Laura June picked up on Siri’s interesting thoughts on certain movies. She loves those with robots and artificial intelligence…
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Universal Music Catalog – just a few years away
With the announcement of Amazon’s new Cloud Player iPhone app, the Universal Music Catalog is one step closer. For years I have dreamed of this Star Trek-like device, where I can find any song I want and listen to it, from anywhere. Preferably this will be an app on a device I already own (smartphone), …
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Transparent Aluminum from Star Trek – yeah we’ve had that since 1981
The material, called aluminum oxynitride (AlON), or transparent aluminum is used to make bulletproof windows in armored cars. Here’s the story: The scene, as written, seems to imply that Scotty is talking about some fancy way of making metallic aluminum into a transparent form. Which ain’t happening. What has happened, however, (and in fact what …
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The Big Bang Theory – set phasers to dumb (w/ Spock)
// Thx to Stephanie Van Pelt
The 100 Year Starship: My Three Ideas
It’s the end of an era. The space shuttle was retired last month (July 2011) after 30 years and 135 missions. Now NASA becomes a massive data collection organization. Which allows us, as a nation, to pivot and move in a new direction. A worldwide call for ideas is on the table and it sounds …