# Star Trek tech features that logically should exist but didn't seem to

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Tags:** tv-shows-scripted, star-trek-paramount\
**Created:** [March 18, 2021, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-tech-features-that-logically-should-exist-but-didnt-seem-to/938193 "2021-03-18T16:30:10Z")\
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**Post date:** [April 6, 2021, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-tech-features-that-logically-should-exist-but-didnt-seem-to/938193/148 "2021-04-06T20:31:50Z")

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> [@eschereal](#):
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> The phaser-transporter unit must be displacing all that material to somewhere else to forestall catastrophes.

> [@Does the Star Trek franchise explain how teleportation is achieved?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-the-star-trek-franchise-explain-how-teleportation-is-achieved/939400/26):
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> They put the shoes in subspace

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