DailyDirt: Build It And They Will Come...
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Certain kinds of science fiction could almost be considered far-out predictions. Star Trek crew members used tablet computers decades ago, and now the tablet computing market looks like it could take over PCs. Certainly, there's a bit of a self-fulfilling prophecy for some sci-fi technology, and here are just a few examples.
- Practical fusion is always just 30 years away, but a dilithium-powered Star Trek Enterprise could take just 20 years to build. Okay, we're joking about the dilithium chamber, but there's an engineer who isn't joking about building his own NCC-1701. [url]
- The Make-A-Wish Foundation helped to create a pretty cool Millennium Falcon for a 9-year-old kid. It's obviously not a full-scale model, so no Kessel runs or hyperdrive. [url]
- Browncoats aren't left out of the fun here: a 12-foot long Serenity ship exists in the Universal Archives. Real fans want to know if there's a miniature dead Wash at the helm.... "I am a leaf on the wind - watch how I soar." [url]
- To discover more links on space exploration, check out what's floating around in StumbleUpon universe. [url]
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firefly & Aliens
http://screencrush.com/firefly-prometheus/
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Building the Enterprise...
As for the serenity model;
For those who would like to own a replica, but can't afford an expensive garage kit, there's a very detailed paper replica that you can download and print out. Photos of the finished model look quite impressive.
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Accurate versus inaccurate predictions
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Re: Accurate versus inaccurate predictions
Science fiction has long predicted the rise of the video phone, but it's only now just starting to sort of catch on with Skype. It has also predicted self-sufficient robots that can walk around the house and do chores, but the most advanced robots we have are really only good for simple tasks like delivering mail. SF tells us that computers will be able to understand spoken commands, but voice recognition still has a long way to go before it can understand much beyond a few key words in a sentence. Cloning and growing replacement organs still doesn't work.
On the other hand, I'm not aware of any SF that accurately predicted the popularity of video games.
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Re: Re: Accurate versus inaccurate predictions
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=is12anYx2Qs
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