Dastoli Digital presents Cats in Space, a Star Trek spoof starring -- you guessed it -- cats.
Space: the feline frontier. These are the voyages of the cat-ship Enterprise. Its continuing mission: To explore strange new worlds, to seek out new life and new civilizations, at least until distracted by food or basically any moving object.
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A new teaser video and some fresh concept art from the video game adaptation of J.J. Abrams' 2009 Star Trek reboot have arrived on the web.
The game has been under development at Digital Extremes for the past three years, and its plot will bridge the stories of Abrams' first Trek movie and the upcoming sequel.
Specifics about villains, locations and events will be unveiled at E3 this June, along with possible announcements about PlayStation Vita and Wii U versions.
Star Trek is due out in early 2013.
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Zachary Quinto dangles 10 stories above ground in a new set photo from J.J. Abrams' Star Trek sequel, wearing what on-set observers say is a "Volcano Suit."
Here's a rundown of what's happening in the pic, courtesy of MTV:
In the scene Spock is wearing a "Volcano Suit" and carrying an unknown piece of equipment with the Starfleet emblem. A volcano is somehow involved in this scene. The crew had a real fire burning off camera to catch the fire reflections on Spock's "Volcano Suit".
Now that J.J. Abrams has erected a wall around the set to keep the paparazzi out, it looks like we're only getting new pics of the Trek actors when they're suspended in midair.
Star Trek 2 opens May 17, 2013.
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In 1992, Gary Goddard dreamed up a $150 million full-size reconstruction of the Starship Enterprise for downtown Las Vegas. His concept won a competition put on by the city, but was ultimately canceled for fear of damage to the brand if the project didn't succeed.
And we're just finding out about this now?!
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Inspired by the X-Prize Foundation's announcement of a contest to build a Star Trek-style medical tricorder, cognitive artificial intelligence researcher Peter Jansen has released open source designs for two science tricorders he developed while in grad school at Canada's McMaster University.
The Tricorder Mark 1 contains 11 different atmospheric, electromagnetic and spatial sensors, along with a display to visualize the data from each of them. It can detect magnetic fields, measure barometric pressure and detect absolute temperature and humidity, among other things.
The Tricorder Mark 2 has the same sensor array as the Mark 1, but runs on a much faster ARM processor. It's comparable to a Nintendo DSi, but with twice the RAM and a higher-res display.
Both models have polystyrene cases designed to look like Trek's tricorders.
Although Jansen's science tricorders are impressive, they're not eligible for the X-Prize, which is seeking a medical tricorder that can diagnose 15 distinct diseases.
If he wants to go for it, though, he still has time: the deadline is over three years away.
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Craft enthusiast Jana of Janaford Knits created these adorable crocheted versions of the Enterprise crew from Star Trek: The Next Generation as a birthday present for a trekkie friend. The only way it could be cuter is if she'd included Data's cat, Spot.
Make it sew, number one. Er, make it crochet.
Star Trek 2 director J.J. Abrams, who is reportedly very upset about photos leaking out from the movie's set, has gone to extreme measures to stop the release of further spoilers.
Abrams had a crew assemble a wall made from 30 large shipping containers around the perimeter of "a major outdoor shooting location," making the set theoretically unassailable by paparazzi.
The photographers remain undaunted, according to MovieWeb, and they've promised to "get a ladder and beat J.J. at his own game."
If that doesn't work, what's next in this game of Hollywood siege warfare? Will J.J. find a giant wooden enterprise outside his gate?
