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Recreational Forums => Trek Discussion => Topic started by: anazonda on January 09, 2010, 11:58:54 AM
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So I was watching this documentary about cell phones, and it turns out that the first Cell phone as we know them today was appearenlty invented by a motorola guy who got his inspiration from the Star Trek communicator.
While his phone was not the first wireless phone to work outside the home, it was the first to utilize cell coverage in the way modern phones do today.
So... What else was invented by getting inspiration from the Star Trek Universe. If possible add reference...
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The first weaponry "laser emitter"
(http://www.weaponsblog.org/images/airborne-laser-aircraft1_18.jpg)
and the touchscreen PC, do i need a reference for that one
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The first weaponry "laser emitter"
Was that inspired by Star Trek too? Did'n know that.
and the touchscreen PC, do i need a reference for that one
Yes... Does such a thing work? (LOL)
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Star Trek has given us the possibility of a better future if we make the effort to make it that way (i.e. removing racism, global peace, cure for cancer etc).
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Off the top of my head, technology-wise we have:
Communicators (Cell Phones)
Laptops
Development in the fields of:
Transporters
Warp Drive
Not to mention the fact, that Star Trek has given us several hundred hours worth of entertainment over the past 40 years, and is enjoyed by millions of people around the world. Episodes (Reruns) are run somewhere in the world on a daily basis.
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Mike Okuda made the mission logos for the latest NASA missions. In fact, I think he does all the graphic work for them now.
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.MP3s
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[citation needed]
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According to a documentary i saw, I think it was How William Shatner changed the world, the guy that invented the MP3 got inspiration from the characters being able to call up music from the ship's computer at will on TNG.
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Mike Okuda made the mission logos for the latest NASA missions. In fact, I think he does all the graphic work for them now.
http://web.me.com/michaelokuda/michael_okuda/NASA.html (http://web.me.com/michaelokuda/michael_okuda/NASA.html)
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Phased array radar seems to be linked to it in my own view, heck its gotten so powerful and small now that the new F22 and F35 are able to focus the energy of their radar enough to burn out a SAM sites radar system and computers.
Another thing is Deflector shields, Nasa and the military are looking very hard into this. Nasa's current theory and write ups makes their deflector strikingly similar to the one proposed in star trek
I saw a article a while back about the use of verbal universal commuticators being used in the buisness world, its only a matter of time before someone makes one small enough to fit in a ear
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MagLev trains.
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Cloaking device
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show me an article of functional cloaking device..
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http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/article403250.ece (http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/article403250.ece)
http://science.howstuffworks.com/invisible-tank.htm (http://science.howstuffworks.com/invisible-tank.htm)
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http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/article403250.ece (http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/article403250.ece)
http://science.howstuffworks.com/invisible-tank.htm (http://science.howstuffworks.com/invisible-tank.htm)
Woo! Go Britain!
Sorry, carry on. :P
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http://videos.howstuffworks.com/duke-university-news-and-communications/2531-duke-universitys-invisibility-cloak-video.htm
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http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/article403250.ece (http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/article403250.ece)
http://science.howstuffworks.com/invisible-tank.htm (http://science.howstuffworks.com/invisible-tank.htm)
Do you really take anything that is written in The Sun with any value? I wouldn't..
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may want to watch the vid I posted :P
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With the camouflage suit in GI Joe, the filmmakers mentioned that it was based upon a concept from actual developmental research. I'm digging right now, but (according to them) we're not far off from having a system that records images from behind you and broadcasting them from your front to help you blend in.
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The first weaponry "laser emitter"
Was that inspired by Star Trek too? Did'n know that.
and the touchscreen PC, do i need a reference for that one
Yes... Does such a thing work? (LOL)
Lol it does, my friend who lives just down the street from me has 22' MSI touch screen ;) THE COOLEST thing I've ever seen got to admit... when I saw it first, the best I could describe it in two words was I think 'absofuc.inglutely awefuc.ingsome' :funny although it's kinda hard to get used to it at first...
Oh and I saw documentary on BBC Knowledge about cloak :D the field tested such thing on a guy dressed in white jacket/jumpsuit, behind him there was a camera recording environment and projector in front of him projecting everything that's behind him on his clothes, thus he appeard almost invisible but that was hardly a cloak to me :P
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may want to watch the vid I posted :P
I did. it's a step to right direction, but far from complete.
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I saw a show on the science channel where that japanese futurist guy (who's name I can't remember) talked about new meta materials that can bend light around themselves, and laser beams that can apparently render atoms invisible by preventing the electrons from jumping energy levels and emitting photons.
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I saw a show on the science channel where that japanese futurist guy (who's name I can't remember) talked about new meta materials that can bend light around themselves, and laser beams that can apparently render atoms invisible by preventing the electrons from jumping energy levels and emitting photons.
That is what i call cloak. Its stupid with several cameras and monitors on the vehicle. Not mention cameras and screens on a starship :funny
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Nope Vlado no sreens but projectors ;) I highly doubt anyone would bother to put 100 flats into his tank and hoped for being invisible, tho projectors are no better :D
I saw a show on the science channel where that japanese futurist guy (who's name I can't remember) talked about new meta materials that can bend light around themselves, and laser beams that can apparently render atoms invisible by preventing the electrons from jumping energy levels and emitting photons.
Wow now we need Q to build new Aston Martin 'Vanish' and fit it with that tech :P