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Comments on Top Ten Star Trek Techs Made Real
The top ten science-fictional technologies from classic Star Trek? Sounds like something I might have done. (Actually, I did.) (Read
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| "Eh, some of them seem like kind of a stretch but I would definitely say that your conclusions are some of the first steps towards the equivalent Star Trek devices. Good job overall." (Brandon 3/6/2008 10:06:29 AM) |
| "Don't forget:
Uhura's Bluetooth ear piece
Portable ebook readers
High capacity Compact Flash
storage cards.
Anti-radiation pills
http://futurismic.com/2008/02/01/nanotube-anti-radiation-pill/
and others..." (Mike B 3/6/2008 9:59:34 AM) |
| "How about those silvery disks used by Mr. Atos (sp?) in the Library?" ( 3/6/2008 7:19:16 PM) |
| "The captain had a pretty good deal with a big flat screen tv and a centrally located comfy chair. Not to mention A yeoman to bring snacks..." ( 3/6/2008 7:20:09 PM) |
| "Check out a gadget called iLiad at www.irextechnologies.com
Combining an inductive stylus with e-paper, it could be the great-grandfather of the star trek data-pad." ( 3/7/2008 12:56:07 PM) |
| "You're right - I'm particularly impressed with the ability to annotate with the stylus right on the screen. See iRex Iliad E-Book Reader AND Writer for more info, pix and video." (Bill Christensen 3/9/2008 4:58:31 PM) |
| "Atoz(sp?) disks are what I recall the most when CD's first came out and all of their derivatives since then. I can remember others who were watching at the time of this episode dismissing the concept of Atoz using the silver disks as memory storage in the form of a historical recording. Most of us knew better..." (Stabe 11/17/2008 5:01:51 PM) |
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