Once again: Star Trek franchise predicts new tech

[JamesSavik]

In the movie Star Trek IV the Voyage Home (1986) the crew needed a material that could hold back tons of water and whales.

 

Scotty's answer was a substance called transparent aluminum.

 

Funny how the Star Trek franchise just keeps getting it right.

 

Transparent Aluminum

[hh5]

I knew about it back then ... just look it took 24 years for it to be realized ... it be nice to replace windshield of a car with that ... imagine keeping heat out of the car.

[Mark Arbour]

Well of course we have transparent aluminum. Scotty gave that guy the formula.

[DragonMando]

lmao, agreed with Arbour, how can we *not* have it if Scotty told us all about it? Hmmm...$10/in.²? Might have to make me some invisible body armour if I ever get rich

 

Seriously, that'd be sweeeeeeet.

Transparent Master Chief armour. Oh yeah.

[JamieD]

I think there's also "Transparisteel" in Star Wars...maybe that will come too?

Edited September 19, 2010 by JamieD

[hh5]

I think there's also "Transparisteel" in Star Wars...maybe that will come too?

 

 

I have to agree GLASS doesn't work in the hard environments and extreme temperatures

[Phantom]

Just to add a bit more to the Star Trek/FutureTech discussion...

 

I came across a news article on slashdot discussing an international fusion reactor based in France: http://www.iter.org/

 

Fusion reactors were very common in Star Trek so it would be interesting to see how this turns out...

 

Eric