Remember, when TOS first aired, there was NO SUCH THING as doors that automatically slid open when you approached! The automatic sliding doors on the show were operated by off-camera stagehands! True, a lot of grocery stores in the 1960's had automatic doors that opened when you stepped on a rubber mat right in front of the door, but that was about it! Damn, I'm old...
The holodeck actually appears (in function if not in name) as part of Federation technology well in advance of Encounter at Farpoint. It actually debuted as "The Rec Room" in the Episode: The Practical Joker from Star Trek: The Animated Series.
Yes... I honestly don't remember much of The Animated Series. It was my first exposure to Star Trek when I was growing up in the early seventies, but I remember the episode where their holodeck malfunctioned, putting the crew in danger.
@@GabePuratekuta The writers / directors of “Enterprise”‘ were brilliant. They perfectly blended the talented actors they had with the stories of the early Star Trek canon.
I was watching OG Trek and McCoy said he couldn’t look inside someone’s head or something. I was like just give him an MRI or a CT, maybe a PET scan. Then I remembered it wasn’t really the future. So when McCoy said our medicine was Medieval my only thought was “At least we have MRIs.”
Im sure he meant it metaphorical, like he can’t look into a persons thoughts. They had X-ray back then so I’m sure the writers would’ve included scanners penetrating the skull easily
An alien from the planet Gibber lands his flying saucer on the White House lawn. Joe Biden goes out to greet the interstellar traveler. The alien says- "I come in peace!" Biden says- "How is it that you speak English?" Alien replies- "I'm not speaking English! You're speaking GIBBERISH!"
I got the impression that it was very limited compared to TNG Holodecks. Granted the malfunctioning computer put them in a forest with a pit trap, a blizzard and finally a hedge maze. I would think they would have a very limited set of environments and nothing with characters.
You missed the “Marshmelon” Machine, as featured in Star Trek V. The indicator that Federation technology had peaked, compacting replicator tech into a small handheld device that produced only one item.
You missed a BIGGIE. The invention of shields. In Enterprise the best they could do was polarized hull plating which was still only just a hardened physical barrier. With the invention of shields it gave them the ability to absorb or deflect directed energy weapons like phasers and disrupters. Speaking of which, the development of the phaser which amplified the defensive power of ships and individuals enabled humans to truly go where no one has gone because they could now “give as good as they got” in hostile encounters.
Unfortunately after Encounter at Farpoint, Paramount forgot that the federation has shield technology. Then they kind of remembered when the Borg showed up.
@@aoinatafanboy84 No, Vic was both self aware and sentient. He's programming was literally evolving. He was so advanced, evolved, and sentient he could turn on and off his own program, something the Doctor couldn't do, reject crew commands, and could change a holodeck program at whim. He wasn't originally programmed to be that advanced, he just evolved over time and achieved those things, hence why the station crew come to treat him as a real person
@@Ooilei yeah but Julian still programmed him with the ability to have some free will. He has sentience for sure but the difference was that Vic always had some level of programming implimented. The Doctor and Moriarty were still like Johnny 5 and divine intervention allowed them to develop. The Doctor still developed his own snark towards Tom being foolish
@@woogha He still told Nog that he had special mods done when he installed it. The bigger point is that Julian admitted to his own additions to make Vic self aware. He was never a rogue AI that manifested in DS9.
Replicators would be the biggest invention, because it would eliminate hunger, most wars, and the need for money. Transporters and holodecks would also be massive inventions as well. Warp drives aren't so important if we can somehow invent the use of artificial wormholes, which would make travelling anywhere in the universe almost instantaneous. As for the universal translator, they've never explained why the person's lips aren't moving differently to the words that're being translated.
I agree that replicator technology is the most important. That's what helps tip us into the "post-scarcity" era. I like the artificial wormhole idea, though.
Two corrections: Holodecks first appeared in TAS episode The Practical Joker (called the rec room). The writers of Star Trek did not invent the idea of the transporter. It has a long history in sci-fi. Both written and TV.
Replicators were an idea "borrowed" from the Lost In Space TV show. The fact that the Jupiter 2 has a replicator, is mentioned in many episodes. Although it cannot produce food, to is shown to be able to produce hot beverages, such as coffee and material objects, such as tools, basic components, etc.
I remember hearing somewhere that the deflector is actually more important for impulse speeds, as the warp bubble is not there to protect against random space debris at high velocity EDIT: still a must invention for anything less than warp speed if trying to go anywhere near max sub-light!!!
Yeah the deflector dish is capable of being remodulated to do at least 20 different critically important tasks, whereas the holodeck has just as many ways to go haywire and threaten the entire ship
Transporters freak me out, I'm not going to lie. From my point of view the process involves the current version of me being destroyed and a new version created. Also, I've never wondered why you can't just keep a transporter copy of your younger healthier self and then just be sequenced into it once you get older like in the TNG episode where Picard becomes a tween for a few days. 🤣
Um tell me you haven't watched star trek without telling me you haven't watched star trek. TNG episode second chances will answer your question. I'm sure then only trek you've watched is one episode of TOS and think you know it all.
Neither energy nor matter can be created or destroyed, simply converted. A transporter does *not* destroy your current version. Think of it more like an ice cube. The transporter turns that ice cube to steam, pipes it somewhere else, then condenses and freezes the water back into the same ice cube. The same matter is put back exactly as it was, in a different location. Transporter copies are impossible to store long term. There's too much data (it reads you down below the subatomic level), and that data deteriorates (I would imagine the Heisenberg compensator can only compensate for so long before errors creep in). Scotty found a way around that, but it only had a 50% success rate. As for Rascals, that was the result of a field that basically screwed up the transporter lock and removed certain RNA from the affected crew. Which is a plus for transporter safety as it means by the 24th century the Transporter is smart enough to try to put people together alive as best it can. That's not the only episode of editing a person's age however, Dr. Pulaski was de-aged after the aging virus from the Darwin colony made her as old as McCoy. But those are outliers. And typically screwing around with transporter patterns is ill advised at best. Most people agree that the writers went to the transporter repairs a person well one too many times.
@@3Rayfire That's not really an apt metaphor, man. Think of the wording used, a "transporter PATTERN", correct? If you create a tapestry, scan it into a computer, and then create a pattern that replicates it, it's not the SAME tapestry, is it? And in the Star Trek universe, while matter/energy can't be created nor destroyed, it is regularly "repurposed". They didn't throw a REAL steak into a replicator, break it down into energy, then bring it back when you ordered it - they just took energy from the warp core and converted it into a steak, using what? Using a "pattern". The "you" that comes out the other side of a transporter is no more the same you than that steak that was scanned into the system is the same steak. Simple as.
I love TrekCulture! My first thought was “I bet they skipped right past artificial gravity!” And moments later there it was! Thank you for not ignoring TAS. (But you did miss TAS’s Rec Deck which was really more of an early Holodeck than anything on Discovery)
The only advancement I can think of you didn't mention which is probably not considered one of the more wondrous advancements is the inventionist syntha hol. According to somebody on Star Trek this advancement was invented by the ferengi. It allowed people to enjoy alcohol without having to get intoxicated. And as people such as Montgomery Scott have indicated many actually prefer getting intoxicated over syntha hol
Were the alcoholic drinks in "Enterprise" real or synthetic? T'Pol and Soval allowed themselves a bit and she said alcohol-and caffeine-had no effect on her, but what about the rest of the human crew and Dr. Phlox?
It’s worth it as an honorable mention to bring up military technologies such as shields, phasers, photon torpedoes etc as well and the warp core antimatter energy production tech that powers them, because if star trek humanity had never advanced beyond ballistics, explosives, physical armor, and nuclear weapons/power, they’d be so outclassed by other species technologically that their independence as a spacefaring civilization would have been very short. Genetics technology advancements are also worth a shoutout for creating the augments and how much that impacted federation history.
Holograms were used by Humans much earlier than Discovery era. In one episode of Enterprise, Hoshi was practicing shooting with a Phaser using Holographic targets.
