From "Enterprise" to TOS
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| GADGETS AND TECHNOLOGY | ||||||||||||||||||
| This is my favorite part of this site, and hopefully is also your favorite. I love technology, and especially love the technology onboard the Enterprise. As I stated earlier, I won't be talking about how transporters and phasers work. Instead, I discuss my observations with the why and the how different gadgets are used onboard Starfleet's ships. | ||||||||||||||||||
| When you watch TOS, you can't help but to notice that nearly all the gadgets and devices used on the Enterprise (and even gadgets on alien worlds) have a definite 1960s look to them. Set designers had to create futuristic technology from scratch, and possibly drew on past sci-fi traditions and conventions for inspiration. Ignoring these television facts, I offer my theories on why Starfleet technology looks the way it does. | ||||||||||||||||||
| The Reasons for Technology Design: From "Enterprise" to TOS |
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| Intercom System and Communicators | ||||||||||||||||||
| The Computer | ||||||||||||||||||
| Those Blinking Lights! Control Consoles and Panels | ||||||||||||||||||
| The Transporter | ||||||||||||||||||
| Engineering and the Engine Room | ||||||||||||||||||