I’d be happy to help in any way I can. Could you send me what you have so far so that can have a closer look at it?” While she talked, Kiama had started to lean slightly forward to get a closer look without consciously noticing what she was doing. Her dark eyes wandered slowly and methodically over every inch of the projection, taking in as much as possible.
~Lt. Naim, CSO
Kaia squinted at her diagrams, then nodded slightly and tapped a few things. “Send schematics to Kiama Naim,” she ordered her wrist-mounted computer, then looked back at Kiama. “Do you know of anyone in medical who might be interested in this project? Some of their insight might be helpful. Maybe I should ask the Crit leader about it…?” she looked thoughtful for a few moments as she considered her options.
“You could ask Ensign Shon Baht. I’m sure he’d be happy to help,” Kiama suggested without hesitation.
She zoomed in on one of the sections of the hologram, showing Kiama one of the joints. “One of the toughest parts of the project is figuring out how to transfer physical input from the user into movement in the prosthetic without too much circuitry. My main hope is to make a prosthetic that could be created without the use of computers and used in places where the need for computation is not good. Like if there’s a survey team who needs to blend in with a low-tech civilization but one of the people needs a prosthesis!”
Kaia, Eng
Kiama nodded thoughtfully as she looked closely at the hologram. “Might there be a way to connect it directly to the person’s nervous system and thus to their brain? That might reduce the use of circuitry and all,” she thought aloud. “What if…” Her voice trailed off and neuroscientist reached for a PaDD and to type in some commands. Her eyes were slightly narrowed as she worked on whatever idea had just come to her mind.
~Lt. Naim, CSO
“That’s too high-tech,” Kaia said with a grin. “If you can do that without 23rd century tech or electricity, sure, but the idea is to focus on mechanical motions.”
She tapped a few things and brought up a high-tech gauntlet prosthesis. “This one has the same type of computational fluid in it that they have in starships. It picks up nerve signals directly from the nerves in the stump of the arm, and translates them perfectly with complex hydraulics to realistic movements. They can even,” she punched in a command, “camouflage it to look like flesh.” The image morphed, and Naim was treated with what looked like a lower arm, detached from any other limbs.
Kaia looked at Kiama, an odd expression briefly on her face, then pulled the URI off her wrist and placed it on the table. The next thing she did was to grab her right arm, just below the elbow, and twisted it in a way that her arm definitely should not have been able to twist. A moment later, a lifeless arm popped right off, leaving a stump that ended halfway between the wrist and elbow, all the skin below the elbow devoid of the downy fur that covered the rest of the Raka’s body. Kaia waved the stump at Kiama, giving her a shy smile.
Kaia, Eng
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