I would consider the M5 computer -- created by Dr. Richard Daystrom -- as an self aware AI. This is because Daystrom impressed his own memory engrams onto M5 causing it to be self aware. Even though M5 went off the rails -- it was stopped by Kirk's convincing argument that it was guilty of committing murder.
I've had some thoughts recently in regards to "Kessler syndrome" where there has been a collision 💥 of things(satellites, discarded booster rockets, a wrench dropped by an astronaut, etc.) in obit, that creates a dense debris field that would make it very difficult if not impossible to leave earth. I think this will be the driving force behind "shields" and deflector dishes. Just my thoughts, and yes these are the things that pop into my head.
I think holosuites (decks are on ships, suites are in buildings) probably existed in starbases and on the ground for a time and the Enterprise D was the first new ship that had them built in at construction. I'm sure older ships could be retrofitted later. Miniaturizing the tech and making it safe and practical for a starship probably took a while even after the tech was perfected for use in bigger environments. They probably evolved over time anyway, from visual-only with no forcefields to some kind of in-between compromise to the full deal we see in Encounter at Farpoint.
"...why would you watch it, when you can live it?" "Alien" "Aliens" "The Road" "28 Days Later" "The Day After Tomorrow" "The Thing" "The Day After" "Deep Impact" "Greenland" "On the Beach" (Do I need to go on...? LOL)
At 8:50 Number 6: holograms Holograms were originally invented back in Kirk's time. Go back and watch the animated series, they have an episode on a holdeck type place on the original Enterprise that glitched. FYI: the animated series is considered Canon!!
8:00 - You forgot that Rec Rooms came before holodecks. Headcanon might have it that these were a sort of transitional technology between 23rd century holo-simulators, and 24th century holodecks and holosuites. But they obviously offered an experience pretty close to that of the holodecks we saw on the Enterprise-D.
The Universal Translator is telepathic, is it? The Tamarians wouldn't have been as much of a mystery if that was the case... "Rai and Jiri at Lungha. Rai of Lowani. Lowani under two moons. Jiri of Umbaya. Umbaya of crossed roads. At Lungha. Lungha, her sky gray." "Juliet. On her balcony." Nah, the UT translated word sounds, but not meaning or context (which would surely have been possible if it could read minds).
It amazes me how the invention of a warp drive and the discovery that we are not alone in the universe united the peoples of the Earth in Star Trek. I really hope that we will be able to unite when the same happens in the real life as well.
@susanscott8653 Which is what would unite us. If we suddenly have true aliens to contend with, our petty grievances on Earth suddenly look even pettier. I think the fact that humans would tend to view any proof of extraterrestrial intelligence as a threat is a point in our favor in terms of uniting the planet. Of course, it's not guaranteed, if the aliens first contact the US, Russia and China may feel the US is colluding with the aliens against them, and vice versa if the aliens speak to Russia or China first.
@@susanscott8653 Sadly, I think that's part of the point. The darker side of First Contact unity is if humanity has a common extra-terrestrial threat, then suddenly the guy next to you is just a human on your team. A positive helpful First Contact like with the Vulcans could go a long way towards ameliorating that though. There's also the possibility of Mass Effect's version, where humans unite for pragmatic reasons, such as no single nation being able to shoulder space exploration alone. When conflict came, the independent nations were frozen or counter to one another, while the Systems Alliance government which was formed to manage extra terrestrial operations was able to respond swiftly and decisively. This increased the united Systems Alliance government's influence and weakened the older Earth based governments. Star Trek's version isn't necessarily farfetched though. World War III and a nuclear holocaust and the post nuclear horror likely expended all the fight humanity had with itself and with the Vulcans guiding us towards a better way, humanity had more reason than ever to get our crap together and try a different way.
The reason people united was because WWIII just ended and only a few people were scattered on the planet. There was nothing left to fight about, just a need for survival. They needed to work together to make that happen.
I would say that inertial dampeners would be one of the most important inventions in Star Trek. Going into and out of warp or taking any evasive maneuvers would be a bit messy without them.
A few things I feel you've missed out on. 1: While grapples could be cut, tractor beams could also be "cut" by disruption. Sometimes the shields can send a nasty feedback, you shoot something into the path of the tractor beam (tractor, lasers, explosives, etc), or you just shoot the emitters. 2: You explained which specie we first see have the Holodeck technology, but you never said or speculated how it ended up in the hands of the Federation. While, yes, I don't think we ever see or get a concrete explanation, remember that in that very episode the Klingons would agree to let them go in exchange for that Holodeck technology, so it would be safe to assume that from the Xyrillian, to the Klingons, and then maybe by some espionage or agreement that technology ended up with the humans. 3: The replication technology and transporter technology are practically synonymous with each other as they are both based on the same principles as Einstein's proof of matter and energy being interchangeable. Convert a human to energy, move that energy, and then convert that energy back to a human. Same thing with a pot roast. Convert the energy to some matter worth eating, and when your done, the dishes and waste get converted back to that energy. And so the Circle of Starship Life continues.
What they don’t say about tractor beams that holds a ship in place is actually a combination of tractor and pressor beams. The balance of pull and push holds the ship in place.
I'd vote for "plasma relays". Consider the number of times they are mentioned when something goes wrong :-) The sensors on the Apple Watch connected to the iphone are starting to approach the tricorder. The communicators on ST TOS inspired Motorola to create the flip phone in the late 1980s/early 1990s. So that is a significant tech in fiction that became reality. We are not that far from the communicator badges in later series (except we have to say "siri" or "hey google" before speaking 🙂 medically, I'd say the ability to return a crew member to their normal DNA within minutes after some transformation happened (such as when Paris and Janeway become lizards. That is is pretty amazing discovery in DNA manipulation. But by far the greatest discovery actually already happened. It is one without which the first warp drive test would not have happpened, a prerequisite for Vulcans to spot us and decide to make contact. Without this, none of "Star Trek" would have happened. Yes, it is 1968 when SteppinWolf released "Magic Carpet Ride" without which Cohrane would not have pressed the "go" button to take off and test hsi warp drive :-)
Where did you get the idea that the Universal Translator uses telepathy to do it's job. There's many example where the translator didn't work and each time they required the aliens to speak more, not think, to get the translator to work. I agree, that the hearing portion of it's utility is, to say the least, weird and hard to explain but never in any episode of any series did they mentioned telepathy. To further debunk this idea just take the TNG episode called *Loud as a whisper* where mediator Riva needs a chorus of telepaths to communicate because he is deaf. Why isn't he using the Universal Translator if it was capable of telepathy?
There are places that say part of how the UT works is through analyzing brain waves, which does seem to imply a sort of telepathy. I always assumed, though, that it only scans the brain waves to help it decipher the spoken word, and then plays it out like a speaker. Since this would make the TV show incredibly difficult to understand, having an alien language and English being spoken over each other, the alien language part is ignored, but there is something similar in the UN, where people translate one language into another, in real time, and the delegates hold ear pieces to get the translation.
It's from the Original Series episode, "Metamorphosis". Kirk and Spock explain to Zefram Cochrane how it works: KIRK: There are certain universal ideas and concepts common to all intelligent life. This device instantaneously compares the frequency of brainwave patterns, selects those ideas and concepts it recognizes, and then provides the necessary grammar. SPOCK: Then it translates its findings into English. COCHRANE: You mean it speaks? KIRK: With a voice or the approximation of whatever the creature is on the sending end. Not one hundred percent efficient, but nothing ever is.
Reva's people only used telepathy with very gifted individuals within their society. The people were probably selected and trained for this specific job. Reva's chorus were like his alter ego, I don't think mechanical Translator been that finely tuned.
Trip Tucker had "Movie Night" some nights. I think he pulled the movies from a computer list and sent them to a screen in the mess hall. The Vulcans showed "scary" films to younger Vulcans to see if they'd react in an emotional way or not.
