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Científicos prueban el motor 'imposible' que podría viajar tan rápido como en 'Star Trek'

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Un equipo de científicos alemanes ha probado exitosamente en laboratorio un nuevo y revolucionario propulsor denominado EM Drive, lo que podría abrir la puerta a la creación de un motor 'warp' como el de la saga 'Star Trek', capaz de viajar más rápido que la luz. Numerosos científicos tildan de imposible este motor, ya que, según ellos, contradice las leyes actuales de la física.

Un equipo de científicos alemanes ha probado exitosamente en laboratorio un nuevo y revolucionario propulsor denominado EM Drive, lo que podría abrir la puerta a la creación de un motor 'warp' como el de la saga 'Star Trek', capaz de viajar más rápido que la luz. Numerosos científicos tildan de imposible este motor, ya que, según ellos, contradice las leyes actuales de la física.

Un equipo de científicos alemanes encabezado por el investigador Martin Tajmar, de la Universidad Técnica de Dresde, ha presentado un estudio que aporta nuevos resultados experimentales sobre el potencial funcionamiento existoso del motor EM Drive (Electro Magnetic Drive).
Los resultados, que fueron presentados en el Foro de Propulsión y Energía que tuvo lugar el pasado lunes en el Instituto Americano de Aeronáutica y Astronáutica de Orlando (EE.UU.) atizan la polémica científica que rodea a este motor, informa el portal sciencealert.com.
El EM Drive utiliza las cavidades de las microondas electromagnéticas para convertir directamente la energía eléctrica en empuje, sin necesidad de expulsar ningún elemento propulsor. Esta es la razón por la que muchos creen que este propulsor podría ser el punto de partida para los motores 'warp', capaces de doblar el espacio-tiempo para viajar más rápido que la luz, como en la película 'Star Trek'.
"Nuestras mediciones revelan propulsiones, tal y como se esperaba por las afirmaciones anteriores, después de estudiar cuidadosamente las interferencias térmicas y electromagnéticas. De confirmarse, esto podría revolucionar los viajes espaciales", sostiene el informe científico, titulado 'Mediciones directas de la propulsión del EM Drive y evaluación de posibles efectos secundarios', el cual indica que el origen de la misma aún es "desconocido".
"Es la primera vez que ha participado alguien con un laboratorio bien equipado y una gran experiencia en el seguimiento del error experimental en lugar de ingenieros que pueden, inconscientemente, estar influenciados por el deseo de ver que sí funciona", señala el portal Wired.
Este revolucionario motor fue creado por el ingeniero británico Roger Shawyer en 2006 y la razón por la que la comunidad científica se muestra tan escéptica es que contradice las leyes actuales de la física, en concreto la ley de conservación del momento. Además, el trabajo de Shawyer ha sido desestimado por no haber elaborado publicaciones científicas revisadas.
La NASA ya probó con éxito el verano pasado el propulsor espacial EM Drive, mientras que en mayo de este año NASA Eagleworks llevó a cabo con éxito un experimento en vacío completo. Según sus estimaciones, una nave WarpStar-1 (equipada con dicho motor) podría llegar a la Luna en solo cuatro horas y un vuelo a Marte tardaría 70 días en vez de los siete meses que se necesitan ahora.

'Star Trek: Beyond': Simon Pegg habla sobre el personaje de Idris Elba

La tercera entrega protagonizada por los tripulantes del USS Enterprise se estrena en España el 15 de julio de 2016.

