A Star Trek coffee table for 'Enterprising' couch potatoes
Who would have guessed that worm hole ends in your living room? (Credit: Barry Shields) Woodworker Barry Shields' impressive Star Trek coffee table creation proves yet again that Trekkies are nothing if not, uh... Enterprising. Sorry. Related stories Star Trek's Enterprise as a DIY gondola Trekkie to sink Voyager-themed flat Terrible puns aside, there's no need to apologize for this one-of-a ...
Trekkies rejoice! Qualcomm and X Prize offer $10 million for real-life tricorder
Qualcomm Foundation and the X Prize Foundation are challenging technology and medical innovators to develop a real-life mobile tricorder that can diagnose 15 diseases without any poking, prodding or invasive tests. For those unfamiliar with the tricorder, it?s a scanning device used by the Star Trek characters Bones and Spock in various applications, including detecting health [...]
As church marks 175th year, minister looks ahead
ALTON - A congregation of Presbyterian Trekkies set off on a voyage to the future Sunday while they gathered to celebrate a proud past.The Rev. Dale Jackson played the theme from "Star Trek" to mark the beginning of his sermon on the first day of celebration of the 175th anniversary of...