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Let's build the Enterprise! 

Star Trek fan unveils bold plan 

to make Captain Kirk's space ship 

within 20 years

Engineer says the Enterprise could be built with today's technology

He hopes to inspire 'The Next Generation' with his plans to visit Mars

By EDDIE WRENN

  

A systems engineer has developed plans to build an actual 'working' version of the USS Enterprise. The man behind all this, known only as 'Dan,' isn't letting the inconvenience that the Enterprise and all of its technologies are merely works of fiction get in his way. Dan believes that the blueprints can be turned in to a real vessel within 20 years using nuclear power to travel to the moon within three days and even Mars within three months.

A Star Trek fan has a message for humanity: Can we boldly go where no man has gone before - and build a fully-functioning Starship Enterprise?
Visit BuildTheEnterprise.org, and you may believe you have stumbled upon the blueprints of a NASA-funded project, so complete and fully-fledged are the blueprints.
Every detail of the first Enterprise has been planned out to the smallest degree, from the inner workings of the 'gravity wheel' to the coverings on the exterior shielding, as well as the outline of the first ten missions and the political problems that will have to be overcome. 
Naturally, there are some differences: Captain Kirk and his crew explored the universe in 2250 or thereabouts, and the increase in technology advances gives Kirk and co a distinct advantage, such as warp drives powered by anti-matter and teleportation devices.
Still, 'Dan' a systems engineer whose job involves trialling new technologies, believes we can build his model within the next 20 years  and it can then be a vessel for humanity, using nuclear generators to take us to the moon in three days and to Mars in 90 days.

The Khan-do spirit: Systems engineer 'Dan' has methodically worked out any kinks to get the Enterprise in the skies.
The ship - otherwise known as the NCC-1701 - is a faithful - and more importantly, a technically possible, recreation of of the biggest shows in Sci-Fi history.
However, as creator 'Dan' points out, 'many changes are needed inside the Gen1 ship to make the ship compatible with the technologies of the first half of the 21st century.
'Keep in mind that the Star Trek adventures in the NCC-1701-x Enterprise ships take place starting in the year 2245. Our technology today is just not up to building a starship - that will have to wait for a Gen4 ship or later.
But this doesn’t mean that the Gen1 Enterprise will not be awe-inspiring and similar in many fundamental ways to the Enterprises of the future.'
He added: 'The Gen1 Enterprise will be the same size as future Enterprises or larger. It will have 1g gravity like the future ships and ample comfortable living space. It will have a bridge with 1g gravity where the captain and key crew members will often work.
'It will have a huge number of sensors for probing whatever the ship encounters in space. It can launch landers that descend to a planet below and then return to the ship. It will move beyond the brute-force rocket engines of the 20th century by using ion propulsion engines powered by on-board nuclear reactors.
'Yes, this may still be a long way from warp drives powered by anti-matter, but it will be a respectable start.'

Ready for construction: Build the Enterprise even goes into great detail about each area of the ship, breaking down what present-day technology can be adapted to boldly go into space.

More than an Eiffel, or a World Trade Centre: The Enterprise would be one of the most ambitious projects built on this planet (or off it).

Bold plans: The full plans to build a real-life USS Enterprise is laid out online.
Dan continued: 'Things get moved around and reworked quite a bit inside the Gen1 Enterprise compared to the Enterprises of Star Trek. For example, in the NCC-1701-x ships the hanger deck is located in the back of the lower hull and this serves as the launch and entry port for shuttlecrafts.
'But in the Gen1 Enterprise this lower hull section instead houses the main engine and main nuclear reactor. For the Gen1 ship, the spaceport entry doors are on the underside of the saucer hull.
'The reason for this is that in the Gen1 Enterprise every bit of the three hull sections to the rear of the Enterprise are needed to house the three engines and nuclear reactors that will be needed to provide enough power to move the massive ship with the required .002g constant acceleration.
'Another example of a change is that the bridge is not at the top center of the saucer hull as it is shown in the figure above. If it was there in the Gen1 Enterprise then there would be no gravity on the bridge. Having the ship’s captain and crew floating around inside the bridge just makes no sense. Thus, in the Gen1 Enterprise the bridge is in a dedicated section of the gravity wheel so that they will work in 1g gravity.
'While things get moved around quite a bit inside the Gen1 Enterprise when compared to the ships from Star Trek, they are not moved around upon a whim. They are moved around because the Gen1 ship’s technological capabilities demand certain changes.'

