What needs to be invented to bring us up to speed with Star Trek? Joseph Dickerson @josephdickerson
Treknology
Jan 12, 2015
Presented at Star Trek Las Vegas 2013, based on my article for Trekmovie.com about how we are getting closer to the world of Star Trek.
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What needs to be invented to bring us
up to speed with Star Trek?
Joseph Dickerson@josephdickerson
Who's this guy?
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First, some context...
Look at how far we’ve come...
Now, let’s look at where we are
going...
Let’s talk about “Trek Tech”
Landing Party Gear
Phasers
Phasers
Tricorders
•Smartphones
•X-Prize
•Lab-on-a-chip
Tricorders
Medical Tricorder
Medical Tricorder
Communicator
Starship Engineering
TransporterSensorsTractor BeamCloakingImpulse EnginesWarp Drive
Transporter
2,600,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,00
0,000 bits
Sensors
Tractor beams
Cloaking
Artificial Gravity
Impulse Engines
Warp Drive
Sickbay
Needle-less Injections
Growing replacement organs
Bionics
"Everyday" Treknology
Quantum Computing
Artificial life forms
Artificial Intelligence
Replicators
The Holodeck
Some (non-Trek) tech that is on its
way...
Some final thoughts...
Closing
But don’t just take my word for it...
Thank you!
Joseph Dickersonjosephdickerson.com
@josephdickerson