Star Trek TNG Happy 25th!

Star Trek, The Next Generation, turned 25 yesterday, and I just had to do a post about that.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Trek:_The_Next_Generation

One Trekkie's post http://www.grantland.com/story/_/id/8435126/star-trek-next-generation-turns-25

For me personally what I liked, and still do about TNG, was how the crew of the Enterprise was a Team or Family, they actually cared about each other.

Something an anti social nerd found really appealing, they didn't even make fun of people because they were different, something I think people in general would do well to emulate.


The large Shakespearean influence, that I assume was a result Sir Patrick Stewart's presence, helped a lot as well.


Twitter address of the TNG Cast that I follow, in no particular order:

• @BrentSpiner https://twitter.com/BrentSpiner
• @jonathansfrakes https://twitter.com/jonathansfrakes
• @SirPatStew https://twitter.com/SirPatStew

Edited to add:  I will probably get whole series on Blu-ray when it is available http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Trek:_The_Next_Generation#Blu-ray

Nerd Gear: GameKlip for Android

GameKlip http://buy.thegameklip.com/

[Edited to add, check out FAQ for links for checking on compatibility with controller and games that support it http://buy.thegameklip.com/pages/faqs]

This looks cool, they have wireless version available for Rooted phones, and wired version for non Rooted Phones.

They briefly demo Minecraft, a game I would use this for, I also like how it seems balanced enough to use as a stand, see Twit.TV review link below for example.

Also as a Trekkie, I notice how it looks a lot like a Starship from Star Trek ^_^

After I get my Galaxy Note 2, assuming they make clip for that phone, I will definitely give this a try.

Reviewed on Twit.TV's All About Android 78: Hardware in the Hizouse

Link takes you to Youtube at the start of their review http://youtu.be/GHgtpsXClbM?t=51m1s

Post with How To Youtube on Pairing PS3 Controller with Samsung Galaxy Nexus 3

Nerd Gear: Sensor Drone turn your Android, iPhone, or iPod Touch into an even more Powerful Tool!

I really like this, it is on my must buy list!

See http://www.sensorcon.com/sensordrone/ or http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/453951341/sensordrone-the-6th-sense-of-your-smartphoneand-be for more information.

Detailed specs (PDF) http://www.sensorcon.com/forum/download/file.php?id=8

I have bad Asthma/Allergies, this will really help with some air quality issues for me. 

Both for warning when my local air quality is bad, Ozone detection/warning will be very useful for my Asthma issues, and also to help me better determine just what triggers are a problem.

Also as a Star Trek fan, TNG is my favorite, this will let you turn a Galaxy S3, Galaxy Note 2, Nexus 7, iPod Touch, or other iOS device into something like a real Tricorder.


Cut and Paste of Features from http://www.sensorcon.com/sensordrone/:

Included Sensors/Features

• Air Sensor Port (Gas & Weather Sensing)
• Light Intensity (illumination) & Color Sensor
• Non-contact temperature (infrared temperature) sensing
• Proximity Sensor (Proximity capacitance intensity)
• External Hardware Connection (easy wireless connection for your hardware to Android Devices)
• Programmable LEDs

Computer, Electronic, HAM Geeks gather round, great story of a 16 yr old building his own Sonic Gun

This story is simply to good not to share with everyone, and there is a small Blizzard tie in at the end of the story.

Steve Gibson is a complete Nerd, I would say he is a super Nerd, this story describes a month or so in his life at age 16, when he build a real Sonic Stunner, and what happened when he used it.

This is also a story that might help older nerds get their kids into building hardware or doing coding, instead of just using technology.

Enjoy:

 Security Now #281

Podcast link: http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/aolradio.podcast.aol.com/sn/sn0281.mp3
Mobile/low def Video:  http://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp4/twit.cachefly.net/video/sn/sn0281/sn0281_h264b_640x368_256.mp4

Nerd News: Star Trek Tricoders one step closer to reality!

Source and full story:  http://www.extremetech.com/computing/114975-nano-scale-terahertz-antenna-created-hand-held-tricorders-incoming

This is just totally cool to a Nerd like me!  Terahertz frequencies can penetrate skin a short distance, additionally in the Terahertz freq range, molecules and atoms have an unique signature, or "fingerprint", which means it can not only image, but analyze things!

Someone may actually cash in on the X Prize Offers $10 million for a Real-Life Star Trek Medical Tricorder

'Klingon' helps Milton Keynes man deal with dyslexia

As far as I can tell this is a real story from the BBC.

I mainly focus on Starcraft 2 with this blog, but I also try to cover important or amusing news for Esports & Esport Fans.