By Futurist Thomas Frey
The first time I watched Star Trek and heard Captain Kirk calmly instruct the crew to “set your phasers to stun,” I wondered just how many more settings those weapons actually had. Was it just a simple two-position switch with “kill” or “stun,” or were there additional settings that were less than lethal?
For this reason, I came up with 10 other settings that could be employed to handle the situation:
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