Aunque el director de la próxima película de Star Trek sea Justin Lin, sin duda es Simon Pegg quien más está promocionando la próxima aventura del USS Enterprise.  El actor británico fue quien escribió el personaje de Idris Elba, quien interpretará al villano principal de la película en la tercera entrega. Ahora ha dado más pistas sobre su papel.
“Es un personaje muy interesante y complejo” ha dicho Pegg para MTV News. Además ha puntualizado que será muy diferente a Khan (Benedict Cumberbatch), el villano de la segunda entrega: “Solo porque supondría un retroceso. Lo que no queremos hacer es tener el mismo tipo de villano con la misma motivación” ha concluido el actor que interpretará a Scotty en la película.
Star Trek: Beyond llegará a las pantallas de España y EE.UU el 15 de julio de 2016 y contará una vez más con Chris Pine y Zachary Quinto en los papeles del Capitán Kirk y Spock, respectivamente.

Star Trek Beyond Wigs

Zachary Quinto has posted another photo to his Instagram account, this one showing a variety of wigs to be used in Star Trek Beyond.
There are six wigs in the photo.
The wig to the left of Quinto looks like a wig that would be used on a Vulcan (or perhaps a Romulan), while the other two wigs on that same level appear to be human wigs.
On the top row, there is a shaggy wig, and a white pony tail. TrekToday reported last week that the brunette Sofia Boutella was seen around Vancouver with a long white ponytail, so perhaps this one is for her.
The last wig, on the bottom row, is dark and appears to be made for someone with a high forehead.

'Fast & Furious' Actor Joins 'Beyond'

Joe Taslim reunites with director Justin Lim, bringing martial arts skills

In a sign that there might be a lot more physical action in the upcoming "Star Trek: Beyond," director Justin Lin has brought in a familiar face: Joe Taslim.
The Indonesia-born actor worked with Lin in "Fast & Furious 6" where he played one of the villains, Jah. He is a former professional Judo fighter, who competed with the Indonesian championship team until injury forced him to retire in 2009.
After that, he focused on acting, first through roles in his native country, and then being cast in an early Asian production through HBO, "Dead Mine," in 2012. That led to "Fast & Furious 6," which earned $238.7 million at the box office versus a $160 million budget.
Taslim joins a cast that already includes Chris Pine, Zachary Quinto, Karl Urban, Zoe Saldana, Simon Pegg, John Cho and Anton Yelchin. Coming in for one-off roles are "The Wire's" Idris Elba and Sofia Boutella of "Kingsman: The Secret Service."
Although details of Taslim's character were not revealed, The Hollywood Reporter says he could play opposite Elba, who is coming in as a villain.
"Star Trek: Beyond" is set to premiere next July in time for the franchise's 50th anniversary

Star Trek The Cabin

Star Trek fan Steve Doman has turned his Colorado cabin into a Trek-themed retreat.
The sixty-nine-year old fan has spent fourteen years making the transformation happen.
Doman bought the cabin in 1986 and has thus far converted six of the eight rooms into Trek-themed rooms. He plans on finishing the other two rooms. “I still have a couple more rooms to finish off when everything downstairs is to my liking,” he said, “so I figure I have enough work to last me until I’m 73 years old – if I ever get that far!”
This is not the first transformation for the cabin. Before it became a Trek cabin, it had a southwestern theme and an antique homestead theme. “People can’t believe I’ve changed my house three times in twenty-nine years now this is a dream house for a person that loves Star Trek.”

Two of the rooms include the Federation Room, and the Klingon Ambassador Quarters, where Doman sleeps.
“I was always interested in the future, right from the first Star Trek,” said Doman. “I would always get home as fast as possible to watch it – I’d never seen anything like it before.

“I never liked being in the now my life was always agonizing because I struggled socially.
“The future gave me a way to get out of that, and Star Trek became a bridge for me, like a crutch. I like to live in the future, it feels safer for me.”
Doman has spent over $30,000 on the renovations so far.

Primera imagen de un alien de Star Trek 3 en el rodaje

 Ahora además podemos ver una primera imagen de uno de los aliens que poblarán el argumento dirigido por Justin Lin.

