I understand what you mean I just meant that it was not a fair comparison to use to prove that point. Though it's like you said, can't recreate something with data alone. I just can't see the pokeball in any way having the power source or materials needed for such a feat. For the modern rp I don't think pokeballs are necessary anyways, since we will probably only have one maybe two pokemon at most. Also since there aren't really any others (that we know of) or at least no wild ones (again that we know of) then capturing one would at most be a topic of theoretical conversation among the students.