Also holodeck, some stuff in there is replicated, like water. Plants being less complex than people are held in pattern buffer with little to no data loss/degradation. Also, if you're in there at the wrong time when the simulation ends, YOU will be dematerialized, and sent to particle storage for the replicator/transporter/holodeck systems.
Honestly, impulse engines/easily taking off single stage to orbit without obvious rockets or anything, is even more impressive than faster than light travel (which is at least plausbible). Whatever they're doing to easily take off and get into orbit has no scientific basis at all.
In discussing the Universal Translator, I remind folks of Douglas Adams' cautionary tidbit about the Babel Fish: ""Meanwhile, the poor Babel fish, by effectively removing all barriers to communication between different races and cultures, has caused more and bloodier wars than anything else in the history of creation.""
To me the 1 thing on this list I would want would be the tricorder, giving emergency medical personnel the ability to scan someone and in seconds determine any injuries and the severity of them would save so many lives.
I would argue that the M-5 Multitronics Unit was probably sapient, and maybe even the Duotronic ship's computer aboard Kirk's Enterprise. Various other supercomputers encountered by Kirk were probably sapient too, like Landru, but they weren't created by humans, and Gary Seven's computer was certainly sapient, though again, alien tech.
The artificial gravity gets silly when you remember they then use anti-grav platforms to move stuff about! And I've never understood why they have artificial gravity in the Turbolift shafts...
You forgot about the holodeck on the Enterprise in the TAS episode "The Practical Joker." This would be about 75 years before Enterprise-D was commissioned.
My favorite TOS moment (which aired about 12 years before I was born), is when McCoy is using a plastic spray bottle in med bay. Teenager me thought that was stupid. Spray bottles are common place, thought there should have been a more futuristic item instead. I didn't realize that 25/30 years earlier, they were new and revolutionary.
For the AI Segment, let's not forget Wesley's nanobots which evolved into an advanced civilization that definitely won't reappear in the far future to turn all matter in the universe into grey goo.
Didn’t they establish in the show Enterprise, that there was no universal translator? I mean, that was literally hoshis job, to translate, and then it’s said that she would go on to help create the official universal translator, and that all subsequent ones would build off her initial design.
@@sheilarough236 yes, and I’m saying, that it’s established in the show that she later goes on to create the universal translator, they got it wrong in the video when they said it already existed.
@matthewterlaga3022 a version existed from the Vulcans, but it was slow and didn't always work correctly if the species was one the Vulcans hadn't already communicated with, so Hoshi was often put on the spot, when the translator didn't work fast enough. Is this rudimentary translator a true "universal" translator? I guess that comes down to semantics.
@@QBCPerdition it’s in the name, UNIVERSAL translator. The one in the 24th century, working off designs Hoshi created, worked everywhere and with almost everyone, it worked on a species that existed 5 billions years ago (the chase) and even with species in the gamma and delta quadrants, where the federation had no presence. The only times it didn’t work were when there’s was a species that didn’t have a mouth (energy beings), were non carbon based (those creatures made of dilithium from voyager) or when the language couldn’t be translated properly (Darmok TNG). It’s not semantics.
More concisely, we witness Hoshi's path along the way to creating the Universal Translator proper. Still with knowledge of the target's lexicon Enterprise still had a real time audio translator on hand. Hoshi's job was to input said lexicon.
In cannon, the Vulcans gave us Replicators. But incorporating STE. they had to have given us both access to Subspace communications and gravity plating since these didn't exist in Cocram's time. The Transporter was very likely a combination of using the replicator's tech and subspace. I'm certain the Vulcan's knew we'd get there the same way they did. The Holodeck was around in the Animated series but being a power-hog, I'm also certain it's use was a booking issue, like Quarks. A number of writers made major contributions to this lore. The slavers are the Thrint from Larry Niven's World of Ptavs. The K'Zin are also his creation and a great series with Jerry Pournell. The explaination of the Translator being Telepathic comes from Metamorphasis, I think. You definitely forgot Phasers. The idea of a defensive weapon is awesome. Also forgot Anti-matter. The enterprise uses Nukes for power, but needs to use the anti-matter to generate the power needed for the warp bubble. The advancements in power also helped transform earth
@@GabePuratekuta It makes perfect sense! If your cannon had a built-in replicator, you'd have an endless supply of cannonballs...And no need to reload! 😁
I have to say before watching, the magic-bullet-gun Ezri uses on the Vulcan assassin from Deep Space Nine had better be on this list. On replicators and dermal regenerators -this is why nobody in the Star Trek future is fat, by combining both machines, you just convert fat into muscle.
If not already said In the animated Series the Rec Room WAS the first holo decks it only created environments a.k.a settings landscapes. Also the cure from the common cold was the 24th century And transpoerter tech was a factor in holodecks creation
7:55. Curious: Did you actually watch Star Trek Discovery, Season 2? There was an explanation as to why holograms were seized in their use, was what "Control"did with holograms simply skipped over?
Replicators are getting closer to being a realty all the time, 3D printers are a very early version of that. Already they allow pretty much anyone to create something they want or need in a matter of hours. They are getting closer to "printing" working organs for transplant and even food. However they are way slower than a replicator I have a printer myself and just over a year I've ran it for 300 hours printing so many different items for family and friends. I printed a barn owl for my sister's barn, mods for my printer (of course), insulators for my sister's electric fence around her pastures, and so on. I've seen food being made with a printer, I watched a guy that made a printer for ceramics, there's several bakeries that make cake topper with a printer while you watch, it's happening.
The animated episode Practical Joker was the first appearance of the Holodeck, it was supposed to be used in the third season episode "Is There In Truth No Beauty," but scrapped do the budgetary concerns but some of the dialogue did survive in one of the scenes between Captain Kirk and Dr Jones in a room that was filled with flowers and other plants,
The repercussions haven't been fully explored yet in canon, but there's no doubt that the ability to transfer one's consciousness into a newly crafted artificial body, as in Picard, would be a transformative shift in humanity unlike any other advancement yet seen. In fact, that is one of the story elements from Picard that I believe had a solid franchise wide foundation, and was a natural progression of the many attempts we've seen in that field before. Captain Kirk tussled with Dr. Roger Korby who had adapted an ancient alien technique, but his androids weren't capable of handling human emotions. Dr. Soong, and Dr. Ira Graves had already successfully completed the procedure in TNG. We know that many other alien civilizations had developed mind transfer abilities; it's even a natural ability of the Vulcan mind. We saw in St:Strange New Worlds that Dr. M'Benga and Nurse Chapel were aware of the underlying scientific principles of this mind/body transfer technique. So its in-canon development as a standard end-of-life treatment is now probably more of a moral/ethical question than a technical one.
@@esecallum I wasn't meaning transporters. That's a whole other debate. I'm talking about what happens at the end of the first season of the "Picard" series with Picard's new body.
I was re-watching Disco S4, with Gray getting their new synth body. It was mentioned the Fed had studied it, but not done much with it. There might still be some issues with it, but you are right, this could be a game changer. Then again, re-watching Strange New Worlds, and you have Number 1's race not being allowed in the Fed due to augmentation, which all that race did was make themselves more adaptable to space. It so dumb that for whatever reason the writer's came up with for the Eugenic Wars, the Federation would continue to outlaw any and all genetic manipulation, even for the greater good. I honestly don't buy that. A large body of aliens, with similar genomes (going by the Founder's method) would probably WANT to make themselves better for travel, for living longer, less susceptible to diseases. Outlawing augmentation just because of some small war on one Fed planet, which happened before they joined the Federation is just...dumb. Which goes into your issues - the synth body. No telling what it is immune to. Can it allow you breathe in non-breathable environments? Is it susceptible to electrical pulses or similar situations that might affect androids? Would it be more durable than a living body, able to life way more than a living body? Survive in space without a suit? Like what are the pros and cons of this new synth body?