 Siguen llegando las novedades dentro del rodaje de la película 'Star Trek 3', ahora con una de las instantáneas de los aliens que poblarán su trama. Ahora contando con el actor Simon Pegg también a cargo del guión dirigido por Justin Lin. Ambos llegando a sus respectivos puestos después de que el cineasta JJ Abrams abandonara la dirección y de que Roberto Orci y Alex Kurtzman dejaran de lado el puesto de guionistas en el celebrado regreso de la saga espacial.

Recientemente pudimos ver al reparto completo de la nueva película 'Star Trek 3' apareció dentro del set de rodaje de la producción, mostrando el interior de la célebre nave interestelar Enterprise. Todo por una buena causa, dentro de una campaña benéfica para recaudar fondos que permitirá a varios fans tener papeles de extras dentro del metraje final de la superproducción de ciencia ficción que se estrenará en cines para celebrar el medio siglo de la saga.

Por ahora no hay muchos detalles acerca del argumento de la película, contando con un guión de Simon Pegg y Doug Jung. Pero lo que sí trascendió a grandes rasgos es que los responsables de la saga quieren orientarla a un símil de la exitosa franquicia 'Guardianes de la Galaxia' de Marvel, es decir, con una fuerte carga de humor "y un buen número de criaturas extraterrestres".

También se adelantó que se dejarán de lado algunas de las razas extraterrestres más célebres de su historia televisiva y cinematográfica para ofrecer otras nuevas. Tal vez en esa línea se pueda encuadrar la nueva instantánea divulgada.

Massive STAR TREK BEYOND Outdoor Set Under Construction in Vancouver for Greenscreen Shoot

Just because the starship Enterprise is up and running on set, that doesn't mean that work on STAR TREK BEYOND is confined to a soundstage: a massive outdoor build is underway for the movie in Vancouver's Kent Hanger Field, on the banks of the Frasier River's north arm.
Thanks to contributor Bob Glassford, we can share some exclusive shots of the Kent Hangar Field location, where gigantic mobile greenscreen units are being deployed in anticipation of filming.

Chris van Cauwenbergh snapped this shot of an expansive, wooden structure being built at the site, beyond (no pun intended) the greenscreen holding area -- you can see it in the background of the fifth photo above.

We're certainly curious to know what this enormous construct will eventually become.

Kent Hangar Field, west of Vancouver International Airport, has been used several times for large-scale film construction. Before STAR TREK BEYOND began work at the site, the location was used for outdoor filming on big-budget films such as Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol, Rise of the Planet of the Apes, Elysium, Godzilla, and Disney's Tomorrowland.

La conexión Plutón con "Star Trek", "Star Wars" y "El Señor de los Anillos"

Cuando aún no nos hemos recuperado del asombro que suscitan las imágenes tomadas por la sonda News Horizon a su paso junto a Plutón y sus satélites, los científicos de la Nasa dan más motivos para la sorpresa y el regocijo al proponer nombrar puntos geográficos recién descubiertos inspirados por sagas fantásticas y de ciencia ficción.

En efecto, tanta foto alucinante de la News Horizon muestra montes, cráteres y demás lugares que necesitan ser clasificados y nombrados minuciosamente. Y según publica National Geographic, los científicos de la Nasa han anunciado que los nombres se decidirán a partir de 10 categorías: "Misiones espaciales y naves espaciales", "Científicos e ingenieros", "Exploradores históricos", "Seres del inframundo", "Lugares misteriosos", "Viajeros al infierno", "Exploradores y viajeros ficticios", "Orígenes y Destinos de ficción", "Naves de ficción", y "Autores de Exploración, artistas y directores".

Como se ve, la literatura y cine fantásticos van a dar mucho juego a la hora de que surjan los nuevos nombres. Y así, algunos de los nombres que se han dado a conocer son los de Clarke y Kubrick, por 2001: Una odisea del espacio; Balrog, Shire (La Comarca) y Mordor, por El Señor de los Anillos,; Kirk, Spock, Uhura y Sulu por Star Trek; Krypton por Supermán; y Vader, Tatooine, Leia, Skywalker y Solo por Star Wars. Entre las chicas tendremos los nombres de Alice y Dorothy, por Alicia en el País de las Maravillas y El mago de Oz.

