Escafil Device

[CounterInstinct]

I don't think it's a real "mind", like more of instinct, like how we act when we touch something really hot, or the pleasure from eating cinnamon buns.

[saamoz610]

you know this stuff might not be so far in the funture

[warren_bearclaw]

First, I'd like to say: "AAAAAAAUUUUUUUUGGGH GHHHHHH!!!!!"

Then, I'd like to say: There have been several mentions of losing nanites through injury and other situations. What if they are self-reproducing? Has anyone here read Michael Crichton's book "PREY"? What kind of implications would that have?

[Aluminator (Kit)]

Actually, the nanites would almost have to be self-reproducing for just that reason. Some may be lost, some could be damaged, and after a while they're just going to wear out regardless. If they're not capable of creating more, the morphing ability becomes a one-time only thing.

I think somebody mentioned a while back in this thread that a lot of the nanites would probably be specialized; some of them would store information, and some would provide the Z-space field for morphing. Specialization makes even more sense when you consider that some of them would have to be able to create more as well.

Apparently Andalite nanites are more well behaved than those in Prey, though

[warren_bearclaw]

Here's hoping

Another thing to consider... What about the handicapped kids who got healed? If these nanites store basic memories (like muscle memory) and details that aren't based on DNA (like fat and hair length), how and/or why would kids with life-long injuries be healed, while others with genetic issues weren't? Someone mentioned that the tech can't be solely based off of DNA because then the morpher would end up as an embryo or a baby or something... in other words, they wouldn't appear the same age, etc. (For example, when Cassie morphed Rachel, she would have been an adult Rachel, rather than an exact copy of her teenaged self.) Random question... where in our minds/bodies do we store information about ourselves that isn't DNA-based? In a sense, aren't all of our characteristics based on it? Even when your grown up, your body is still being actively mantained according to the DNA that you've had since birth. I don't know for sure, but I think that even with one set of DNA there is some 'wiggle room' for our bodies to adjust in. Like I said, our adult body is acceptable to or compatible with our DNA patterns... What is it in our bodies that controls our current expression of our DNA?

[Tim Bruening]

I have a question. You stated that maintaining things like piercings and clothes are all based on concentration and practice. So then, is it possible, with immense focus, to create mass that was not there? Like picturing a person as being fatter, or wearing a different color shirt and then morphing them? If that would work, what's to stop a person from picturing the person being morphed wearing gold rings and such, and repeating the process to create and essentially drag matter out of z-space in the form of usable materials?

Or go the other way and picture myself has having LESS MASS than I do, allowing me to lose weight!

[Dylan]

No, that's not really how morphing works. Like not all...