@@SimpleGeekReviews You and I are on the same wavelength. Discovery jumped some 700 years into their future. 700 years ago for us was the early middle-ages. The technology of the period Discovery found themselves in should be as different to them as castles, suits of armor, and claims of witchcraft are to us. They had an opportunity to explore trans-humanism (and no I don't just mean the existence of trans humans, although that's welcome) the concept that humanity could evolve into a form that transcends their physical bodies. It was all right there on a silver platter but they shrugged it away as an afterthought. Maybe they didn't want to appear to be copying shows like "Westworld" or "Altered Carbon." But we've seen many times in earlier Star Trek series about how other civilizations evolved past their physical forms. It would be an exciting chance for Discovery to actually use its time jump and really explore the drama of how humanity might just be on the cusp of doing the same thing.
@@SimpleGeekReviews I think the main reason golem bodies weren't more popular was that it the process work. Soong created the method so could get it to work right. Others, 50/50 chance. By that point, they gave up because of the fail rates.
The whole construct of Slavers, stasis boxes, etc. is lifted wholesale from Larry Niven's numerous "known space" stories and novels; the Kzin come from that universe as well.
It wasn’t “lifted” it was written by Larry Niven himself for Star Trek in cooperation with Gene Roddenberry. He used some elements from the Known Space universe which he created. The Slaver Weapon way is based on a short story called “The Soft Weapon”
"Stop that nonsense at once or you'll not be permitted to make any more planets." Trelane was a very naughty boy. Food synthesizers were not universally loved. McCoy: "I, for one, could use a good non-reconstituted meal." --Arena
I knew a guy in school (back before TNG aired) who believed that the crew of the Enterprise lived and worked entirely within the saucer and the decks were all actually a series of concentric rings constantly rotating inside the saucer. "They have gravity, and the only way to create gravity is by spinning." Teleportation, FTL travel, force fields, and directed energy weapons were fine, but artificial gravity? That was too much for him to accept.
I find it slightly amusing that you referenced TAS The Slaver Weapon in describing artificial gravity, but overlooked TAS The Practical Joker to show that Holodecks actually predate TNG by nearly a century. If you accept TAS, then all of it ought to count.
Technology and ship designs are the best part of Trek. I wish paramount would let fans create their own Star Trek based universes where they decide canon and can at least write stuff for their universe to expand it. I think it could really help the fandom. People would still watch official Trek to see if anything new should be added to their universe either a whole series a part of a series some tech from a series or ships. Would be great to open things up.
"Why would you watch it when you could live it?" Because I'm tired. I think 2D entertainment would still exist for that reason as well as for disabled people; it probably does exist in the Trek verse, we just never see it on screen because that would be boring to us.
What I see as an issue with a lot of new trek is when it comes to them showing technology like the replicator is that they are playing off of technology that exists now; like the 3D printer. I feel it lacks imagination. What made previous Trek great about portraying future tech is that they were more imaginative. That imagination is what drove scientists and inventors to try and figure out how they can create those ideas. The tech behind watching this video comes from the guy who created Quicktime, who was inspired by an episode where Data was listening to multiple songs at once.
There has already been significant progress toward a Universal Translator, it is entirely feasible that within 200 years we will have something like we see in Star Trek
Well on that note I would also say we have holograms now they are primitive but they are holograms nonetheless. And this is a video I think would be neat to see. Star Trek technology that we have in at least a primitive form now. Some examples I can give you right off the bat are holograms, smartphones are basically a primitive form of a tricorder, we have automatic sliding doors. Tablet computers in fact the Telecom computers we have now are actually the more advanced than the ones they had on DS9. Because on DS9 you would see multiple tablet computers on Captain Sisco's desk with the ones we have now you could actually have it all on one tablet and if you had too much for that one tablet you just keep it on the stations intranet an access it from your personal tablet.
You didn't mention down side of Warp engines. It discovered in episode of Star Trek-TNG that Warp fields were changing fabric of Subspace. The Warp core breach or engine explosion could reduce entire StarShip and crew to atoms. And if for whatever reason you had dump Warp core it would take centuries get back Federation space with conventional engines
Remember, when TOS first aired, there was NO SUCH THING as doors that automatically slid open when you approached! The automatic sliding doors on the show were operated by off-camera stagehands! True, a lot of grocery stores in the 1960's had automatic doors that opened when you stepped on a rubber mat right in front of the door, but that was about it!
Damn, I'm old...
And no other places in reality have had automatic doors...
The holodeck actually appears (in function if not in name) as part of Federation technology well in advance of Encounter at Farpoint. It actually debuted as "The Rec Room" in the Episode: The Practical Joker from Star Trek: The Animated Series.
Yes... I honestly don't remember much of The Animated Series. It was my first exposure to Star Trek when I was growing up in the early seventies, but I remember the episode where their holodeck malfunctioned, putting the crew in danger.
Hoshi Sato from “Enterprise” was instrumental in creating the Universal Translator.
She was damn hot, too!
@@jasonrodgers9063 Oh yeah!
@@jasonrodgers9063 And the most badass.
@@GabePuratekuta The writers / directors of “Enterprise”‘ were brilliant. They perfectly blended the talented actors they had with the stories of the early Star Trek canon.
@@PaulFagundes Agreed. That's why it's one of my favorite sci-fi series even though it ended just when it was getting its stride.
I was watching OG Trek and McCoy said he couldn’t look inside someone’s head or something. I was like just give him an MRI or a CT, maybe a PET scan. Then I remembered it wasn’t really the future. So when McCoy said our medicine was Medieval my only thought was “At least we have MRIs.”
Im sure he meant it metaphorical, like he can’t look into a persons thoughts. They had X-ray back then so I’m sure the writers would’ve included scanners penetrating the skull easily
@@viciousyeen6644 Yes; he was referring to being unable to understand what Pike meant by beeping "No."
“At least we have MRIs.” *MRI* te?!
@@viciousyeen6644 nope he was treating a patient. They had a head injury. He wasn’t trying to read their mind.
@@Oonagh72 IMMMPOOSSSIIIBIIRRRUUUU
Scotty should be on this list he was the single greatest piece of equipment on NCC 1701 and NCC 1701 a
No blooody B,C, or D!!
Every ship needs a bloody miracle worker!
Douglas Adams got around the "Why do all aliens speak English?" problem by using the Babel Fish.
Farscape used Translator Microbes...Kinda sorta microscopic Babel Fish.
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An alien from the planet Gibber lands his flying saucer on the White House lawn. Joe Biden goes out to greet the interstellar traveler. The alien says- "I come in peace!" Biden says- "How is it that you speak English?" Alien replies- "I'm not speaking English! You're speaking GIBBERISH!"
The bane of the galaxy.
The Babelfish translator website is still up and running since 1995.
In the Animated Series they had the Rec Room, which was the first canon use of a "holodeck".
The Animated Series is not official cannon, per Gene Roddenberry.
They used the animated series in 1 of the early items so why not this ..?
@@JV-pu8kx TAS is now canon according to Paramount (and Memory Alpha)
I'm fairly sure the holideck on 1701 was in the tech manual too but I could be mistaken
I got the impression that it was very limited compared to TNG Holodecks. Granted the malfunctioning computer put them in a forest with a pit trap, a blizzard and finally a hedge maze. I would think they would have a very limited set of environments and nothing with characters.
You missed the “Marshmelon” Machine, as featured in Star Trek V. The indicator that Federation technology had peaked, compacting replicator tech into a small handheld device that produced only one item.
Loved that story Dr. McCoy teased Spock about marshmelons in "ST:5". I believe Spock later looked up the info and informed Bones.
You missed a BIGGIE. The invention of shields. In Enterprise the best they could do was polarized hull plating which was still only just a hardened physical barrier. With the invention of shields it gave them the ability to absorb or deflect directed energy weapons like phasers and disrupters. Speaking of which, the development of the phaser which amplified the defensive power of ships and individuals enabled humans to truly go where no one has gone because they could now “give as good as they got” in hostile encounters.
and photon torpedoes
Unfortunately after Encounter at Farpoint, Paramount forgot that the federation has shield technology. Then they kind of remembered when the Borg showed up.