Win A Walk-On Role In STAR TREK BEYOND

Through a crowdsourcing donation program, Paramount Pictures, STAR TREK BEYOND, and Omaze are giving fans a chance to win a walk-on role in the next Star Trek film.
In a video released on Tuesday, the cast of STAR TREK BEYOND — including John Cho, Simon Pegg, Chris Pine, Zachary Quinto, Zoë Saldana, Karl Urban, Anton Yelchin and Idris Elba — walk through the corridors and appear on the bridge of the USS Enterprise, as they explain the philanthropic initiative.
You can check out the video below.
Press release:

STAR TREK BEYOND CAST UNITES TO BRING AUDIENCES THE ULTIMATE FAN EXPERIENCE: A CHANCE TO APPEAR IN THE UPCOMING FILM
Cast Members Announce “STAR TREK: TO BOLDLY GO” Campaign Benefitting the Cast’s Choice of Nine Global Causes
Today, Fans Can Visit Omaze.com/StarTrek to Enter for a Chance to Win!
HOLLYWOOD, CA, JULY 14, 2015 – In an unprecedented event, the cast of the Star Trek film franchise has created a unique philanthropic initiative in partnership with Omaze. The Star Trek: To Boldly Go campaign will support the cast’s personal selection of nine global causes, which will each receive equal portions of the funds raised when fans enter for a chance to win a walk-on role in director Justin Lin’s Star Trek Beyond, the third film in the blockbuster franchise, released on July 8, 2016. The campaign runs from 12:01 a.m. PST on July 14thuntil 11:59 p.m. PST September 1st.
To coincide with the campaign’s launch, cast members John Cho, Simon Pegg, Chris Pine, Zachary Quinto, Zoë Saldana, Karl Urban, Anton Yelchin and Idris Elba recorded a special video message on the iconic Starship Enterprise bridge set. The video, released today, kicked off production and features the cast inviting fans to make franchise history as the first fans to ever win a walk-on role in a Star Trek movie. For each $10 contribution made through the Omaze fundraising platform, eligible participants will be automatically entered for a chance to win this once-in-a-lifetime experience.
The Star Trek: To Boldly Go Grand Prize winner and a guest will:

• Fly to Vancouver and stay in a 4-star hotel
• Go behind the scenes of Star Trek Beyond, hang with the cast, and experience the filming of the movie
• Be transformed by hair, makeup and costume teams into a Star Trek character and filmed for a scene in Star Trek Beyond In addition to the Grand Prize Winner, six additional winners will be randomly selected throughout the campaign to form the honorary “Star Trek: To Boldly Go” crew. Star Trek: To Boldly Go is the first Omaze campaign to have winners every week.
The Star Trek: To Boldly Go Crew will:

• Visit the closed set and meet the cast of Star Trek Beyond
• Be among the first to see scenes from the latest film
• Travel to Vancouver
“Omaze is excited to bring this truly once-in-a-lifetime experience to Star Trek fans around the world,” said Ryan Cummins, Co-Founder and Co-CEO. “We are proud to give fans the chance to live out their dream experience while simultaneously helping nine great causes. By allowing anyone to enter for just $10, we are seeing the power our community has in making an impact around the world.”
By donating directly to Omaze.com/StarTrek, fans will be supporting these nine global causes:

