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<blockquote data-quote="Dannyalcatraz" data-source="post: 1597320" data-attributes="member: 19675"><p>Y'all covered some of the ones I was coming back with today, but:</p><p></p><p>Cassandra, Gordon - other ship's computers from Red Dwarf</p><p>Kryten - Red Dwarf Android</p><p>Antrax - Terry Brooks' antagoinist in the new Shanarra books</p><p>Mother - Ship's computer from Alien</p><p>Pinocchio - Disney</p><p>Kraftwerk - German Techno Band</p><p>Steely Dan- yes, a band, but they got it from the name of a particular device...</p><p>Box - robot from Logan's Run</p><p>UNIVAC - old computer</p><p>Mac - new computer</p><p>Tin Man - Wizard of Oz</p><p>W.H.O.P.P.E.R. - Pentagon war sim computer from Wargames</p><p>Iron Giant</p><p>Red Tornado- DC comics hero</p><p>Mekanica - from Fritz Lang's Metropolis</p><p>Acroyear- Micronauts</p><p>Locutus of Borg - ST:NG</p><p>Bluetooth</p><p>Max Headroom</p><p>Max Overdrive- alteration of Stephen King movie title</p><p>Killdozer</p><p>Amazo- DC villain</p><p>MADOC - Marvel villain</p><p>Rosie - The Jetsons</p><p>Idoru- William Gibson's AI</p><p>Sim</p><p>Waldo- a kind of robotic arm</p><p>Giger- artist who created the biomechanical art style, most famously depicted in Alien series of movies</p><p>Humbucker- a kind of pickup for a guitar, excellent name for a Warforged Bard</p><p>Gabriel - Galacticus' robotic herald</p><p>Theramin- the musical instrument that makes all those wonderful noises in old sci-fi movies</p><p>Deep Thought, Deep Blue- chess playing computers</p><p>H.E.R.B.I.E. - robot from the 1970's Fantastic Four animated series</p><p>Dr. Korby, Ruk, Rayna - Androids from Star Trek</p><p>M-5 - AI attached to Enterprise in one episode of Star Trek</p><p></p><p>Inventors like Babbage, Einstein, Oppenheimer, Edison, Tesla, Leonardo Da Vinci</p><p>Fictional inventors like Falken, Frankenstein, Dedalus, Dr. Daystrom</p><p>Sci-Fi writers like Asimov (who gave us the 3 laws), Karel Capek (who created the term "Robot")</p><p></p><p>Ones I thought of but couldn't come up with names for:</p><p></p><p>The name of "The Ship Who Sang"</p><p>various NASA or other country's space probes beyond Voyager, Opportunity, Spirit.</p><p>The name of the chess playing machine that toured the world in the 1800's (fake- there was a guy inside of it).</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Dannyalcatraz, post: 1597320, member: 19675"] Y'all covered some of the ones I was coming back with today, but: Cassandra, Gordon - other ship's computers from Red Dwarf Kryten - Red Dwarf Android Antrax - Terry Brooks' antagoinist in the new Shanarra books Mother - Ship's computer from Alien Pinocchio - Disney Kraftwerk - German Techno Band Steely Dan- yes, a band, but they got it from the name of a particular device... Box - robot from Logan's Run UNIVAC - old computer Mac - new computer Tin Man - Wizard of Oz W.H.O.P.P.E.R. - Pentagon war sim computer from Wargames Iron Giant Red Tornado- DC comics hero Mekanica - from Fritz Lang's Metropolis Acroyear- Micronauts Locutus of Borg - ST:NG Bluetooth Max Headroom Max Overdrive- alteration of Stephen King movie title Killdozer Amazo- DC villain MADOC - Marvel villain Rosie - The Jetsons Idoru- William Gibson's AI Sim Waldo- a kind of robotic arm Giger- artist who created the biomechanical art style, most famously depicted in Alien series of movies Humbucker- a kind of pickup for a guitar, excellent name for a Warforged Bard Gabriel - Galacticus' robotic herald Theramin- the musical instrument that makes all those wonderful noises in old sci-fi movies Deep Thought, Deep Blue- chess playing computers H.E.R.B.I.E. - robot from the 1970's Fantastic Four animated series Dr. Korby, Ruk, Rayna - Androids from Star Trek M-5 - AI attached to Enterprise in one episode of Star Trek Inventors like Babbage, Einstein, Oppenheimer, Edison, Tesla, Leonardo Da Vinci Fictional inventors like Falken, Frankenstein, Dedalus, Dr. Daystrom Sci-Fi writers like Asimov (who gave us the 3 laws), Karel Capek (who created the term "Robot") Ones I thought of but couldn't come up with names for: The name of "The Ship Who Sang" various NASA or other country's space probes beyond Voyager, Opportunity, Spirit. The name of the chess playing machine that toured the world in the 1800's (fake- there was a guy inside of it). [/QUOTE]
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