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Post by lordroel on Jul 27, 2016 16:39:27 GMT
Yes because in some ways we are more advance except space flight as is shown in the original series and first movies. Also no teleporters. And no replicators but we have this: 1. FOOD REPLICATOR
Captain Jean-Luc Picard used to say ‘Tea, Earl Gray, hot!” and it would be replicated instantly. Today's 3D printers don't tackle tea, but there are machines that actually can print food. And other printers, like the MakerBot Replicator 2 are quite adept at making small objects—just as they were shown to do on later episodes of Star Trek: The Next Generation. 2. UNIVERSAL TRANSLATORIn several episodes, we marveled at the universal translator, which decoded what aliens said in real-time—and in the later shows, it was integrated into the communication badges (which explains why basically everyone, regardless of home planet, spoke English). Now, there's an app for that. Voice Translator by TalirApps understands 71 languages (no Klingon yet, though). You speak in your native tongue and the app translates your phrase into another language. 3. TABLET COMPUTERSLieutenant Commander Geordi Laforge—you know, the guy from Reading Rainbow—used a tablet computer (what they called Personal Access Data Devices, or PADDs) to punch in coordinates for the next star system. Other Starfleet personnel used them to watch video and listen to music—just the things we use tablets for today. 4. TRICORDERIn the TV show, a tricorder is a handheld device that scans for geological, biological, and meteorological anomalies. Handy! In 2012, Peter Jansen from McMaster University in Ontario built a working prototype that scans for magnetic fields and other interference. And there are lots of other real-world tricorders, too. 5. HOLODECK
On Star Trek: The Next Generation, you could walk into a chamber onboard the Enterprise and visit your home planet for a quick barbecue, or even have an affair with a hologram. Leave it to a bunch of University of Southern California students to make virtual reality a little more down-to-Earth—Project Holodeck used virtual reality goggles to create a fictional world. (Though no encounters with Minuet were reported.) 6. COMMUNICATOR BADGEOn the original series, Kirk and crew carried handheld communicators. But in Star Trek: The Next Generation, Starfleet personnel wore communicator badges on the left breasts of their uniforms. A California start-up called Vocera has created a similar device you pin to your shirt. They're used mostly in hospitals to avoid having constant overhead pages. More can be read here: 12 Star Trek Gadgets That Now Exist
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Post by spanishspy on Jul 27, 2016 16:42:32 GMT
And no replicators but we have this: 1. FOOD REPLICATOR
Captain Jean-Luc Picard used to say ‘Tea, Earl Gray, hot!” and it would be replicated instantly. Today's 3D printers don't tackle tea, but there are machines that actually can print food. And other printers, like the MakerBot Replicator 2 are quite adept at making small objects—just as they were shown to do on later episodes of Star Trek: The Next Generation. 2. UNIVERSAL TRANSLATORIn several episodes, we marveled at the universal translator, which decoded what aliens said in real-time—and in the later shows, it was integrated into the communication badges (which explains why basically everyone, regardless of home planet, spoke English). Now, there's an app for that. Voice Translator by TalirApps understands 71 languages (no Klingon yet, though). You speak in your native tongue and the app translates your phrase into another language. 3. TABLET COMPUTERSLieutenant Commander Geordi Laforge—you know, the guy from Reading Rainbow—used a tablet computer (what they called Personal Access Data Devices, or PADDs) to punch in coordinates for the next star system. Other Starfleet personnel used them to watch video and listen to music—just the things we use tablets for today. 4. TRICORDERIn the TV show, a tricorder is a handheld device that scans for geological, biological, and meteorological anomalies. Handy! In 2012, Peter Jansen from McMaster University in Ontario built a working prototype that scans for magnetic fields and other interference. And there are lots of other real-world tricorders, too. 5. HOLODECK
On Star Trek: The Next Generation, you could walk into a chamber onboard the Enterprise and visit your home planet for a quick barbecue, or even have an affair with a hologram. Leave it to a bunch of University of Southern California students to make virtual reality a little more down-to-Earth—Project Holodeck used virtual reality goggles to create a fictional world. (Though no encounters with Minuet were reported.) 6. COMMUNICATOR BADGEOn the original series, Kirk and crew carried handheld communicators. But in Star Trek: The Next Generation, Starfleet personnel wore communicator badges on the left breasts of their uniforms. A California start-up called Vocera has created a similar device you pin to your shirt. They're used mostly in hospitals to avoid having constant overhead pages. More can be read here: 12 Star Trek Gadgets That Now ExistSmartphones can do a lot of things they did on the show.