• Brave Beginnings, an organization dedicated to ensuring that ventilators and life-saving neonatal equipment are always available to newborns in critical need. Nominated by Zoë Saldana.
• Camp Sunshine, a place where children with life-threatening illnesses and their families can regroup, reenergize, and restore hope for the future. Nominated by Anton Yelchin.
• Direct Relief International, one of the premiere disaster relief organizations that operates world­wide. Nominated by Zachary Quinto.
• Heaven Homes, an organization helping establish children’s homes and centers, while providing secure, safe and loving environments where children can be nurtured to realize their full potential. Nominated by Idris Elba.
• KidsCan, an organization that provides food, clothing and healthcare to disadvantaged youth in New Zealand. Nominated by Karl Urban.
• Koreatown Youth & Community Center, an organization serving the evolving needs of the Korean American population in the greater Los Angeles area as well as the multiethnic Koreatown community. Nominated by John Cho.
• Make-A-Wish, whose remarkable work is making wishes come true every day for children suffering from life­threatening illnesses. Nominated by Chris Pine.
• Time is Precious, an organization helping to create a more comfortable and relaxed atmosphere for children, which in return helps assist with their treatment and recovery. Nominated by Simon Pegg.
• St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, an organization that is leading the way in advancing cures for childhood cancer and other life-threatening diseases. Nominated by Susan Nimoy in honor of Leonard Nimoy.

In addition, fans who donate set amounts larger than $10 can receive special limited edition Star Trek rewards including t-shirts, posters, a cast-autographed red shirt, an advanced private screening of Star Trek Beyond,and a replica Captain’s chair.

Visit Omaze.com/StarTrek to learn more about this new initiative.

Happy 75th Birthday, Patrick Stewart

Happy 75th birthday to Star Trek: The Next Generation’s Patrick Stewart, who was born on July 13th 1940 in West Riding of Yorkshire, England and has become a favorite of all Trekkie generations.
His theater, television and film work, as well as his dedication to charity make him an example of talent, hard work and good will for all to admire. Stewart group up in a poor household where he faced domestic violence problems. He became interested in drama back in 1951, when, aged 11, he entered Mirfield Secondary Modern School. At 15, he left school to increase his participation n the local theater. He also found a job as a newspaper reporter but he would attend rehearsals during his work hours and then invent the stories to report for the newspaper.
Stewart became a member of the Royal Shakespeare Company in 1966 where he appeared next to actors such as Ben Kingsley and Ian Richardson. In January 1967, he made his first TV appearance on Coronation Street as a Fire Officer. For his 1970 Broadway debut, he participated in Peter Brook’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream, a critically acclaimed production. In 1980, Stewart joined the Royal National Theater in the early 1980s.

 His Star Trek TNG work began in 1987 and continued, to the delight of millions of Trekkies, until 1994. In a 1997 interview, Sir Patrick shared his pride of the social and educational message TNG offered to young viewers, “The fact is all of those years in Royal Shakespeare Company – playing all those kings, emperors, princes and tragic heroes – were nothing but preparation for sitting in the captain’s chair of the Enterprise.” He truly made it so exciting, as he engaged the audience at the controls of the legendary starship.

In 2006, Stewart made a video against domestic violence for Amnesty International. He has also established a scholarship at the University of Huddersfield, where he is Chancellor, to fund post-graduate study into domestic violence and has become a patron of Refuge, a UK charity for abused women.
He has also boldly entertained his fans with his humorous view on less serious subjects, such as baldness.
 So happy birthday, sir! A cup of earl gray may be the captain’s favorite but perhaps champagne is in order.

Star Trek 3 se rodará en Vancouver y Dubái con homenaje a Leonard Nimoy

El proceso de filmación de la película 'Star Trek 3' dejará al equipo de producción con un buen número de kilómetros encima. Se acaba de confirmar la elección de los escenarios, situándolos en Vancouver y Dubái, bajo la dirección de Justin Lin.

 El rodaje de la esperada película de ciencia ficción Star Trek 3 ya tiene confirmada la ubicación del grueso de las tomas. Se inicia en tierras canadienses, concretamente en Vancouver, para posteriormente pasar a Dubái, un emplazamiento cada vez más utilizado por los grandes estudios de Hollywood. Justin Lin se encarga de la dirección del proyecto después de haber sufrido algún que otro retraso en el calendario de estrenos.

