Tuesday, February 12, 2013

Technology

Because my father was An Electrical Contractor and so was his Father and one of his brothers, I grew up being interested in Technology. Anything that had to do with Electricity or mechanical things I was interested in. Even as a small child I would read starting with just looking at the pictures, Popular Science and Popular Mechanics magazines to see what all the latest devices that were being invented and how they would affect all mankind eventually. Some of these inventions were fantastic and never really caught on, and others of them became the basis of life today. One days whimsical idea became another days necessity. And you never knew exactly which idea would catch on completely.

But, if one was interested in technology growing up in the 1950s and 1960s like me one read these magazines and sometimes science fiction, especially authors like Isaac Asimov and Robert Heinlein because they were both scientists at heart and wrote only about things that were theoretically possible. So, this helped one be both adventurous and practical in this direction. And then George Lucas and Gene Roddenbury (Star Wars and Star Trek) went in this direction too. First Gene Roddenbury started "Star Trek"

  1. Star Trek: The Original Series - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Trek:_The_Original_Series
    Network and/or sponsor interference, up to and including wholesale censorship of scripts and film footage, was a regular occurrence in the 1960s and Star Trek ...
    The Original Series episodes - Where no man has gone before - Mirror, Mirror

  2. Star Trek: A Phenomenon of and Social Statement on the 1960s

    www.ibiblio.org/jwsnyder/wisdom/trek.html
    Comparison is difficult because Star Trek is not simply a far-out science fiction program- it is a science fiction program that reflects the America of the 1960's.

  3. Star Trek (TV

     Series 1966–1969) - IMDb

    www.imdb.com/title/tt0060028/
    Star Trek -- Captain Pike and his crew are lured to Talos IV by a ..... fiction series, though it was hardly appreciated back in the 1960's when it originally aired.
    and then later George Lucas made THX

    1. THX 1138 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

      en.wikipedia.org/wiki/THX_1138
      THX 1138 is a 1971 science fiction film directed by George Lucas in his feature directorial debut. The film was written by Lucas and Walter Murch. It stars Robert ...
      Plot - Cast - Production - Reception

    2. THX 1138 (1971) - IMDb

      www.imdb.com/title/tt0066434/
      Directed by George Lucas. With Robert Duvall, Donald Pleasence, Don Pedro Colley, Maggie McOmie. Set in the 25th century, the story centers around a man ...
      Full cast and crew - Plot Summary - Memorable quotes for THX ... - Trivia
      So, then George Lucas took the profit from THX 1138 and put it together and made
      Star Wars.

      1. StarWars.com | Star Wars - Episode VII, The Clone Wars & Games

        starwars.com/
        The official site for Star Wars, featuring the latest on Episode VII and The Clone Wars animated series, with regularly updated games, videos, and news.
        Games - The Clone Wars - Play - Shop

      2. Star Wars - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

        en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Wars
        Star Wars is an American epic space opera franchise centered on a film series created by George Lucas. The film series has spawned a media franchise outside ...
        A New Hope - Sequel trilogy - List of Star Wars novels - The Phantom Menace

      3. News for star wars

        1. How the Star Wars Kessel Run Turns Han Solo Into a Time-Traveler
          Wired ‎- 7 hours ago
          image You?ll hear any reputable Star Wars fan point it out eventually: Han Solo's famous boast tha.

      4. Star Wars (1977) - IMDb

        www.imdb.com/title/tt0076759/
        Directed by George Lucas. With Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher, Alec Guinness. Luke Skywalker, a spirited farm boy, joins rebel forces to save ...
        So, all of these different authors created feasible projects which led many young people all over earth to put scientific research into overdrive, which resulted in all the amazing technological accomplishments that came directly from these feasible scientific theoretical accomplishments in entertainment.
       
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