Questions tagged [tools]
For questions involving the design and manufacture of basic tools like carpentry tools or musical instruments, etc. Excludes weapons and electronics (use 'weapons' and 'technology' respectively).
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How would quadrupedal tetrapods use complex tools and become more technologically advanced?
Would quadrupedal tetrapod species be able to utilise complex tools to develop further technologically?
(Complex tools meaning purposefully constructed and shaped to perform a task, for example humans ...
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Would a saber-toothed predator make a good draught animal?
Saber-toothed predators are strong and robust, with a strengthened neck which they use to power killing strikes on their prey. To me, this profile resembles such as oxen, horses, and other such ...
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Determining the qualities of a quill based on the qualities of the bird [closed]
Quills made from different birds are noted to be different, but I cannot find information of what factors are behind these quill differences
The relevant species is a flightless flamingo-like wader ...
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how to wear multiple blades? does it matter?
both are quite easy to animate, no further programming required except switching secondary sword attachment from side_hip1.r to side_hip2.l so it's mostly about aesthetics now... which is a problem ...
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Rate at which jackhammer excavates asteroid
I've got a family using a jackhammer to excavate an asteroid habitat they intend to homestead in.
The jackhammer is large, and would normally need mounting on
a column or tripod like this mining ...
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What industrial exoplanet machine would serve as the best escape vehicle from a remote secure stronghold?
My world has 18th century society norms with steampunk tech. I have added a scene from the story to the end of this question, just fill in the blank. Some characters become impressed into service with ...
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Not-so-precious metals: tools with only precious metals are available
Imagine a world where only precious metals are available. They are as common and plentiful as iron or aluminum are in our world. Any metal that is not precious does not exist outside of biological ...
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What kind of interior doors make sense on a space station?
We are on an orbiting research station in the near-ish future (100-200 years from now?)—like the ISS but bigger and with a little more space for comfort and convenience.
My protagonists have been ...
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Harness for soft-bodied animal
There is a soft-bodied animal approximately 1m in length. It has a worm-like body with a hydrostatic skeleton, and several pairs of legs that function as muscular hydrostats. Its anatomy has a rather ...
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What cutlery would rotifer monsters use?
The rotifer monsters are monstrous rotifers with a roughly human level of intellect. They are roughly 7 metres in length and 2 metres in diameter. They possess the power to manipulate gravity, ...
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How fragile exactly are flint weapons? How much abuse can they take before breaking?
Obviously flint and similar stones are much more fragile than tool or weapon quality bronze and steel, but while writing I find I don't actually have any idea what this means in practice.
I use steel ...
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Body shape of a bioengineered tool-using fish [closed]
So, the dolphins are revolting! They want rights! They demand equality! They insist upon humans sharing all those wonderfully human things with them, like jobs and housing and social media and ...
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Could clawed fingers (without fingertips) work as well as nailed fingers?
The hand and arm are exactly human from the shoulder to the intermediate phalanges. The distal phalanges are conical, as in clawed animals, and is entirely surrounded by a keratinous claw. There is no ...
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If people in medieval times had access to osmium, would it be used? [closed]
Let's say that in 1,200 AD, aliens secretly come to Earth and drop off tons of Osmium in various places.The aliens then leave and humans discover this new metal.
By the late medieval era, forges ...
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If people in medieval times had access to titanium, would it be used over steel?
Let's say that in 1,100 AD, aliens secretly come to Earth and turn all of the titanium oxides into pure titanium.The aliens then leave and humans discover this new metal.
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