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Post by lordroel on Jul 27, 2016 16:48:01 GMT
And no replicators but we have this: 1. FOOD REPLICATOR
Captain Jean-Luc Picard used to say ‘Tea, Earl Gray, hot!” and it would be replicated instantly. Today's 3D printers don't tackle tea, but there are machines that actually can print food. And other printers, like the MakerBot Replicator 2 are quite adept at making small objects—just as they were shown to do on later episodes of Star Trek: The Next Generation. 2. UNIVERSAL TRANSLATORIn several episodes, we marveled at the universal translator, which decoded what aliens said in real-time—and in the later shows, it was integrated into the communication badges (which explains why basically everyone, regardless of home planet, spoke English). Now, there's an app for that. Voice Translator by TalirApps understands 71 languages (no Klingon yet, though). You speak in your native tongue and the app translates your phrase into another language. 3. TABLET COMPUTERSLieutenant Commander Geordi Laforge—you know, the guy from Reading Rainbow—used a tablet computer (what they called Personal Access Data Devices, or PADDs) to punch in coordinates for the next star system. Other Starfleet personnel used them to watch video and listen to music—just the things we use tablets for today. 4. TRICORDERIn the TV show, a tricorder is a handheld device that scans for geological, biological, and meteorological anomalies. Handy! In 2012, Peter Jansen from McMaster University in Ontario built a working prototype that scans for magnetic fields and other interference. And there are lots of other real-world tricorders, too. 5. HOLODECK
On Star Trek: The Next Generation, you could walk into a chamber onboard the Enterprise and visit your home planet for a quick barbecue, or even have an affair with a hologram. Leave it to a bunch of University of Southern California students to make virtual reality a little more down-to-Earth—Project Holodeck used virtual reality goggles to create a fictional world. (Though no encounters with Minuet were reported.) 6. COMMUNICATOR BADGEOn the original series, Kirk and crew carried handheld communicators. But in Star Trek: The Next Generation, Starfleet personnel wore communicator badges on the left breasts of their uniforms. A California start-up called Vocera has created a similar device you pin to your shirt. They're used mostly in hospitals to avoid having constant overhead pages. More can be read here: 12 Star Trek Gadgets That Now ExistSmartphones can do a lot of things they did on the show. Yes that is true.
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Post by spanishspy on Jul 27, 2016 20:52:34 GMT
Smartphones can do a lot of things they did on the show. Yes that is true. When my parents got their first iPad their first thought was that it was like Star Trek.
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Post by lordroel on Jul 28, 2016 2:49:52 GMT
When my parents got their first iPad their first thought was that it was like Star Trek. And now it is part of life.
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Post by spanishspy on Aug 2, 2016 13:19:30 GMT
When my parents got their first iPad their first thought was that it was like Star Trek. And now it is part of life. And here long enough children don't remember a world without it.
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Post by lordroel on Aug 2, 2016 13:32:08 GMT
And now it is part of life. And here long enough children don't remember a world without it. Well in twenty years time everything that we now consider part of life will be old to that generation of children.
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Post by spanishspy on Aug 2, 2016 15:39:35 GMT
And here long enough children don't remember a world without it. Well in twenty years time everything that we now consider part of life will be old to that generation of children. And what will be current then will be old twenty years after that.
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Post by lordroel on Aug 2, 2016 15:53:07 GMT
Well in twenty years time everything that we now consider part of life will be old to that generation of children. And what will be current then will be old twenty years after that. More integration with you mobile, maybe a chip in you head which allows you to connect everything with your brain.
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Post by spanishspy on Aug 2, 2016 15:55:09 GMT
And what will be current then will be old twenty years after that. More integration with you mobile, maybe a chip in you head which allows you to connect everything with your brain. And after that? That would be bizarre to us.
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Post by lordroel on Aug 2, 2016 15:56:48 GMT
More integration with you mobile, maybe a chip in you head which allows you to connect everything with your brain. And after that? That would be bizarre to us. If you want a chip in you head it would not be.
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Post by spanishspy on Aug 2, 2016 15:58:14 GMT
And after that? That would be bizarre to us. If you want a chip in you head it would not be. I suppose, but with time it will be odd until it's not.
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Post by lordroel on Aug 2, 2016 16:04:47 GMT
If you want a chip in you head it would not be. I suppose, but with time it will be odd until it's not. Well it all going fast, my Iphone 5 is already outdated if you know what i mean.
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Post by spanishspy on Aug 2, 2016 18:35:55 GMT
I suppose, but with time it will be odd until it's not. Well it all going fast, my Iphone 5 is already outdated if you know what i mean. My phone is also outdated.
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Post by lordroel on Aug 2, 2016 18:46:30 GMT
Well it all going fast, my Iphone 5 is already outdated if you know what i mean. My phone is also outdated. Well in twenty years time we will have got the Iphone 19 or whatever with all kind of things we can only dream about right now.
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