Boldly going forward: Captain James T. Kirk (William Shatner) leads his Enterprise crew on another mission.
Dan, who is behind the project, seems qualified for the role, and hopes that even if his project doesn't - excuse the pun - get off the ground, his project will inspire The Next Generation.
On his website he states: 'In my day job I work as a systems engineer and electrical engineer. For 30 years I have worked at the same Fortune 500 company, a company that is a high-tech leader in the US and globally. 
'I’m lucky that in my role I often get to explore new ideas and new technologies when working toward the development of new products. The BuildTheEnterprise website just seems to flow out naturally from the same approach I take in pondering and evaluating new ideas and technologies in my day job.
'Personally, I have found working as an engineer to be very rewarding. The work is interesting, the pay is good, your co-workers are bright and enthusiastic, and the unemployment rate in engineering typically runs under 3 per cent – far below the national average for all workers. For these reasons I hope that some young people find a bit of inspiration in this website, and that this might even help motivate some to study engineering in college.
'And okay, for the record, while in grade school I watched the first Star Trek series each week during the original season on TV in 1966 on my family’s black and white TV.
'Captivated by the image and idea of the USS Enterprise, I built a long lost model of it from a kit I purchased at a store. I was around nine years old. So I suppose the USS Enterprise has been burned into my brain for a long time, just waiting for a chance to get out.'

More details and complete plans at BuildTheEnterprise.org

Text and images via The Daily Mail UK 

And it looks like Data is in the works too...

(think about it)

Scientists in Japan create 

robot buttocks

Scientists in Japan have created a robotic bottom which responds to different touches with "appropriate" vibrations.
The bizarre device was created by the University of Electro-Communications and is titled "SHIRI," Japanese for buttocks.

The university describe the project as "a buttocks humanoid robot that expresses various emotions with organic movement of the artificial muscles". It is designed to respond to slaps, caresses, and poking.The bottom is comprised of a 'skin' and rigid foam skeleton, containing actuators which fill or deflate airbags in the cheeks, depending on the type and strength of touch picked up by sensors on the robot. The scientific purpose of the robot has not been disclosed.

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Top 10 Trendiest Cat and Dog Names

by Kristen Seymour

A lot of thought goes into selecting just the right name for a much-anticipated new family member — especially when that addition happens to be a dog or a cat.

Truth be told, we've come a long way from the days when names like Spot and Fido sufficed.

As we learned while researching the most popular names given to puppies and kittens in 2011, pet owners are favoring more human-like monikers for their animals — Charlie and Chloe, anyone? — and even pop culture-inspired picks that pay homage to cult movie characters, including Bella from the Twilight series.

Fascinated by these findings, we decided to dig even deeper into the whys and hows of modern-day pet naming, so we culled Vetstreet's records to determine the feline and canine names that have been trending up over the past 12 years. It turns out that the names we select for our pets say a lot about our culture — and the fact that we have truly come to view pets as indispensible members of the family.

For some added insight about these increasingly popular names, we also asked Laura Wattenberg, author of The Baby Name Wizard and creator of babynamewizard.com, to help us make sense of why less-than-expected monikers, such as Zoey and Bentley, are all the rage these days.

A Guys and Dolls–Style Revival

Popular names like Lulu, Milo, Leo and Louie bear a striking resemblance to a current baby-naming trend that Wattenberg calls "Guys and Dolls–style." In other words, these are nicknames that are short and cute but somewhat old-fashioned. "Parents are giving pets the more extreme versions of their kids' names," says Wattenberg. "While they're happy to name their children Leo and Max, they aren't quite ready for Lulu or Milo for their kids."

Cozy and Cuddly Callouts

The names we choose for animals also symbolize our increasing connection to pets — and this is particularly evident when it comes to female kitty names, such as Lola, Stella, Zoey and Penny. Not only do these picks have a soft, cozy sound to them, but Wattenberg also points out that "the more human names we give our pets, the more family-like a role they tend to play. These names lend a feeling of warmth and personal attachment to the pet."

Single-Sex Monikers

Another popular pet-naming trend that speaks to our tendency to look at pets as children: single-sex picks like Dexter and Gunner. "Classic unisex pet names used to be about physical characteristics — Spot, Midnight, Fluffy — which you might think of as objectifying today," says Wattenberg. "Now pets are given more traditional, single-sex human names."

Pop Culture Options

As long as blockbuster books and flicks continue to hit the market, people will gravitate toward pop culture monikers. A couple of hot names for pets today: Bentley, the name of a baby on Teen Mom, and Nala, a main character in The Lion King.

Speaking of pop culture, it's worth noting that the Duchess of Cambridge recently revealed her puppy's name: Lupo (Latin for "wolf"). We're betting we know the name that will jump to the top of the chart next year.

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Believe it or not, they are brother and sister who got off to a bad start. 

They came from a puppy mill in one of the worst townships - hence their gangster names. 

They are Shar Pei - Whippets, which made them useless for resale, so they and two other siblings were tossed out into the street by the mill operator. Fortunately, they were rescued by CLAW and nurtured until they were 6 weeks old. That's when they were sent out for foster care and we adopted them shortly after that. Today they are happy healthy dogs treated more like children than animals. They have their own room with twin beds to sleep on and like to to watch television in the evenings.

This was the clue as to where the party was...

First birthday party, August 2, 2011

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You only age twice: 

Fifty years after the first 007 film, 

whatever happened to all those Bond girls?

By SAMANTHA WEINBERG

Being a Bond Girl can be a curse. For many, the handle 'former Bond girl' led to a series of insubstantial cameo roles or a date with the plastic surgeon.
That doesn’t stop actresses from clamouring for the role. In Skyfall, out later this year, French actress Berenice Marlohe takes the challenge opposite Daniel Craig. But whether she will live up to her sexy predecessors remains to be seen.

