The very first Ipad shown on Star Trek years ago

[@jones81381]

So much of today's technology was inspired by what was seen on Star Trek and similar Sci-Fi shows. It just goes to prove that unless something clearly defies the laws of physics, if you can imagine, it could someday be a reality if the right people work with the idea.

[@rkmugen]

How many of you wish that Majel Roddenberry was still alive so she could've been the voice of Siri?

[@astrianocastellon7919]

rkmugen hell yeaa.. That wouldve been awesome...

[@jones81381]

@OrionSyndicate The thing with medical research is that the pharmaceutical companies are in business for profit. If you "treat" an illness with a lifetime of medication, you get rich from the repeat business. If you "cure" an illness you only have a one time sell. They have no incentive to cure most diseases because that would kill their profits, no matter how expensive a cure is. This is why I think that medical care and pharmaceuticals should be provided by the gov't and free for all citizens.

[@Yonkage]

Shopped. I can tell from the pixels and seeing a lot of Star Trek in my day.

[@stefanheimers6232]

There is also a tablet computer shown in "Captain Future and the Seven Space Stones" from 1979, about two minutes after the start of the episode. It has roughly the shape of a modern tablet, with some additional controls at the bottom, and a cabled lightpen which already existed at that time in real, but only for big computers with CRT displays.

[@jones81381]

That's because of Moore's Law. Essentially it states that computer power will roughly double every 18 months. The thing is though, it can't continue to double indefinitely because the primary component of all tech, silicone, is unstable at the atomic level and so the tech can only be improved and shrunk to the point where that atomic instability begins to interfere with advancements or until tech developers find or develop a viable alternative to silicone.

[@top40gordy]

Sorry, gang! 2001: A Space Odyssey had "iPad-like" devices in 1968-69: clip1: Apple iPad in the 1969 classic: 2001 A SPACE ODYSSEY Check here: /watch?v=JQ8pQVDyaLo Apple iPad in the 1968 classic: 2001 A SPACE ODYSSEY [720p] Check here: /watch?v=-3949GAIokg&feature=watch_response Star Trek TOS, on the other hand, is largely responsible for the design of modern computer keyboards!

[@RedheDude]

Wow. . . I didn't know there was so much hatred for Voyager. . .

[@Seantorky3]

this is from ds9. if you look in the originol series captain kirk had sopmething kinda similar ( but not as good.

[@MrLiteBear]

@jones81381 Thats true, even the Nike shoes from "Back to the Future" INCLUDING lights AND automatic lacing will be out in 2014. The ones WITHOUT automatic lacing are already out.

[@Jun127]

shockingly similar form factor and you can even see a home button on the side. Star trek must sue apple immediately and ban their sale in the US. It's the Apple way.

[@NealX]

Too bad then, I was really hoping for warp drive...

[@hickstylez]

yes they had them at AMC movie theatres.. for the concession stand registers.

[@TheAsianRepublican]

The do that today, SuperComputers are built on this some have 1.5 million processors such as the IBM Sequoia and Cray Jaguar. Each computer is called a node. Those are dedicated used to model weather, or analyze DNA... There is also distributed computing such as the screen saver you see to analyze cancer. However a space station does not require that type of processing.

[@DaEpicraftingDude]

I dont know tech seems like it advances faster and faster as days go by, why 11 years ago no one imagined that a quad core processor could be fit in something as small as an Iphone, in fact, no one even heard of touch screen tech.

[@TheAsianRepublican]

Unfortunately the human body can't withstand the G forces, think roller coaster and fighter jet. So in addition to a warp drive you would need an inertia dampener. Which currently is more sci-fi than the warp drive.

[@OriginalMaterials]

@jones81381 Yeah totally, the whole flip phone fad in the 90s, and yeah the ipad, touch interfaces, surface etc. The people who "designed" these all watched startrek as kids!

[@Smoke1987jdalej]

Meh the whole idea behind touch screens and slate computers was borne out of ideas from the 1950's and 60's

[@TheAsianRepublican]

The problem however with these types of SuperComputers is that they throw off a lot of heat and thus use a lot of electricity. Cooling solutions and heat management is an issue.

[@niceguy60]

that thing the size of a labtop, did he sling shot around the sun and get that from the 20th century.

[@Tark0r]

samsung saved billion dollar damage by court to apple

[@Dakarn]

There were touch screen computers 11 years ago. It was just really buggy, and expensive.

[@Archzenom]

Warp Drives would be a thing thought in the past will eventually be a reality. One day in the near future if dystopia is averted, then we would have the power to conquer the entire galaxy or even many galaxies. If we have for ourselves the space colony project and succeeds, then I guess it alongside WD would definitely be the way to colonize star systems more than we can imagine.

[@jones81381]

I don't know. I'm not an engineer.

[@DaEpicraftingDude]

Well if that happens why not put 1000 computers together to run a star ship or space station. Hell some one put together 50 SSD's to make their computer have more speed and memory.

[@TheVargr]

Actually Spock used something very similar throughout tos

[@genericusername337]

@mrteemumilto ummm you're joking. There were lots of things i liked better about TOS than the rest of them but one of them is not intellectuality. TOS was about Shatner, his babes, and quoting Shakespeare. DS9 and the rest focused a lot more on politics and science.

[@TheAsianRepublican]

Yeah Captain Kirk had the Kindle 6" version.

[@TheMarkoc1]

@Seantorky3 Kirk had the cheaper Kindle Fire

[@CrustyClaps]

more like an ISlab

[@DEP717]

And he uses the internet for dating too.....

[@PoolarityChannel]

Is that the 19" model, coming out in 2112?

[@jones81381]

@MrLiteBear I saw that a couple of months ago. Amazing stuff.

[@Dakarn]

Then it would be safe to say that they were also around 11 years ago, yeah? Hmm... didn't seem to think that one through very well did you?

[@msinvincible2000]

@Fadewhisper hey, Voyager is the best series: they explore a new territory and have great characters like TOS, have a great united crew like TNG, and they have the best captain: Janeway a mixture of what was best in Kirk and Picard

[@NonstopRam]

Teh Future O_O

[@cicalone70]

WHY IPAD ?

[@sandysmith2148]

Episode?

[@somfplease]

its called a tablet NOT an iPad

[@julesalcouffe4838]

somfplease nope, it was called a PADD (Personal Acess Display Device) in Star Trek. Tablet is what they call non Apple PADDs now. ;)

[@SuperSimonuk]

@jones81381 maybe someone will be smart enough to defy the law of physics one day...

[@CrustyClaps]

my observation predates yours. maybe if you "thought it through" like I did you would have said 30 instead of just 11.... that's like me saying cars where around 2 years ago but was just really buggy... derp derp derp

[@CrustyClaps]

Sisko = obama in space

[@CrustyClaps]

touch screen was around 30 years ago fool /watch?v=LoYSCuAwPUg

[@RickoMiko514]

That green sceen that's fake

[@OnlyVRBabe]

Did anyone suggest it was actually real?It was a prop from a sci fi show 20 years before tablets became a thing and quite uncanny ,Hopefully simpletons will be extinct in 300 years time,