Comments on: Wanted: "Star Trek" Technology for Web Workers

By: Deb Frawley

Deb Frawley — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 16:22:41 +0000

I love the holodeck idea. How many times have you wished you could be somewhere else? This could work very well at those gatherings when you just have to get away for a minute!

By: Mike

Mike — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 15:00:02 +0000

Simon is right. I just had a call from a client yesterday on delivering a stronger message to their third-party salesforce and after a lengthy discussion I recommended a campaign using drop.io because of the shared files, the security, the presentation mode, the chat, and the provided conference call capability.

FD: Nope, I don’t work for drop.io, just discovered them through a friend and am enamored with their service.

By: Simon Mackie

Simon Mackie — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 10:41:15 +0000

In a way, some of the tools we use, like teleconferencing, enable transporter-like functionality now.

By: Chandra Clarke

Chandra Clarke — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 02:07:54 +0000

Check out what the XBox 360 has just released, re: holodeck. We’re *almost* there.

(Me? I’ll take a replicator, as I do like my Earl Grey tea, hot.)

By: auntyproton

auntyproton — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 00:18:34 +0000

I would become a writer/producer/director of my own holodeck “films” or scenarios. It would offer an unparalleled opportunity for creativity much as movies and MMORPG games have, only in real-time holographics.

Aunty Proton

By: Mike

Mike — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 19:23:53 +0000

Like your thinking, Dawn, especially on that transporter for client meetings. No traffic, never late, those are some big benefits.

The replicator may not be far away. We are already working on robots that reconfigure themselves from parts and even create new parts as needed using special printers. Oh-oh, that’s the movie that talks about SkyNet, we need to concentrate on a future where robots still follow Clarke’s three rules of robotics.

As for the holodeck, that could easily be the only room we need, continually transforming from bedroom to kitchen to office to gym to….well whatever you think fits.

Thanks for the break. Back to writing about greening up walk-in freezer technology.