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jessofthebugs

Category: This is so Star Trek

Jan 28, 2010 07:06

We have doors that open when you walk up to them, portable communicators, and hyposprays. We also apparently have transparent aluminum. Now THIS.

It's even called a Pad ( Read more... )

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futabachan January 28 2010, 16:48:05 UTC

We have transparent aluminum now; scientists discovered it last year. I don't have the link handy. Granted, it's not used commercially yet, and might not be, but still....

jessofthebugs January 28 2010, 16:50:04 UTC

AND WHY WAS I NOT INFORMED?!

I'd like to extend my thanks to Commander Scott. (Thanks for the update, bb!

elflore January 28 2010, 23:31:51 UTC

Seriously!

As soon as I read about this I said to myself: Steve Job sits around all day watching Next Gen reruns and saying, "That jerk Picard has toys that I don't! This cannot be! How shall I fix this?"

Wouldn't you?

I want a Data next.

jessofthebugs January 29 2010, 03:24:36 UTC

I do not doubt this in the least.

mrasaki January 29 2010, 02:33:23 UTC

They have phasers in the work, I think. Or at least, lasers that have a business end. Um.

jessofthebugs January 29 2010, 03:26:30 UTC

This is not something I look forward to them developing - unless they get the "stun" setting down pat. I could get down with a "stun" setting.

Jobs does have Trek connections.... ishbu_alv January 30 2010, 02:21:20 UTC

OK, gross over-simplification of history, but here's a nutshell version:

I was watching something interesting on a Pixar Shorts DVD. Pixar itself began as a group of four computer geeks and one traditional animator who worked for Lucasfilm, and one of their first big commercial projects was the "Genesis effect" for Wrath of Khan. Later, Lucas sold this little division to Steve Jobs, who bought it because these guys not only made pretty images, but created the software themselves to make the images be go, and he decided that this software was marketable. The famous Pixar shorts were trade show pieces to show off the capability of their wares. That animated shorts division never technically made a dime for the Pixar software and Renderman companies, and Jobs was about to dissolve it when Disney called and wanted to make a feature-length piece that we now know as...Toy Story.

I thought the actual Jobs/Lucas/Trek connection might be fan candy for you.

And now I'm gonna go watch Ratatouille.

Re: Jobs does have Trek connections.... jessofthebugs February 5 2010, 21:19:22 UTC

Yeah, I'm not surprised there.