On the Starship Enterprise,
replicators were devices that were used "to dematerialize matter and then reconstitute it in another form," according to Startrek.com.
Most
replicators produce spare parts through the process of reverse engineering.
Apart from different screen sizes, these two laptops have a common design that enables shared use of not only internal components such as mainboard and BIOS, but also accessories that include port
replicators, batteries, AC adapters, and multi-bay options(1) where peripheral units can be interchanged depending upon intended use.
McCoy); handheld disease detectors (modeled after those nifty tricorders Spock and Captain Kirk used to survey new planets); and 3-D printing (based loosely on the "
replicators" that kept the Enterprise crew clothed, well-fed and flying).
The "
replicators," as Bartlett calls them, haven't had any luck.
Darius offers a broad range of products, including UCITs, managed accounts, hedge funds, fund of funds, hedge fund
replicators and alternative ETFs to deliver alternative investment solutions to its clients.
"Before the advent of RNA, most biologists believe, there was a simpler world of chemical
replicators that could only make more of themselves, given the raw materials of the time," Yarus said.
They have come a long way, those
replicators. Now they go by the name of genes, and we are their survival machines."
The maturing DVD industry has given rise to increased price competition among vendors as well as many choices among the types of services
replicators offer.
It was pawned off on some unsuspecting
replicators in Australia and the Far East.