When you mentioned self-aware hologram s you forgot Vic Fontaine from DS9
Vic was programmed that way. The Doctor and Moriarty achieved sentience
@@aoinatafanboy84 No, Vic was both self aware and sentient. He's programming was literally evolving. He was so advanced, evolved, and sentient he could turn on and off his own program, something the Doctor couldn't do, reject crew commands, and could change a holodeck program at whim. He wasn't originally programmed to be that advanced, he just evolved over time and achieved those things, hence why the station crew come to treat him as a real person
@@Ooilei yeah but Julian still programmed him with the ability to have some free will. He has sentience for sure but the difference was that Vic always had some level of programming implimented. The Doctor and Moriarty were still like Johnny 5 and divine intervention allowed them to develop. The Doctor still developed his own snark towards Tom being foolish
@@aoinatafanboy84 Small correction, Julian didn't program Vic. The friend he acquired him from did. That's also where the gangster stuff came from.
@@woogha He still told Nog that he had special mods done when he installed it. The bigger point is that Julian admitted to his own additions to make Vic self aware. He was never a rogue AI that manifested in DS9.
Replicators would be the biggest invention, because it would eliminate hunger, most wars, and the need for money. Transporters and holodecks would also be massive inventions as well. Warp drives aren't so important if we can somehow invent the use of artificial wormholes, which would make travelling anywhere in the universe almost instantaneous. As for the universal translator, they've never explained why the person's lips aren't moving differently to the words that're being translated.
I agree that replicator technology is the most important. That's what helps tip us into the "post-scarcity" era.
I like the artificial wormhole idea, though.
Two corrections:
Holodecks first appeared in TAS episode The Practical Joker (called the rec room).
The writers of Star Trek did not invent the idea of the transporter. It has a long history in sci-fi. Both written and TV.
Also, teleporting was around for millennia in stories about magicians, gods, and demons.
Transporter is just the rational scientific version.
Replicators were an idea "borrowed" from the Lost In Space TV show. The fact that the Jupiter 2 has a replicator, is mentioned in many episodes. Although it cannot produce food, to is shown to be able to produce hot beverages, such as coffee and material objects, such as tools, basic components, etc.
Read "Star Trek Memories" by William Shatner. I think that you will be surprised.
The show was set in the late 1990's. WHERE THE HELL ARE ALL THESE GOODIES?!!
I always see replicators as insanely developed 3d printers
I think the advent of the deflector dish could have been part of this list.
Or a Part 2.
Of course. Warp drive would not really be possible without it.
I remember hearing somewhere that the deflector is actually more important for impulse speeds, as the warp bubble is not there to protect against random space debris at high velocity
EDIT: still a must invention for anything less than warp speed if trying to go anywhere near max sub-light!!!
Yeah the deflector dish is capable of being remodulated to do at least 20 different critically important tasks, whereas the holodeck has just as many ways to go haywire and threaten the entire ship
To quote Sulu, “Shields… SHIELDS!”
Transporters freak me out, I'm not going to lie. From my point of view the process involves the current version of me being destroyed and a new version created.
Also, I've never wondered why you can't just keep a transporter copy of your younger healthier self and then just be sequenced into it once you get older like in the TNG episode where Picard becomes a tween for a few days. 🤣
Um tell me you haven't watched star trek without telling me you haven't watched star trek. TNG episode second chances will answer your question. I'm sure then only trek you've watched is one episode of TOS and think you know it all.
@@theenzoferrari458 Did you actually read my post? because it very much seems like you didn't.
@@StephenLeGresley star trek has various episodes dedicated to the topic. It seems *you didn't understand*
Neither energy nor matter can be created or destroyed, simply converted. A transporter does *not* destroy your current version. Think of it more like an ice cube. The transporter turns that ice cube to steam, pipes it somewhere else, then condenses and freezes the water back into the same ice cube. The same matter is put back exactly as it was, in a different location. Transporter copies are impossible to store long term. There's too much data (it reads you down below the subatomic level), and that data deteriorates (I would imagine the Heisenberg compensator can only compensate for so long before errors creep in). Scotty found a way around that, but it only had a 50% success rate.
As for Rascals, that was the result of a field that basically screwed up the transporter lock and removed certain RNA from the affected crew. Which is a plus for transporter safety as it means by the 24th century the Transporter is smart enough to try to put people together alive as best it can. That's not the only episode of editing a person's age however, Dr. Pulaski was de-aged after the aging virus from the Darwin colony made her as old as McCoy. But those are outliers. And typically screwing around with transporter patterns is ill advised at best.
Most people agree that the writers went to the transporter repairs a person well one too many times.
@@3Rayfire That's not really an apt metaphor, man. Think of the wording used, a "transporter PATTERN", correct? If you create a tapestry, scan it into a computer, and then create a pattern that replicates it, it's not the SAME tapestry, is it? And in the Star Trek universe, while matter/energy can't be created nor destroyed, it is regularly "repurposed". They didn't throw a REAL steak into a replicator, break it down into energy, then bring it back when you ordered it - they just took energy from the warp core and converted it into a steak, using what? Using a "pattern". The "you" that comes out the other side of a transporter is no more the same you than that steak that was scanned into the system is the same steak.
Simple as.
I love TrekCulture! My first thought was “I bet they skipped right past artificial gravity!” And moments later there it was! Thank you for not ignoring TAS. (But you did miss TAS’s Rec Deck which was really more of an early Holodeck than anything on Discovery)
Applause to Sean and his growing cast of characters!
Attention, Jeffrey Combs!
A bearded Irishman is gunning for your title! 😉😁
The only advancement I can think of you didn't mention which is probably not considered one of the more wondrous advancements is the inventionist syntha hol. According to somebody on Star Trek this advancement was invented by the ferengi. It allowed people to enjoy alcohol without having to get intoxicated. And as people such as Montgomery Scott have indicated many actually prefer getting intoxicated over syntha hol
Were the alcoholic drinks in "Enterprise" real or synthetic? T'Pol and Soval allowed themselves a bit and she said alcohol-and caffeine-had no effect on her, but what about the rest of the human crew and Dr. Phlox?
It’s worth it as an honorable mention to bring up military technologies such as shields, phasers, photon torpedoes etc as well and the warp core antimatter energy production tech that powers them, because if star trek humanity had never advanced beyond ballistics, explosives, physical armor, and nuclear weapons/power, they’d be so outclassed by other species technologically that their independence as a spacefaring civilization would have been very short.
Genetics technology advancements are also worth a shoutout for creating the augments and how much that impacted federation history.
Universal translator: Go stick a fish in your ear 😁 it'll decode the brain wave pattern for you.
Holograms were used by Humans much earlier than Discovery era.
In one episode of Enterprise, Hoshi was practicing shooting with a Phaser using Holographic targets.
I would consider the M5 computer -- created by Dr. Richard Daystrom -- as an self aware AI. This is because Daystrom impressed his own memory engrams onto M5 causing it to be self aware. Even though M5 went off the rails -- it was stopped by Kirk's convincing argument that it was guilty of committing murder.
I was just thinking about that episode
I've had some thoughts recently in regards to "Kessler syndrome" where there has been a collision 💥 of things(satellites, discarded booster rockets, a wrench dropped by an astronaut, etc.) in obit, that creates a dense debris field that would make it very difficult if not impossible to leave earth. I think this will be the driving force behind "shields" and deflector dishes. Just my thoughts, and yes these are the things that pop into my head.
I think holosuites (decks are on ships, suites are in buildings) probably existed in starbases and on the ground for a time and the Enterprise D was the first new ship that had them built in at construction. I'm sure older ships could be retrofitted later. Miniaturizing the tech and making it safe and practical for a starship probably took a while even after the tech was perfected for use in bigger environments.
They probably evolved over time anyway, from visual-only with no forcefields to some kind of in-between compromise to the full deal we see in Encounter at Farpoint.
