Keeping an ion technology..

Dannyalcatraz · Nov 22, 2018

Researchers have announced the successful test flight of an ionic drive propelled airplane.

If this is true, it’s amazing!
https://www.yahoo.com/news/star-trek-style-apos-ionic-180000956.html

Tonguez · Nov 22, 2018

please tell me it took place in Bozeman, Montana

ccs · Nov 22, 2018

Awesome!

Aeson · Nov 22, 2018

It flies using static electricity. Anyone with hair would look like Don King or Buckwheat by the end of the flight.
Chashere sweaters would look like down jackets.lol

Rabulias · Nov 23, 2018

We are overdue for some sort of advancement...

From XKCD: https://xkcd.com/2074/

Dannyalcatraz · Nov 24, 2018

Aeson said:
It flies using static electricity. Anyone with hair would look like Don King or Buckwheat by the end of the flight.
Chashere sweaters would look like down jackets.lol

“We’re losing power! Quick, rub these emergency kittens on the emergency balloons!”

ccs · Nov 24, 2018

I love how the article cited that the researcher was inspired by the OS Star Treks shuttle.

That shuttle wasn't flying with that blue glow & lack of sound for any scientific reason. It was because of production budget & F/X limitations....
Any in-series reason as to how it worked was just Trekno-babble.

trappedslider · Nov 24, 2018

ccs said:
I love how the article cited that the researcher was inspired by the OS Star Treks shuttle.

That shuttle wasn't flying with that blue glow & lack of sound for any scientific reason. It was because of production budget & F/X limitations....
Any in-series reason as to how it worked was just Trekno-babble.

so? If it inspires him to do this what does matter if the source of inspiration is fake?

Aeson · Nov 24, 2018

The flip phone design was based on the Star Trek communicator. A lot of practical things were inspired by fiction.

Or was it friction?

Tonguez · Nov 24, 2018

Aeson said:
The flip phone design was based on the Star Trek communicator. A lot of practical things were inspired by fiction.

Or was it friction?

well, theres the rub

though I suppose it explains the Clingons

Keeping an ion technology..

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Tonguez

A suffusion of yellow

ccs

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Aeson

I learned nerd for this.

Rabulias

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