#053 - Discussion Topic - Sci-Fi Technology

This week we delve into a broader geeky topic...Science Fiction Technology. We discuss some of our favorite ships, weapons, machines, and other applied sciences from some of our favorite movies, TV shows, books, games, and other franchises. Throughout this episode we cover a wide array of technologies including the following. - Artificial Intelligence - Battlemechs - Blink Drive (an instantaneous-travel FTL engine adaptor) - Cloaking Devices - Disintegrator Rifle - Holodecks - Lightsabers - Long-Range Communication Stones - Personal Shields - Psionics & Psychobabble - Robotics & Cybernetics - Starfuries (fighter spacecraft) - Sulaco (ship) - TARDIS (ship) - Time Travel - Transfer Transit (remote 3D-printing of people) - Yamato (ship) And, those technologies come from the following shows, movies, games, books, and franchises (with some overlap). - Aliens - Babylon 5 - Battlestar Galactica (classic) - Battlestar Galactica (newer) - Battletech game & books - Dark Matter - DC's Legends of Tomorrow - Doctor Who - Dune - Humans - Ice Pirates - Isaac Asimov's writings - Kate & Leopold - Lost In Space - The Mandalorian - Star Trek franchise - Star Wars franchise - Starblazers - Stargate Atlantis - Stargate SG-1 - Stargate Universe - Timecop That's over a dozen technologies from over a dozen properties, all covered in just a little over an hour. That's a lot of variety. Hopefully you're familiar with some of those technologies and can match them up with their sources. If not, maybe this episode will be educational for you. These topics prove we really are geeks, if nothing else. Grab your lightsaber, personal shield, long-range communication stone, and an android, cyborg, or artificially intelligent robot and board the faster-than-light, cloaking, time-traveling ship of your choice, as we advocate, contemplate, debate, and appreciate...Sci-Fi Technology. What are some of your favorite ships, weapons, robots/androids, tools, and other technologies from the realm of science fiction? What did we miss? Did we turn you on to any properties just by talking about the technologies involved? You can contact us at... - E-Mail: [email protected] - Twitter: @DiscerningGeeks - Facebook: Discerning Geeks Portal Please rate or review us wherever you listen to podcasts.