The M-5 computer from TOS "The Ultimate Computer" predated Data et al.
The technology behind Wesley's multi-coloured jumpers is surely near the top
I wonder if it ever broke the replicator
@@Jesusisking2785 - some of those colours are locked out in the same way weapons are
"...why would you watch it, when you can live it?" "Alien" "Aliens" "The Road" "28 Days Later" "The Day After Tomorrow" "The Thing" "The Day After" "Deep Impact" "Greenland" "On the Beach" (Do I need to go on...? LOL)
Hmm, crew trapped by holodeck malfunction in Zombie Survival simulation...
10:20 Hyposprays have been real for decades, they're called "jet injectors".
At 8:50
Number 6: holograms
Holograms were originally invented back in Kirk's time. Go back and watch the animated series, they have an episode on a holdeck type place on the original Enterprise that glitched.
FYI: the animated series is considered Canon!!
She did specify that they existed in Burhams era. They were perfected later on
8:00 - You forgot that Rec Rooms came before holodecks. Headcanon might have it that these were a sort of transitional technology between 23rd century holo-simulators, and 24th century holodecks and holosuites. But they obviously offered an experience pretty close to that of the holodecks we saw on the Enterprise-D.
The Universal Translator is telepathic, is it? The Tamarians wouldn't have been as much of a mystery if that was the case...
"Rai and Jiri at Lungha. Rai of Lowani. Lowani under two moons. Jiri of Umbaya. Umbaya of crossed roads. At Lungha. Lungha, her sky gray."
"Juliet. On her balcony."
Nah, the UT translated word sounds, but not meaning or context (which would surely have been possible if it could read minds).
I loved how they showed the universal translator working on Starbase Yorktown in Star Trek Beyond!
Agreed. Beyond is my favorite of the Kelvin movies easily and that scene was excellent.
It amazes me how the invention of a warp drive and the discovery that we are not alone in the universe united the peoples of the Earth in Star Trek. I really hope that we will be able to unite when the same happens in the real life as well.
That will only happen when all religions are proven to be false.
Sadly I doubt that would be the outcome. As a species we have a tendency to see things we don't understand as a threat first. 😕
@susanscott8653 Which is what would unite us. If we suddenly have true aliens to contend with, our petty grievances on Earth suddenly look even pettier.
I think the fact that humans would tend to view any proof of extraterrestrial intelligence as a threat is a point in our favor in terms of uniting the planet. Of course, it's not guaranteed, if the aliens first contact the US, Russia and China may feel the US is colluding with the aliens against them, and vice versa if the aliens speak to Russia or China first.
@@susanscott8653 Sadly, I think that's part of the point. The darker side of First Contact unity is if humanity has a common extra-terrestrial threat, then suddenly the guy next to you is just a human on your team. A positive helpful First Contact like with the Vulcans could go a long way towards ameliorating that though.
There's also the possibility of Mass Effect's version, where humans unite for pragmatic reasons, such as no single nation being able to shoulder space exploration alone. When conflict came, the independent nations were frozen or counter to one another, while the Systems Alliance government which was formed to manage extra terrestrial operations was able to respond swiftly and decisively. This increased the united Systems Alliance government's influence and weakened the older Earth based governments.
Star Trek's version isn't necessarily farfetched though. World War III and a nuclear holocaust and the post nuclear horror likely expended all the fight humanity had with itself and with the Vulcans guiding us towards a better way, humanity had more reason than ever to get our crap together and try a different way.
The reason people united was because WWIII just ended and only a few people were scattered on the planet. There was nothing left to fight about, just a need for survival. They needed to work together to make that happen.
In the DS9 episode Little Green Men, we learn that the Fergenghi universal translator is placed in their ears
“Why would you watch it when you can live it?”
You underestimate my laziness.
There is also something to be said for just being the observer and not having to worry about acting in the play.
Self Sealing Stem Bolts didn’t make the list?
I would say that inertial dampeners would be one of the most important inventions in Star Trek. Going into and out of warp or taking any evasive maneuvers would be a bit messy without them.
Just imagine when those dampeners ever failed, would be very messy cleaning the remains of StarShip crews off the walls...
A few things I feel you've missed out on.
1: While grapples could be cut, tractor beams could also be "cut" by disruption. Sometimes the shields can send a nasty feedback, you shoot something into the path of the tractor beam (tractor, lasers, explosives, etc), or you just shoot the emitters.
2: You explained which specie we first see have the Holodeck technology, but you never said or speculated how it ended up in the hands of the Federation. While, yes, I don't think we ever see or get a concrete explanation, remember that in that very episode the Klingons would agree to let them go in exchange for that Holodeck technology, so it would be safe to assume that from the Xyrillian, to the Klingons, and then maybe by some espionage or agreement that technology ended up with the humans.
3: The replication technology and transporter technology are practically synonymous with each other as they are both based on the same principles as Einstein's proof of matter and energy being interchangeable. Convert a human to energy, move that energy, and then convert that energy back to a human. Same thing with a pot roast. Convert the energy to some matter worth eating, and when your done, the dishes and waste get converted back to that energy. And so the Circle of Starship Life continues.
What they don’t say about tractor beams that holds a ship in place is actually a combination of tractor and pressor beams. The balance of pull and push holds the ship in place.
Don't forget that Scotty invented inter-galactic beaming (in the new movies), which made starship & warp drive obsolete!!
I'd vote for "plasma relays". Consider the number of times they are mentioned when something goes wrong :-)
The sensors on the Apple Watch connected to the iphone are starting to approach the tricorder.
The communicators on ST TOS inspired Motorola to create the flip phone in the late 1980s/early 1990s. So that is a significant tech in fiction that became reality. We are not that far from the communicator badges in later series (except we have to say "siri" or "hey google" before speaking 🙂
medically, I'd say the ability to return a crew member to their normal DNA within minutes after some transformation happened (such as when Paris and Janeway become lizards. That is is pretty amazing discovery in DNA manipulation.
But by far the greatest discovery actually already happened. It is one without which the first warp drive test would not have happpened, a prerequisite for Vulcans to spot us and decide to make contact. Without this, none of "Star Trek" would have happened. Yes, it is 1968 when SteppinWolf released "Magic Carpet Ride" without which Cohrane would not have pressed the "go" button to take off and test hsi warp drive :-)
Not lizards, amphibians.
Where did you get the idea that the Universal Translator uses telepathy to do it's job. There's many example where the translator didn't work and each time they required the aliens to speak more, not think, to get the translator to work. I agree, that the hearing portion of it's utility is, to say the least, weird and hard to explain but never in any episode of any series did they mentioned telepathy. To further debunk this idea just take the TNG episode called *Loud as a whisper* where mediator Riva needs a chorus of telepaths to communicate because he is deaf. Why isn't he using the Universal Translator if it was capable of telepathy?
There are places that say part of how the UT works is through analyzing brain waves, which does seem to imply a sort of telepathy.
I always assumed, though, that it only scans the brain waves to help it decipher the spoken word, and then plays it out like a speaker. Since this would make the TV show incredibly difficult to understand, having an alien language and English being spoken over each other, the alien language part is ignored, but there is something similar in the UN, where people translate one language into another, in real time, and the delegates hold ear pieces to get the translation.
It's from the Original Series episode, "Metamorphosis". Kirk and Spock explain to Zefram Cochrane how it works:
KIRK: There are certain universal ideas and concepts common to all intelligent life. This device instantaneously compares the frequency of brainwave patterns, selects those ideas and concepts it recognizes, and then provides the necessary grammar.
SPOCK: Then it translates its findings into English.
COCHRANE: You mean it speaks?
KIRK: With a voice or the approximation of whatever the creature is on the sending end. Not one hundred percent efficient, but nothing ever is.
The best example is an early DS9 episode where a matriarchal Gamma species were trying to find a new home away from the Dominion.
Reva's people only used telepathy with very gifted individuals within their society. The people were probably selected and trained for this specific job. Reva's chorus were like his alter ego, I don't think mechanical Translator been that finely tuned.