Además también se confirma que el actor Leonard Nimoy, tristemente fallecido hace unos meses, tendrá un más que merecido homenaje dentro del metraje final de la producción de ciencia ficción, la cual además se estrena justo medio siglo después del inicio televisivo de la mítica franquicia.

 

Recordemos que Leonard Nimoy tenía previsto aparecer de nuevo en la saga, tal y como hiciera en las dos primeras películas, después del genial giro del argumento ideado por JJ Abrams y Roberto Orci (director y co-guionista respectivamente) para poder mantener de manera paralela los dos universos de acontecimientos.

 

La banda sonora que Jerry Goldsmith compuso para 'Star Trek'

Nos embarcamos en la nave “Enterpraise” para escuchar una de las bandas sonoras más clásicas del género de Ciencia Ficción, la de “Star Trek, la película”.Star Trek es pues el irónico título de una serie en la que los protagonistas viajan a la velocidad de la luz.

 “Star Trek” comenzó a emitirse en la NBC norteamericana en 1966 y pronto dio lugar a un fenómeno desconocido hasta entonces en el mundo de la televisión. El fenómeno de los fans. Sólo en Estados Unidos a finales de los años 60 existían unos 400 clubs de seguidores, conocidos con el nombre de “trekies”.

Durante los años 70 la serie se repuso varias veces y se creó una serie de animación con los mismos personajes. Se planteó la posibilidad de hacer una película pero finalmente la Paramount canceló el proyecto y decidió producir una segunda parte de la serie.
El éxito de “La guerra de las galaxias” y de “Encuentros en la tercera fase” propició un cambio de planes. La película contaría con un gran presupuesto, 46 millones, Robert Wise el director de “West Side Story” se pondría al frente y los protagonistas principales de la serie volvieron a meterse en la piel de sus personajes. De esta forma la nave Enterpraise iniciaba en 1979 su primer viaje cinematográfico, inaugurando de esta forma una de las sagas de ciencia-ficción más famosas de la historia del cine.
 Para componer la banda sonora el elegido fue Jerry Goldsmith por entonces el único rival posible para John Williams que había hecho historia con su música de “La guerra de las galaxias”. Goldsmith no era ningún novato en el género y ya había mostrado su genio en otras películas de ciencia ficción como “El planeta de los simios” o “La fuga de Logan”. Su primera decisión fue no utilizar la sintonía clásica de la serie de televisión compuesta por Alexander Courage y crear un tema principal propio. Una espectacular fanfarria; potente y heroica.

El tema se ha convertido en un clásico de la música cinematográfica y en el buque insignia musical de toda la saga de “Star Trek”. Goldsmith, sin embargo, no se olvida la popular sintonía de la serie y la hace sonar en un par de pasajes, asociada siempre a una escena clásica que remitía con nostalgia al programa de televisión. Cuando el almirante Kirk graba su cuaderno de bitácora.

Otro de los temas más apreciados de la banda sonora por los fans es el tema de los Klingons; una marcha de aire guerrero que refleja el espíritu combativo de esta raza alienígena. Goldsmith recuperaría este tema en la quinta entrega de la saga y se utilizaría también en la serie televisiva La nueva generación.
El Goldsmith más amenazante y experimental lo encontramos en los temas que tienen que ver con la nube. Aquí la orquesta se mezcla con sonoridades extrañas de tipo electrónico. Para estas secuencias y las que rodean al misterioso ser que controla la nube se inventó un nuevo instrumento musical llamado Blaster Beam diseñado por el ingeniero Craig Huxley.
Consistía en una serie de cables tensados sobre un armazón de metal que se tocaban golpeando sobre ellos con palos y tubos, lo que producía un sonido grave y algo siniestro. Este instrumento sería patentado y utilizado posteriormente en otras películas.

