One step closer to the Enterprise!

[Slothy]

BBC News - Star Trek style 'tractor beam' created by scientists (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-tayside-central-21187598)

We've got a tractor beam folks. All we need's a warp core, shields and phasers (although I suppose this tractor beam can do double duty) and you can all join my crew.

What sciencey stuff has blown your mind recently?

[Bunny]

I never understood why they call it a tractor beam.

[Futan]

"It would result in a massive amount of heating of an object, like a space shuttle. So trapping a space ship is out of the question."

:cry:

[Madame Adequate]

I never understood why they call it a tractor beam.

Tractor - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tractor)



"It would result in a massive amount of heating of an object, like a space shuttle. So trapping a space ship is out of the question."

:cry:

This makes the bizarre assumption that you want the inhabitants to survive. Why not just add another weapon to your repertoire?

[Raistlin]

That is awesome. Too bad the White House refused to build a Death Star, or we could already be on the way to an intergalactic battleship.

[Slothy]

This makes the bizarre assumption that you want the inhabitants to survive. Why not just add another weapon to your repertoire?

The assumption becomes even more bizarre if I'm actually captain.

[Shorty]

Beam me up, Scotty.

[Pike]

Speaking of Star Trek we also invented transparent aluminum a few years back.

Unfortunately it only stays transparent for a split second or something.

[Cloudane]

Plus there was the invention of "teleportation"

Of a photon.

[Lone Wolf Leonhart]

I just want a holodeck.

[Bubba]

I somehow managed to install a cloaking device on my iPhone. The only problem is that the effect is so strong that I can't seem to locate the phone anywhere...

The other possibility is that I've lost it.

[Citizen Bleys]

I just want a holodeck.

If anybody invents a holodeck, it will be the last invention in human history.

Nobody would leave the house if they had a holodeck.

[krissy]

well there's already 3d virtual environment rooms, all we need now is tactile support...

[Shlup]

Call me when they start replacing air travel with this.

[Chris]

I want a teleportation portal. :hyper:

[Laddy]

Make it so.