Grant Imahara, an electrical engineer and roboticist who hosted the popular science show MythBusters and Netflix’s White Rabbit Project, has died suddenly following a brain aneurysm. He was 49. From The Hollywood Reporter: An electrical engineer and roboticist by training, he joined Discovery’s MythBusters in its third season, replacing Scottie Chapman and was with the show until 2014 when he left…
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Hat tip to ‘Star Trek’? US Space Force names new unit ‘SpOC’
The United States’ new Space Force military wing revealed Tuesday that one of its units would be named “Space Operations Command”—or “SpOC” for short, in an echo of pointy-eared “Star Trek” character Spock. Source: https://phys.org/news/2020-06-hat-star-trek-space-spoc.html…
Is teleportation possible? Yes, in the quantum world
“Beam me up” is one of the most famous catchphrases from the Star Trek series. It is the command issued when a character wishes to teleport from a remote location back to the Starship Enterprise. …
Trump, Unveiling Space Force Flag, Touts What He Calls New ‘Super-Duper Missile’
The Space Force, the newest military branch, now has an official flag. President Trump unveiled the flag at an Oval Office ceremony Friday where he also signed the 2020 Armed Forces Day Proclamation. NPR reports: The flag design comes from the seal of the Space Force, which was approved by the president in January. It sparked some Star Trek fan outrage…
Would Star Trek’s Transporters Kill and Replace You?
schwit1 quotes Syfy Wire:
There is, admittedly, some ambiguity about precisely how Trek’s transporters work. The events of some episodes subtly contradict events in others. The closest thing to an official word we have is the Star Trek: The Next Generation Technical Manual, which states that when a person enters a transporter, they are scanned by molecular imaging scanners that convert a…
Co-Creator of the First Star Trek Convention Has Died
Long-time Slashdot reader sandbagger shared this report from the Hugo award-winning science fiction fanzine File 770:
North Bellmore, New York fan Elyse Rosenstein, 69, died suddenly on February 20th. She had been undergoing rehabilitation after suffering a broken leg. At the time of her death, she was a retired secondary school science teacher. With Joyce Yasner, Joan Winston, Linda Deneroff and Devra…
ViacomCBS Plan Would Unify All of Star Trek In One New Streaming Service
According to CNBC, ViacomCBS is planning the launch of a new streaming service that would expand upon the already successful CBS All Access with films from Paramount Studios and Miramax, plus TV program from networks like MTV and Comedy Central. As Ars Technica points out, both Star Trek films (Viacom) and TV series (CBS) would likely appear on this new service….
iPad Launch Blindsided Windows Team, Reveals Former Microsoft Executive
The launch of the iPad ten years ago was a big surprise to everyone in the industry — including to Microsoft executives. Steven Sinofsky, the former President of the Windows Division at Microsoft, shares Microsoft’s perspective as well as those of the other industry figures and press on the iPad: The announcement 10 years ago today of the “magical” iPad was…
Did America Steal Its Space Force Logo From ‘Star Trek’?
On Friday America’s commander-in-chief revealed the logo for the newest branch of its military, Space Force. CNBC immediately reported that the logo “has boldly gone where Star Trek has gone before.” The Pentagon and White House did not immediately respond to CNBC’s query as to why the Space Force and Star Trek logos — both with blue globes, white stars, and…
Space Force logo looks like it’s from Star Trek
President Donald Trump has revealed the official logo for the US Space Force – and it looks somewhat familiar… The new logo, which looks suspiciousl… Source: https://www.unexplained-mysteries.com/news/334103/space-force-logo-looks-like-its-from-star-trek…