It's high-tech!

Sort of. I think. Maybe. At least we still have our two MINI-COMPUTERS, which now appear to be different, so I’m thinking that they’re still refining the technology and one of those is obsolete (I’m guessing that it’s not Dick’s, although his appears to require a number two pencil, so who knows.). The computers I understand, but the other "high-tech" gadgets are a bit puzzling. Looking at the panel, it would appear as though the gadgets were an iron, an iPod (or a calculator), and the goal post from a paper football game (because sometimes you just don’t want to use your fingers). Apparently, these things are gun scanners, body vital sign senders, and high speed ID (and if anyone could tell me what the last two are exactly, that would be nice because right now I’m not too sure, and it seems more like a bunch of high-tech sounding words were just sort of thrown together). I think what I like the most is the "high-tech" police typewriter behind Shirl. I’m just wondering where they plug in some of the of the devices that will no doubt be collecting information because last I knew, the typewriter didn’t have that capability (and if it did, I would think that they’d just call it a computer). There’s also the telephone with no buttons or rotary mechanism, but I suppose if you’ve got a wrist-radio, or a cell phone, you don’t really need an office phone, so it’s probably just for show.

On the other side of the law, "B" appears to be less interested in the high-tech gadgets and the heist, and more interested in finding out what he’d look like if he had a bigger nose (or if he was Pinocchio and told a lie). Maybe he’s getting ready to change his identity (either through a disguise or surgery). I guess we’ll just have to wait and see.

On a sad note, T-Rex Arms may be spreading, as in the final panel, Dick Tracy appears to be the next victim. We’ll just have to wait and see whether this is a permanent disability, or only a temporary condition. If it were any other character, I would doubt the chances of a recovery, but this is Dick Tracy, and the strip is named after him, so I have to believe that he’s got some sort of extra strength that will help him overcome this and achieve a full recovery.