Star Trek Hypospray Now Real

[Danpascooch]

They wasted money on this crap when you could easily get a needle?

Seriously? People need to grow up, it's just a needle for goodness sakes...

First of all:

My knowledge is limited and I my be completely wrong here, but needles cannot be used repeatedly, while this can, so medical waste will be cut down on massively and health services wont have to buy shit loads of needles for immunitization.

Secondly, I'm not one of them, but many people have serious needle phobias that they can't just "man up" about, none of us are better than them for not having those phobias, and I'm sure this would be great for those people.

 

[Kimarous]

I initially misread the topic title was "Hypocrisy", not "Hypospray". XD

In any case, always glad to see medical science improving.

 

[TsunamiWombat]

Excuse me while I walk over here and let my head explode with joy.

Edit: Just realised that sounded a bit sarcastic, I was actually being sincere.

They wasted money on this crap when you could easily get a needle?

Seriously? People need to grow up, it's just a needle for goodness sakes...

Try telling that to someone who suffers from needlephobia.

More importantly, needles generate dangerous biological waste that hospitals have to pay to dispose of. I'm assuming the lasers can be used over and over again. This will save money in waste disposal, and minimize risks of cross infection from used/dirty needles.

 

[Redlin5_v1legacy]

This idea pleases me. I hate needles but I take them without a fuss.

 

[poiuppx]

At this rate we'll have communicator badges, true artificial intelligence, and teleporters... all before we get a flying car. Where the heck is my flying car, Science? You can't just skip the 50s and go straight to Star Trek, there's some sci-fi you missed!

 

[paragon1]

Well, this will make getting vaccinated before going overseas less of a pain in the ass (literally).

 

[cartographer54]

Whoa, thats so cool. I always hated needles. If only they released it in N. America...

 

[KeyMaster45]

If I remember correctly there were more than a few times when someone would wince when given a hypospray shot. Usually though it was cause the doctor was annoyed, peeved, or being a douche so they'd make it hurt.

I'm all for this new technology, but I expect it to be another 20 years before it makes it to the US and replaces the common syringe. After all we're pretty much a country nowadays that shuns technology (the kind that helps mankind anyway) thanks to our overwhelming amount of paranoia about robots stealing our jobs.

 

[ShadowsofHope]

As one of the many people in this thread that usually suffers from needlephobia (in personal case, fainting), I would just have a couple words to express my feelings on this matter.

Fuck. Yes.

 

[Tharwen]

God, how I hate bad acronyms. Just call it something descriptive! Can you really imagine someone having to discreetly use his 'PLEASE' before eating a doughnut?

The medical device is pretty cool, though.

 

[Simalacrum]

I will NOT be satisfied unless it makes that classic "pshhh!" sound!

 

[tsb247]

They've actually had stuff like this for years. The needleless syringes already on the market don't use lasers, but rather they use high pressure to force finly atomized medication through the pores in your skin.

They have mainly been used to vaccinate cattle and sheep.

 

[Acidwell]

Great news for heroin addicts, no need to find a vein

 

[Stone Wera]

They wasted money on this crap when you could easily get a needle?

Seriously? People need to grow up, it's just a needle for goodness sakes...

Who cares? It uses LASERS! It is by default "the shit".

 

[BoogieManFL]

A few reasons that make this good for the naysayers.

Good for people who fear needles, especially children.
Good for the environment. Reusable. Less waste. Cheaper in the long run, no waste disposal.
Good for your health. A laser isn't going to carry nasty foreign agents into your body.
Good for getting needed medicine administered quickly.
Good for people who have hard to find veins.
Good for people with poor blood clotting. A laser can cut a hole far smaller than any needle.
Good for uncooperative recipients.
Good for emergencies. Far easier for someone with no injection knowledge to use.

That's just off the top of my head.

 

[CrystalShadow]

Its cool and all but syringes are far cheaper, unless its multi-use i can't see it replacing the syringe any time soon

Of course it's multi-use. That'd be the main point of a device like this. (even the fictional version. - Watch star trek and you'll see the same hypospray being used on multiple people without stopping inbetween even to sterilise it.)

They wasted money on this crap when you could easily get a needle?

Seriously? People need to grow up, it's just a needle for goodness sakes...

See above. I'm fairly sure that the fact that this device doesn't physically penetrate the skin means it can be reused without the need to worry about cross-infection.

The main reason needles are disposable, is that you do not want to transfer disease from one person to another.

A device like this doesn't need to be disposable if it's designed correctly, so in fact if used correctly, this should cut down on costs, AND bio-hazard waste, quite aside from that it might be less painful.

 

[The Morrigan]

My boyfriend just had a nerdgasm when he read this. Mine was quieter, but no less joyful. *grins*

 

[wammnebu]

OP: Sometimes I get the feeling that scientists today are basing all their research off old sci-fi.

why do you think they became scientists?

 

[cerebus23]

As a guy with a feel of needles, this is actually fantastic news. Sure it'll take a few years to be fully developed, but this is excellent.

Next, let's have warp speed.

Signed for me to i loathe needles have a intense fear of the damn things. Can't wait for this to go mainstream. Best scientific discovery ever for us needle haters.