Trip Tucker had "Movie Night" some nights. I think he pulled the movies from a computer list and sent them to a screen in the mess hall. The Vulcans showed "scary" films to younger Vulcans to see if they'd react in an emotional way or not.
Transporters and replicators are the same tech, guys. Energy to matter conversion (and the reverse) is the basis of both.
Also holodeck, some stuff in there is replicated, like water. Plants being less complex than people are held in pattern buffer with little to no data loss/degradation. Also, if you're in there at the wrong time when the simulation ends, YOU will be dematerialized, and sent to particle storage for the replicator/transporter/holodeck systems.
Honestly, impulse engines/easily taking off single stage to orbit without obvious rockets or anything, is even more impressive than faster than light travel (which is at least plausbible). Whatever they're doing to easily take off and get into orbit has no scientific basis at all.
In discussing the Universal Translator, I remind folks of Douglas Adams' cautionary tidbit about the Babel Fish:
""Meanwhile, the poor Babel fish, by effectively removing all barriers to communication between different races and cultures, has caused more and bloodier wars than anything else in the history of creation.""
Not gonna lie. That was a fun ad for Squarespace. Good job, Sean!
They need to save the ad for then end, everyone skips over it anyhow.
Fun yes. But the Metallica fan one bothers me because it's mixing two generally unrelated stereotypes. Metal head ≠ surfer dude.
@@BodyMusicification that just shows the unique sensibilities of Risians! Ha ha!
@@Soul-cry1 I didn’t skip it. I kept watching the ad because I liked Sean’s characters. It was a good ad. Made me want to watch the whole thing.
Um, you missed the Transtator. The basis for all Federation technology, according to Spock in the episode, "A Piece of the Action".
10:47 I love that you picked *that* shot. :)
Time travel would be the most amazing ST invention. The ability to travel back in time and change events is the absolute power.
Dr McCoy often fought with Ensign Hatfield from Engineering
I gotta be honest I usually skip the sponsorship but these guys make it a fun little story I love watching them
To me the 1 thing on this list I would want would be the tricorder, giving emergency medical personnel the ability to scan someone and in seconds determine any injuries and the severity of them would save so many lives.
Wasn't there a holodeck in the Animated series?
I would argue that the M-5 Multitronics Unit was probably sapient, and maybe even the Duotronic ship's computer aboard Kirk's Enterprise. Various other supercomputers encountered by Kirk were probably sapient too, like Landru, but they weren't created by humans, and Gary Seven's computer was certainly sapient, though again, alien tech.
Ellie always picks the coolest topics.
True. That's why she's the Sean Ferrick of WhoCulture.
The artificial gravity gets silly when you remember they then use anti-grav platforms to move stuff about! And I've never understood why they have artificial gravity in the Turbolift shafts...
going down?
@@oneblankspace4919 would barely take any energy to push something "down" in zero G
Your narration is perfect.
You forgot about the holodeck on the Enterprise in the TAS episode "The Practical Joker." This would be about 75 years before Enterprise-D was commissioned.
The transtater. T.O.S. A Piece of the Action.
By far, who wouldn't want their own personal "Holodeck"?!!!
It would certainly try to kill me
My favorite TOS moment (which aired about 12 years before I was born), is when McCoy is using a plastic spray bottle in med bay. Teenager me thought that was stupid. Spray bottles are common place, thought there should have been a more futuristic item instead. I didn't realize that 25/30 years earlier, they were new and revolutionary.
Tricorders! No one ever gives them any love or respect, but they're an important tool.
Cause there's always interference... useless *TRY* corder
For the AI Segment, let's not forget Wesley's nanobots which evolved into an advanced civilization that definitely won't reappear in the far future to turn all matter in the universe into grey goo.
Didn’t they establish in the show Enterprise, that there was no universal translator? I mean, that was literally hoshis job, to translate, and then it’s said that she would go on to help create the official universal translator, and that all subsequent ones would build off her initial design.
Hoshi was an extremely talented polyglot. She had the ability to pick up & learn new languages, in a matter of minutes
@@sheilarough236 yes, and I’m saying, that it’s established in the show that she later goes on to create the universal translator, they got it wrong in the video when they said it already existed.
@matthewterlaga3022 a version existed from the Vulcans, but it was slow and didn't always work correctly if the species was one the Vulcans hadn't already communicated with, so Hoshi was often put on the spot, when the translator didn't work fast enough.
Is this rudimentary translator a true "universal" translator? I guess that comes down to semantics.
@@QBCPerdition it’s in the name, UNIVERSAL translator. The one in the 24th century, working off designs Hoshi created, worked everywhere and with almost everyone, it worked on a species that existed 5 billions years ago (the chase) and even with species in the gamma and delta quadrants, where the federation had no presence. The only times it didn’t work were when there’s was a species that didn’t have a mouth (energy beings), were non carbon based (those creatures made of dilithium from voyager) or when the language couldn’t be translated properly (Darmok TNG). It’s not semantics.
More concisely, we witness Hoshi's path along the way to creating the Universal Translator proper. Still with knowledge of the target's lexicon Enterprise still had a real time audio translator on hand. Hoshi's job was to input said lexicon.
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In cannon, the Vulcans gave us Replicators. But incorporating STE. they had to have given us both access to Subspace communications and gravity plating since these didn't exist in Cocram's time. The Transporter was very likely a combination of using the replicator's tech and subspace. I'm certain the Vulcan's knew we'd get there the same way they did. The Holodeck was around in the Animated series but being a power-hog, I'm also certain it's use was a booking issue, like Quarks. A number of writers made major contributions to this lore. The slavers are the Thrint from Larry Niven's World of Ptavs. The K'Zin are also his creation and a great series with Jerry Pournell. The explaination of the Translator being Telepathic comes from Metamorphasis, I think. You definitely forgot Phasers. The idea of a defensive weapon is awesome. Also forgot Anti-matter. The enterprise uses Nukes for power, but needs to use the anti-matter to generate the power needed for the warp bubble. The advancements in power also helped transform earth
Replicators in cannons... That doesn't make sense.
@@GabePuratekuta It makes perfect sense! If your cannon had a built-in replicator, you'd have an endless supply of cannonballs...And no need to reload! 😁
You forgot there was a simple holodeck on the original 1701, called the recreation room, in TAS.
The slavers’ flying belt is how the Egyptians built the pyramids
I have to say before watching, the magic-bullet-gun Ezri uses on the Vulcan assassin from Deep Space Nine had better be on this list.
On replicators and dermal regenerators -this is why nobody in the Star Trek future is fat, by combining both machines, you just convert fat into muscle.
Ah, the TR-116. A Sniper rifle with a transporter.
I agree with Ellie that we need Repicators yesterday!
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If not already said In the animated Series the Rec Room WAS the first holo decks it only created environments a.k.a settings landscapes. Also the cure from the common cold was the 24th century And transpoerter tech was a factor in holodecks creation
7:55. Curious: Did you actually watch Star Trek Discovery, Season 2? There was an explanation as to why holograms were seized in their use, was what "Control"did with holograms simply skipped over?
TV was obsolete by 2040 according to Data in season 1 of TNG :)
Tom Paris didn't think so. Then again, he was obsessed with 20th century Earth.
If you’re going to create ST-TAS for referencing gravity plating, then you have to create the series for Federation Holodecks as well.
That's why Enterprise was mentioned in the Holodeck entry.
Replicators are getting closer to being a realty all the time, 3D printers are a very early version of that. Already they allow pretty much anyone to create something they want or need in a matter of hours. They are getting closer to "printing" working organs for transplant and even food. However they are way slower than a replicator I have a printer myself and just over a year I've ran it for 300 hours printing so many different items for family and friends. I printed a barn owl for my sister's barn, mods for my printer (of course), insulators for my sister's electric fence around her pastures, and so on. I've seen food being made with a printer, I watched a guy that made a printer for ceramics, there's several bakeries that make cake topper with a printer while you watch, it's happening.
