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Re:Google wants to build the Star Trek computer by mdturnerphys on Friday April 12, 2013 @12:51AM (#5536691)
I think it would be nifty to have for a media PC or in a meeting.

I can't remember—do Star Trek characters use voice commands with their tricorders?

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Re:Google wants to build the Star Trek computer by pyre on Friday April 12, 2013 @12:58AM (#5536708)
Not that I recall. They only used voice commands when on a starship and communicating with the "main computer." I don't even think they used voice commands on shuttle craft.
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Re:Google wants to build the Star Trek computer by cowbellemoo on Friday April 12, 2013 @01:18AM (#5536785)
In DS9/Voyager, the shuttlecraft have talking computers. On occasion, they use comm badges to execute remote commands like having the computer use the shuttle's short range transporter to beam them back into the shuttle.
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