Here, in words and pictures, we reveal what became of them...

Dr No: Swiss-born Ursula Andress, 76, was original Bond girl Honey Ryder. She wed director John Derek and had affairs with Marlon Brando and James Dean.
When she emerged from the sea in Dr No, wearing a white bikini and carrying a conch shell, Ursula Andress defined the Bond girl. She was beautiful, brave and cursed with a sexually suggestive name: Honey Ryder. 
Dr No was the first in the Bond franchise, but in 21 films over 50 years, the formula hasn’t changed.
James Bond, Agent 007, is dispatched by MI6 to save the world from an evil mastermind, and in the process encounters a string of lissom girls in bikinis and evening gowns.
The film is likely to end with one of these girls showing her gratitude to Bond in a passionate, physical fashion. 
Bond’s creator, Ian Fleming, had an uneasy relationship with women: he married late, after decades of committed womanising, and was serially unfaithful to his wife, Ann. 
In turn, she humiliated his work in front of her literary friends. But his female characters were rarely weak.

From Russia With Love: Italian beauty queen Daniela Bianchi, now 70, was Russian agent Tatiana Romanova. She retired after marrying a Genoan shipping tycoon.

On Her Majesty's secret service: Diana Rigg, 73, played Tracy, whom Bond married and then lost.She played Emma Peel in the Avengers for 51 episodes.

The Spy Who Loved Me: Caroline Munro, 63, as helicopter pilot Naomi was the first woman Bond killer. She starred in a number of horror films.
Thus, in each of Bond’s film outings there’s usually a female character with a bit of grit, wit and intelligence. She may be a fellow agent (Gemma Arterton as Strawberry Fields in Quantum Of Solace) or a murderous femme fatale (Famke Janssen as the splendidly sadistic Xenia Onatopp in Goldeneye). 
In some of the films, however, the character and back-story of the Bond girls gets lost in the casting director’s enthusiasm for tanned flesh and a toned figure. 
A low point was the laughably unconvincing casting of Baywatch babe Denise Richards as nuclear physicist, Dr. Christmas Jones in The World Is Not Enough.

Goldfinger: Honor Blackman, 86, was terrific in her black leather trousers as Pussy Galore. She went on to play Dr Cathy Gale in The Avengers.

Diamonds Are Forever: Lana Wood, 66, younger sister of Natalie Wood, was the suggestively named Plenty O'Toole. A child star, she became a successful producer.

Moonraker: Lois Chiles, 64, was elegant as NASA astronaut Dr Holly Goodhead. After Bond, she appeared in Dallas and still takes cameo roles in U.S. TV shows.

The Living Daylights: Maryam d'Abo, 51, played Kara Milovy, a shy Czech cellist (and sniper). In 2002, she was Keira Knightley's mother in Anna Karenina.
Only one Bond Girl ever managed to secure Bond’s affections in a meaningful way. In On Her Majesty’s Secret Service, Bond saves the life of Tracy di Vincenzo (Diana Rigg) the only daughter of  Mafia crime boss Marc-Ange Draco. They marry, but as they drive off on honeymoon, the new Mrs Bond is shot and killed by the hideous Irma Bunt, Blofeld’s henchwoman. 
There was, however, another more constant female presence in Bond’s life. Miss Moneypenny, played in the first 14 films by Lois Maxwell, was secretary to M, head of the Secret Service and Bond’s boss. 
Moneypenny was always there at M’s door, ready for a few brief lines of flirtation on his way in and out. In neither the books nor the films was their flirtation consummated, which sets Moneypenny apart from the ranks of Bond girls.

Thunderball: Claudine Auger, 70, was Domino, who was rescued by Sean Connery's Bond. She appeared in a string of minor European films

Live and Let Die: Jane Seymour, 61, was tarot reader Solitaire opposite Roger Moore in his first Bond outing. Seymour went on to have success in films and on TV.

For Your Eyes Only: Carole Bouquet, 54, was the face of Chanel before she played Melina Havelock. She has since appeared in numerous films, mainly in France.

Licence to Kill: Like Timothy Dalton as 007, Carey Lowell, 51, was unmemorable on screen as Pam Bouvier. She went on to marry actor Richard Gere, her third husband.

You Only Live Twice: German-born Karin Dor, 74, played the minor role of one of the villainous Blofeld's henchwomen. Post-Bond, she married an American stunt director and moved to Los Angeles

The Man with the Golden Gun: Britt Ekland, 69, was a sexy Mary Goodnight. She later married comedian Peter Sellers and dated Rod Stewart. In 2010 she took part in I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here

Octopussy: Kristina Wayborn, 61, a former Miss Sweden, played Magda - henchwoman to the leader of the Octopussy cult - who seduces Bond. Minor TV roles, including a stint on Baywatch, followed.

Tomorrow Never Dies: Teri Hatcher, 47, already famous as Lois Lane in TV's New Adventures of Superman series, was pregnant when she played Paris Carver. 

She later joined the cast of hit series Desperate Housewives

Text and images via The Daily Mail, UK 

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