Are we Trek yet? – A guide for how close we are to Star Trek technology (arewetrekyet.com)

When it comes to Gravity boots, I think using a force sensor to detect the user placing the foot on a surface is going to be essential.

From detection, activating an electromagnet or a material inspired by geko grip that is activated by a current would be a great start.

The weirdest thing for me about Star Trek is no money. I’m not sure how a society like that would ever work. It’s a nice idea though. Everyone on the Enterpise working and toiling and risking their lives for their own personal beliefs and self-motivation only. I almost think humans would have to evolve more for that to ever be the case. It’s why Communism is a great idea but fails miserably every time it’s implemented.

We also need another one for the alternative scenario: Are We Mad Max Yet?

The technologies I’d like to see tracked include post-scarcity economics, resource-based distribution, and needs-based allocation systems.

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    Communicator
    Communicate remotely between two arbitrary points.

It claims smartphones is that (though surely cellular phones would count then; why not list Motorola or whatnot?); but in Star Trek, the communicator works everywhere without cellular towers (well except when it doesn't for plot reasons). I wouldn't say a device like the communicator is available yet.

How close are we to building our own digital Commander Data with the current iteration of voice based agents? "In progress" according to the website - mind blowing that this is current reality.

Cool website. Would love to subscribe to status changes via email.

I don't really see the point of this until we have abundant, virtually free energy. (Which I think we never will, thanks to climate change and capitalism)

This is fun - although I think the scoring system could do with some weighting.

"Dematerialize matter from one location and then rematerialize it in a second location. "

is worth the same as "Automatic sliding doors"

I think we're more or less on schedule?

https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Bell_Riots

https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Second_Civil_War

Dev left a note on a submission a few weeks ago: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44492750

Now let's see this timeline for how close we are to Harry Potter tech. In some ways, we're closing the gap.

I'm going to need references for these claims, like a cloaking device. BAE and Northrup Grumman?

edit... Actually a lot of these are going to need evidence of progress beyond a mere website.

I think the comparisons of Star Trek to Iain Banks’s Culture series are immediately obvious and welcomed by me and many others in this comment section. I’d like to draw attention toward Peter F. Hamilton’s works, and specifically those in his Commonwealth Saga and its sequels and one-shots. The Advancer and Higher subcultures embody different strains of hacker archetypes; the Higher culture is largely post-scarcity for commodities and incidental expenses, with everything excess costing “matter-engergy credits” essentially, representing the cost to their society to provide you with rabbits from hats upon request. Everyone gets a UBI of these credits every pay period, and they may be stockpiled, traded, and vested. More importantly, they can be discounted, as humans are only in the loop as a formality for most civilian requests. It’s a really interesting concept, and I don’t want to spoil anything for those who are new to the books, of which there are many.

https://www.trekbbs.com/threads/anyone-here-read-the-void-se...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commonwealth_Saga

https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pe.cgi?21641

Creator here, just seeing this. Thank you very much for the share! I'm reading all the comments now and will make updates to our database accordingly.