Star Trek at 50: Force Fields

The concept of a force field goes back at least as far as the 1920s, in the works of E.E. 'Doc' Smith and others; in William Hope Hodgson's The Night Land (1912), the remnants of humanity shelter in the Last Redoubt, generated by something very like a force field. The concept of force fields as a defensive measure from enemy attack or as a form of attack can be regularly found in modern video games as well as in movies, such as in The War of the Worlds and Independence Day.

This week, a look at Force Fields.

TTFN, Fred.

Quote of the week: "Logic, logic, logic. Logic is the beginning of wisdom, Valeris, not the end."- Captain Spock, Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country

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Star Trek at 50: Transparent Aluminum

Star Trek premiered on television in 1966. It hardly seems like 50 years, but then to admit that I would need to feel my age, which at least for today I'll avoid committing to. Things have changed a lot since then, and we've come to expect science fiction can become science fact. This year we'll take a look at the technologies that spawned from Star Trek.

But where to start? Let's go back to 1986 and the need to put whales on a space ship.

This week, a look at Transparent Aluminum.

TTFN, Fred.

Quote of the week: "Things are only impossible until they're not." - Captain Jean-Luc Picard, Star Trek: The Next Generation, "When The Bough Breaks"

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