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My Reflection on Star Trek Presentation

 STAR TREK 

    After watching Star Trek, I very much enjoyed analyzing how Star Trek impacted our future. To start off, I grew up watching Star Wars, and I have never seen Star Trek. So it was super interesting to watch this movie instead. I know Professor Echeverry hates Star Wars which I think is really funny. I really enjoyed the movie and I especially loved the star studded cast it featured. The creativity and action incorporated into the film was absolutely brilliant. The various advanced technology is impossible to overlook. So, when forming our presentation we decided to mainly focus on technology in Star Trek vs. technology today. 

    I did a lot of research on technology then and now. I found how Star Trek technology, including phasers, telepresence, ear receiver, tv screens, replicator, ship doors, etc. All of these technologies are seen today in different ways. It was super interesting to see how ahead of its time the Star Trek movies are. 

    In connecting Star Trek to my major, biology, I wanted to focus on how in Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, we see biology firsthand in how the members of the ship alter their DNA in order to blend in with the people of the planet to which they are traveling. Genetic modification is a real thing and is already being implemented in our society. I researched an article that states that "engineers at the University of Washington are working with Harborview doctors to create new emergency treatments right out of Star Trek: a tricorder type device using high-intensity focused ultrasound rays." This relates to the device called the tricorder which is an iconic piece of technology in the Star Trek series. 

    Overall, I loved the movie and episode we watched in class. It was super cool to see how this movie empire influenced technology today in so many ways. 


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