News tagged with star trek
Sci-fi no longer, NREL engineers smart homes
Thanks to TV shows such as The Jetsons and Star Trek, many Americans grew up dreaming that homes of the future would be equipped with fantastic high-tech features. From automatic food dispensers to sliding do ...
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
May 28, 2012 |
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Beam them up: Ashes of 'Star Trek' actor in orbit
(AP) -- James Doohan, Scotty from "Star Trek," spent his acting career whizzing through the cosmos. Gordon Cooper was one of America's famous Mercury seven astronauts. And Bob Shrake spent his work life anonymously ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
May 22, 2012 |
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Engineer thinks we could build a real starship enterprise in 20 years
In Star Trek lore, the first Starship Enterprise will be built by the year 2245. But today, an engineer has proposed — and outlined in meticulous detail – building a full-sized, ion-powered version ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
May 14, 2012 |
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Chemically assembled metamaterials may lead to superlenses
(PhysOrg.com) -- Nanomanufacturing technology has enabled scientists to create metamaterials -- stuff that never existed in nature -- with unusual optical properties. They could lead to "superlenses" able ...
Nov 02, 2011 |
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Life-size 3-D hologram-like telepods may revolutionize videoconferencing in the future
A Queen's University researcher has created a Star Trek-like human-scale 3D videoconferencing pod that allows people in different locations to video conference as if they are standing in front of each other. ...
Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation
May 03, 2012 |
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NASA studying ways to make 'tractor beams' a reality
Tractor beams -- the ability to trap and move objects using laser light -- are the stuff of science fiction, but a team of NASA scientists has won funding to study the concept for remotely capturing planetary ...
Oct 31, 2011 |
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Cognitive researcher designs and builds a real-world modular working tricorder
(PhysOrg.com) -- To say it’s about copying the tricorder from Star Trek, of television and movie fame, is to belittle the ingenuity and thought that has gone into the devices that Peter Jansen has cr ...
Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation
Mar 30, 2012 |
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Tractor beams come to life
Tractor beams, energy rays that can move objects, are a science fiction mainstay. But now they are becoming a reality -- at least for moving very tiny objects.
Sep 08, 2010 |
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Pentagon dreams of Star Trek interstellar travel
The Defense Department first proposed Star Wars. Now it wants Star Trek.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jun 16, 2011 |
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How would humans respond to first contact from an alien world?
According to Star Trek lore, it is only 51 years until humans encounter their first contact with an alien species. In the movie “Star Trek: First Contact,” on April 5, 2063, Vulcans pay a visit to ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Apr 06, 2012 |
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Of girls and geeks: Environment may be why women don't like computer science
(PhysOrg.com) -- In real estate, it's location, location, location. And when it comes to why girls and women shy away from careers in computer science, a key reason is environment, environment, environment.
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Dec 14, 2009 |
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Students demonstrate flux pinning in low gravity
(PhysOrg.com) -- A team of Cornell researchers recently tested their work on the mysterious physical phenomenon of flux pinning aboard a near-zero gravity aircraft.
Oct 27, 2009 |
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Let's get physics-al: Computing will continue to evolve into the future
Will the future bring us the teleportation devices of "Star Trek" or the sinister machines of the "Matrix"? Theoretical physicist Michio Kaku of the City College of New York says that many of the things that were once the ...
Jun 14, 2011 |
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Paramount tests frontier with 'Star Trek' drives
(AP) -- Paramount Pictures is exploring a new frontier by participating in an offer to sell Seagate Technology hard drives with a copy of the latest "Star Trek" movie and 20 other films already on board.
Apr 13, 2010 |
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nuqneH! Australian cave tours available in Klingon
An Australian cave system is offering tours in Klingon, the alien language featured in cult science fiction series Star Trek, in what is believed to be a world first.
Jul 27, 2010 |
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Star Trek
Star Trek is an American science fiction entertainment series and media franchise. The Star Trek fictional multiverse created by Gene Roddenberry is the setting of six television series, including the original 1966 Star Trek, and eleven feature films. The franchise also includes dozens of computer and video games, hundreds of novels and instances of fan fiction, several fan-created video productions, as well as a themed attraction in Las Vegas. Beginning with the original TV series and continuing with the subsequent films and series, the franchise has created a cult phenomenon and has spawned many pop culture references.
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