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element14 and the photon torpedo - Pi IoT Blog 2

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My Pi IoT blogging progress has been dismal although I spend lots of time on the project, mostly trying to figure out how to create the decor I want within a budget I can afford. This blog is about some of the "research" I have been doing for my Star Trek theme.

I went to see Start Trek Beyond - it was visually stunning in full 3D, but I didn't retain much information about command center decor and design.

So I joined Star Fleet Academy. It was cool - seeing all the gear up close was interesting - it is amazing how much of a kludge most of the accessories are, but some had a lot of thought put into them. Here is a picture of a Mark IV photon torpedo - with an element14 thermos cameo of course:

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The bridge decor was nice and clean, with some good ideas to try to incorporate in some limited way.

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Here is another picture on the bridge - note the element14 T-shirt and the ubiquitous thermos bottle that seems to be everywhere:

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The Star Trek Academy experience was quite comprehensive with lots of interactive multimedia, tri-corder training, phaser target practice, etc. and each cadet's progress, aptitudes and scores were individually tracked and emailed. They had several transporters with video recording of the process and at one point I went through some kind of bio-engineering transformation:

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Beyond researching Star Trek lore, I have been ordering parts and designing aspects of the project. Some of the components are taking an unusually long time to arrive, so I don't even have a Raspberry Pi3 to play with yet. None-the-less, work on the displays is progressing and lots of 3D design and printing with my Cel Robox. (This printer has seen an enormous number of hours of use) Hopefully I can work some of the 3D print work into upcoming blogs.

 

Links to the Pi IoT Design Challenge site:

Pi IoT

Pi IoT - Smarter Spaces with Raspberry Pi 3: About This Challenge

 

Links to blogs about the Star Trek IoT Alcove project:

Pi IoT - Star Trek IoT Alcove - Blog 1

element14 and the photon torpedo - Pi IoT Blog 2

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  • in reply to DAB

    Point taken ... lets see - to put it a different way .... a=v/t so if we accelerate from zero to light speed in 1 second we are accelerating at 300,000 meters per second squared (30,612 g's). F=ma so if we weigh 50 kg, this puts 15 million kg of force on our body. Of course we have inertial dampeners to prevent us from feeling this force, which of course slightly defies Newton's laws. It is going to take a while to figure out how to design the metaphorical seat belts for this system.