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British scientist aims to invent synthehol

Posted: Mon Nov 11, 2013 11:50 pm
by Captain Picard's Hair
http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-576 ... er-you-up/

Next to warp drive and transporters, it's certainly a much more plausible idea. This could be another example of Trek leading real life (if the idea pans out in broader tests). Somewhere in another universe, Scotty just groaned.

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Re: British scientist aims to invent synthehol

Posted: Tue Nov 12, 2013 12:06 am
by Graham Kennedy
What a marvelous modern age we live in.

Re: British scientist aims to invent synthehol

Posted: Tue Nov 12, 2013 4:00 am
by Tsukiyumi
GrahamKennedy wrote:What a marvelous modern age we live in.
Heartily seconded.

Re: British scientist aims to invent synthehol

Posted: Tue Nov 12, 2013 7:23 am
by McAvoy
I like my drunk. You can keep your fake one.

Re: British scientist aims to invent synthehol

Posted: Tue Nov 12, 2013 8:03 am
by shran
that's one of the nice things of science fiction. It gives you the oppurtunity to think of new ideas, not per se constrained by science. The new idea just works, so you can demonstrate the effects. Then scientists can worry about how to replicate it and they have a goal to work towards.

Re: British scientist aims to invent synthehol

Posted: Tue Nov 12, 2013 2:28 pm
by Tinadrin Chelnor
I like to party, but I refrain from alcohol. Thus, this would be a good thing in my view.

Re: British scientist aims to invent synthehol

Posted: Thu Nov 14, 2013 6:10 pm
by Tyyr
In a more draconian fashion I can see people being given a shot of anti-dote before they leave a bar or club to force them to sober up before being allowed to drive.

Re: British scientist aims to invent synthehol

Posted: Fri Nov 15, 2013 12:03 am
by RK_Striker_JK_5
Tinadrin Chelnor wrote:I like to party, but I refrain from alcohol. Thus, this would be a good thing in my view.
Same here, actually. :D