You forgot to mention vic Fontaine as a sentient hologram
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I have just seen the best sponsor add ever!! Much epic :)
The 1st time we see the Holodeck is in the Original Animated series, 70+ years before the Enterprise-D. 🤘☺️🖖
The animated episode Practical Joker was the first appearance of the Holodeck, it was supposed to be used in the third season episode "Is There In Truth No Beauty," but scrapped do the budgetary concerns but some of the dialogue did survive in one of the scenes between Captain Kirk and Dr Jones in a room that was filled with flowers and other plants,
The repercussions haven't been fully explored yet in canon, but there's no doubt that the ability to transfer one's consciousness into a newly crafted artificial body, as in Picard, would be a transformative shift in humanity unlike any other advancement yet seen.
In fact, that is one of the story elements from Picard that I believe had a solid franchise wide foundation, and was a natural progression of the many attempts we've seen in that field before. Captain Kirk tussled with Dr. Roger Korby who had adapted an ancient alien technique, but his androids weren't capable of handling human emotions. Dr. Soong, and Dr. Ira Graves had already successfully completed the procedure in TNG.
We know that many other alien civilizations had developed mind transfer abilities; it's even a natural ability of the Vulcan mind. We saw in St:Strange New Worlds that Dr. M'Benga and Nurse Chapel were aware of the underlying scientific principles of this mind/body transfer technique. So its in-canon development as a standard end-of-life treatment is now probably more of a moral/ethical question than a technical one.
transporter creates a mini wormhole so the no destroying or creating.
@@esecallum I wasn't meaning transporters. That's a whole other debate.
I'm talking about what happens at the end of the first season of the "Picard" series with Picard's new body.
I was re-watching Disco S4, with Gray getting their new synth body. It was mentioned the Fed had studied it, but not done much with it. There might still be some issues with it, but you are right, this could be a game changer. Then again, re-watching Strange New Worlds, and you have Number 1's race not being allowed in the Fed due to augmentation, which all that race did was make themselves more adaptable to space. It so dumb that for whatever reason the writer's came up with for the Eugenic Wars, the Federation would continue to outlaw any and all genetic manipulation, even for the greater good. I honestly don't buy that. A large body of aliens, with similar genomes (going by the Founder's method) would probably WANT to make themselves better for travel, for living longer, less susceptible to diseases. Outlawing augmentation just because of some small war on one Fed planet, which happened before they joined the Federation is just...dumb.
Which goes into your issues - the synth body. No telling what it is immune to. Can it allow you breathe in non-breathable environments? Is it susceptible to electrical pulses or similar situations that might affect androids? Would it be more durable than a living body, able to life way more than a living body? Survive in space without a suit? Like what are the pros and cons of this new synth body?
@@SimpleGeekReviews You and I are on the same wavelength. Discovery jumped some 700 years into their future. 700 years ago for us was the early middle-ages.
The technology of the period Discovery found themselves in should be as different to them as castles, suits of armor, and claims of witchcraft are to us.
They had an opportunity to explore trans-humanism (and no I don't just mean the existence of trans humans, although that's welcome) the concept that humanity could evolve into a form that transcends their physical bodies. It was all right there on a silver platter but they shrugged it away as an afterthought.
Maybe they didn't want to appear to be copying shows like "Westworld" or "Altered Carbon." But we've seen many times in earlier Star Trek series about how other civilizations evolved past their physical forms. It would be an exciting chance for Discovery to actually use its time jump and really explore the drama of how humanity might just be on the cusp of doing the same thing.
@@SimpleGeekReviews I think the main reason golem bodies weren't more popular was that it the process work. Soong created the method so could get it to work right. Others, 50/50 chance. By that point, they gave up because of the fail rates.
The whole construct of Slavers, stasis boxes, etc. is lifted wholesale from Larry Niven's numerous "known space" stories and novels; the Kzin come from that universe as well.
It wasn’t “lifted” it was written by Larry Niven himself for Star Trek in cooperation with Gene Roddenberry. He used some elements from the Known Space universe which he created. The Slaver Weapon way is based on a short story called “The Soft Weapon”
"Stop that nonsense at once or you'll not be permitted to make any more planets."
Trelane was a very naughty boy.
Food synthesizers were not universally loved.
McCoy: "I, for one, could use a good non-reconstituted meal."
--Arena
I knew a guy in school (back before TNG aired) who believed that the crew of the Enterprise lived and worked entirely within the saucer and the decks were all actually a series of concentric rings constantly rotating inside the saucer. "They have gravity, and the only way to create gravity is by spinning." Teleportation, FTL travel, force fields, and directed energy weapons were fine, but artificial gravity? That was too much for him to accept.
For the record the Constitution class starship had holodecks according to a "Star Trek: The Animated Series" episode "The Practical Joker".
I find it slightly amusing that you referenced TAS The Slaver Weapon in describing artificial gravity, but overlooked TAS The Practical Joker to show that Holodecks actually predate TNG by nearly a century. If you accept TAS, then all of it ought to count.
The universal translator
Works by finding mutual grammar and syntax
Technology and ship designs are the best part of Trek. I wish paramount would let fans create their own Star Trek based universes where they decide canon and can at least write stuff for their universe to expand it. I think it could really help the fandom. People would still watch official Trek to see if anything new should be added to their universe either a whole series a part of a series some tech from a series or ships. Would be great to open things up.
A lot to look forward to.
"Why would you watch it when you could live it?" Because I'm tired. I think 2D entertainment would still exist for that reason as well as for disabled people; it probably does exist in the Trek verse, we just never see it on screen because that would be boring to us.
We did see Riker watching some sort of holo-projection in his quarters, early in TNG. I also think disabled people would enjoy holodecks.
Tom Paris replicated a TV set on Voyager.
@@susanscott8653 As a disabled person myself, yeah I might enjoy a holodeck on my good days, but it'd be a bit too much activity for my bad days.
What I see as an issue with a lot of new trek is when it comes to them showing technology like the replicator is that they are playing off of technology that exists now; like the 3D printer. I feel it lacks imagination. What made previous Trek great about portraying future tech is that they were more imaginative. That imagination is what drove scientists and inventors to try and figure out how they can create those ideas. The tech behind watching this video comes from the guy who created Quicktime, who was inspired by an episode where Data was listening to multiple songs at once.
Tom Paris watched TV
I never cease to wonder why so very few sci-fi writers haven’t followed the use of a resort beam. E. E. Smith used them extensively.
I love Ellie's voiceover work, it's like milk on my oatmeal
I like her voice work, but the erratic movement distracts me too much to pay attention when shes on screen
The Universal Translator also makes you see the lips move in your own language and not what the other is actually forming.
There has already been significant progress toward a Universal Translator, it is entirely feasible that within 200 years we will have something like we see in Star Trek
lets just hope its better than Google translates.
Well on that note I would also say we have holograms now they are primitive but they are holograms nonetheless. And this is a video I think would be neat to see. Star Trek technology that we have in at least a primitive form now. Some examples I can give you right off the bat are holograms, smartphones are basically a primitive form of a tricorder, we have automatic sliding doors. Tablet computers in fact the Telecom computers we have now are actually the more advanced than the ones they had on DS9. Because on DS9 you would see multiple tablet computers on Captain Sisco's desk with the ones we have now you could actually have it all on one tablet and if you had too much for that one tablet you just keep it on the stations intranet an access it from your personal tablet.
You didn't mention down side of Warp engines. It discovered in episode of Star Trek-TNG that Warp fields were changing fabric of Subspace. The Warp core breach or engine explosion could reduce entire StarShip and crew to atoms. And if for whatever reason you had dump Warp core it would take centuries get back Federation space with conventional engines
What if reality is more like Trek than we think? What if a species is out there, waiting for us to achieve FTL travel (like warp drive) to contact us?
the moon launch was on a Wednesday
Thought this was going to be a video about how the technology changed between series/time periods