On Fri, 18 Jan 2008 19:50:36 -0500, Joy Beeson
<jbeeson@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>Alternate uses would affect the uses for emergency medicine. For
>example, if people are in the habit of using a gizmo to bring
>groceries home from the store, it's likely that the family gizmo will
>be stored in the trunk of the car usually used for grocery shopping,
>which considerably raises the odds of finding a gizmo at the scene of
>a crash.
I believe it would be far more likely that the food would be put into
stasis as part of the packaging process or, in the case of fresh fruit
and veggies, when they're bagged at the store.
>Is it possible to wrap oneself in the mesh, then activate the gizmo
>while keeping all body parts inside the field that will form? Handy
>if one lands next to a gizmo-preserved bushel of potatoes after
>falling down the cellar steps.
I doubt it. The widgmo has to be outside the field, and it would need
a continuous surface, i.e. no stick poking through the mesh and
touching the widgmo. (If your aim is really good, you might be able to
flick something to hit the switch, but that could become an exercise
in futility.)
It's also doubtful that you'd leave the widgmo connected to an object
after the field is initialized. The most useful method would be to
keep the widgmo on a counter where you could conveniently wrap the
items to be preserved before moving them to a storage rack.
For story purposes, you could make the person somewhat disorganized,
turning their vice into a virtue in that instance.
>If the wire mesh on the potatoes is too small, can one overlap it with
>the wire mesh from the bushel of apples?
As long as the meshes can become electrically/magnetically connected.
>Could the "wire mesh" be in the form of an orthopedic stretcher that
>is assembled by sliding it under the patient from both sides?
Awkward, but I see no reason why not.
>Can it
>be a fabric of interlocking links for easier storage?
Doubtful -- the connections between links rarely provides a reliable
surface. (Ever try to electroplate an entire mail****rt? You'll find
the voltage varies greatly across it, and there can be whole areas
which are dead.)
>What happens if the gizmo is activated when the wire mesh is in
>contact with a chain-link fence?
Probably nothing, as in no field can be established because there is
not a continuous conductive surface surrounding an enclosed space.
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