May the fourth be with you: How Star Wars (and Star Trek) inspired real life tech

Triangulum galaxy, NASA

Conventional wisdom says you can either be a fan of Star Trek or of Star Wars, but mixing the two is like mixing matter and anti-matter. I’m not sure that’s true, but even if the laws of physics cannot be changed, these two acclaimed sci-fi series have influenced the open source universe and created their own open source multi-verses.

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https://opensource.com/article/19/5/may-the-fourth-star-wars-trek