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@seeingwithsound@mas.to
2026-02-09 20:35:24

(Flashback, 2012) Real-life science closes in on Star Trek as scientists show they can to hack into blind people's visual cortex to let them 'see' dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/ar

Real-life science closes in on Star Trek: TNG with new device to hack into blind people's visual cortex to let them 'see'
he Sensory Substitution Device, which uses an algorithm to translate visual data into sound, can actually activate the visual cortices of congenitally blind people, giving them the opportunity to see.

@cellfourteen@social.petertoushkov.eu
2026-04-06 18:43:24

I love this premise:
"It has been 62 years since the last Federation contact with the planet."
It sounds real, gloomy, and plausible in the grander scale of the Star Trek universe compared to the usual warping about the Alpha Quadrant.
It's from TNG's 1x14 (Angel One) Memory Alpha:

Angel One (episode)
While Riker leads an away team to a female-dominated planet, a mysterious virus spreads among the Enterprise crew. The USS Enterprise-D has discovered the wreckage of the Odin, a freighter that disappeared seven years earlier. It was disabled by a collision with an asteroid, and there are no life signs on board, but three escape pods have been discovered missing. The Enterprise travels to Angel I, the nearest class M planet, to search for the freighter's survivors. Angel I is a...

@kurtsh@mastodon.social
2026-02-20 05:30:23

I remember how childish Trek fans raged over S1-2 of TNG & S1-4 of DS9. Then yawned at Voyager & all of Enterprise.
Anyhoo... see you #StarTrek #StarfleetAcademy S2!
▶️ Paramount ’s unexpected sci-fi hit officially wraps season 2 very soon [exclusive]

Paramount+’s Unexpected Sci-Fi Hit Officially Wraps Season 2 Very Soon [Exclusive]
Star Trek's unexpected hit, Starfleet Academy, is set to officially wrap filming on Season 2 very soon, according to George Hawkins. Get the details.

@cellfourteen@social.petertoushkov.eu
2026-01-18 20:41:41

My verdict on Star Trek: Starfleet Academy's first two episodes...
... 🥁 🥁 🥁 🥁 ...
👍 👍
So good! I love the actors! I love the jokes! I love it that it's as cheesy as #TOS, #TNG, #DS9

Star Trek: Starfleet Academy's promotional poster. Seen from above, six cadets, are moving in an asymmetric V formation across an open floor painted with the Starfleet logo, their shadows growing tall behind them.
@cellfourteen@social.petertoushkov.eu
2026-03-29 20:17:39

Star Trek: The Next Generation, Booby Trap, 3x06
Now that's what I call a soap opera with an engaging engineering discussion.
#StarTrek #StarTrekTheNextGeneration #TNG