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[–] smuuthbrane@sh.itjust.works 17 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

Why would it take longer? Warp 7 is warp 7 no matter your size.

[–] 14th_cylon@lemmy.zip 3 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

because now you are not capable of warp 7.

for the same reason as when you are wining olympic athlete, and someone magically scale you down 10 million times, you will no longer be the winner of 100m run.

[–] atomicbocks@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 weeks ago

More stops for fuel I guess? Though, IDK, that was only a problem sometimes in the show.

[–] AbsolutelyNotSpez@lemmy.world 7 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

We all live in a tiny Voyager... 🎵🎶

[–] verity_kindle@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 weeks ago

A tiny Voyager, a tiny Voyager ...and our friends are all aboard, more Tuvixes live next door.....

[–] treadful@lemmy.zip 6 points 2 weeks ago

Fun fact: That's how they filmed the macrovirus episode.

[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 6 points 2 weeks ago

Remembering the time on DS9 when Dax, Bashir, and O'brien's shuttle got shrunk down and they had to stop a Cardassian take over of fhe station.

[–] DmMacniel@feddit.org 5 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] microcapybara@sopuli.xyz 3 points 2 weeks ago

There once was a little ship That took a little trip

[–] DarrinBrunner@lemmy.world 5 points 2 weeks ago

Maybe next they'll build a full size one.

[–] crazycraw@crazypeople.online 4 points 2 weeks ago

we could have seen this thing shrink 50 times by now. it's impossible to tell.

[–] BillyClark@piefed.social 4 points 2 weeks ago

When it gets home, Worf will certainly write a poem to commemorate its victory.

[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 4 points 2 weeks ago

Q did it better, he made voyager subatomic proportions.

[–] 14th_cylon@lemmy.zip 4 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

so it is 6 years old repost, but it is not just a nerd playing with their lab equipment, it actually seem to be part of quite interesting research.

Physicists at Leiden University in the Netherlands have created a 3D-printed microscopic version of the USS Voyager from the Star Trek franchise, according to a recent paper in the journal Soft Matter. These kinds of synthetic “microswimmers” are of great interest to scientists because they could one day lead to tiny swimming robots for autonomous drug delivery through the bloodstream, or for cleaning wastewater, among other potential applications. Such studies could also shed light on how natural “microswimmers” like sperm and bacteria travel through the human body.

https://arstechnica.com/science/2020/11/tiny-version-of-uss-voyager-sheds-light-on-physics-of-microswimmers/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p47jwGQvPUw

[–] Quetzalcutlass@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago
[–] itrealgood@mander.xyz 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I need a nanoprobe for scale

[–] ummthatguy@lemmy.world 7 points 2 weeks ago

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