 No falta tampoco en la banda sonora un tema romántico, ya que aquí también hay una historia de amor, la que viven el comandante Dekker y la teniente Illia. Goldsmith creo para la ocasión un hermoso tema de amor que está entre los mejores de su carrera.

 La película se estrenó en diciembre de 1979. La banda sonora fue nominada al Oscar pero aquel año la estatuilla se la llevó George Delarue con Un pequeño romance. El éxito del film sin embargo reactivó la pasión “trekie”. En los años siguientes verían la luz varias secuelas y nuevas series de televisión, la mencionada “La nueva generación”. Hasta la fecha la nave Enterpraise ha recorrido el espacio intergaláctico en 12 ocasiones. Un mundo cinematográfico capaz de rivalizar con la mismísima saga galáctica de George Lucas y que siempre estará asociado a la música que creó Jerry Goldsmith para cinco entregas de la saga.

Idris Elba Talks STAR TREK BEYOND

Idris Elba, who is set to play the main villain in STAR TREK BEYOND, recently discussed his familiarity with the Star Trek franchise and his career going forward.
“Almost everyone was a Trekkie, really, weren’t they?” Elba asked, during an interview with TV3. “I wouldn’t say I was a hardcore one but I definitely watched that show a million times,” he added.
“Spock was probably my favourite character – and in this one I have some scenes with Zachary Quinto.” Elba said.
The Pacific Rim actor recently talked to Radio Times that he has no plans of slowing down.
“I think for the last five years my career has really intensified and I’m a career person, so I’m going to ride that wave – and then I’ll slow down because my body will tell me to relax a bit more,” he said.
“But there are loads of roles I’d like to play – as an actor I’m still growing. As long as I have an audience that enjoys watching me, I’ll keep on doing it. I’m never going to stop acting, I love it too much. I just want to keep the variety there.”
STAR TREK BEYOND, directed by Justin Lin and starring Chris Pine, Zachary Quinto, Zoe Saldana, Karl Urban, Simon Pegg, John Cho, Anton Yelchin, Sofia Boutella and Idris Elba will hit theaters on July 8, 2016. The film will celebrate the 50th anniversary of the franchise.

El aluminio transparente de Star Trek ya es una realidad

La realidad siempre supera la ficción y el universo de Star Trek creado por Gene Roddenberry va camino de no ser una excepción a la vista del avance de la tecnología, que en los últimos años ha traído a nuestro tiempo, por ejemplo, el aluminio transparente del que hablaba el profesor Scott en la cuarta entrega de la saga.
Hoy los fanáticos de Star Trek ya pueden reservar un intercomunicador oficial idéntico al que aparecía en la popular saga, aunque en este caso funcionará mediante conexión Bluetooth con el teléfono móvil y costará nada menos que 150 dólares.
Pero para invento, sin duda, el aluminio transparente que muchos recordarán porque fue el material intercambiado por Scotty en “Star Trek IV: Misión Salvar la Tierra” con el objetivo de construir un tanque capaz de transportar a dos ballenas de la Tierra a su tiempo.

 http://computerhoy.com/noticias/life/aluminio-transparente-star-trek-ya-es-realidad-31021

 Surmet, uno de los contratistas militares más importantes de Estados Unidos, es uno de los principales desarrolladores a día de hoy de este aluminio transparente. Para fabricarlo, se moldea y prensa el polvo de oxinitruro de aluminio y posteriormente se funde a 2.000 grados centígrados durante varias horas antes de ser sometido a un proceso de pulido mecánico.

El nuevo comunicador Bluetooth de Star Trek es fabuloso

Que el «nuevo universo» trate de capturar a todos los fans casuales que pueda. Cada vez que surge algo proveniente de las series clásicas de Star Trek definitivamente tiene nuestra atención, pero esto roza lo extraordinario. La tienda oficial presentó una réplica exacta del comunicador utilizado en TOS, basada en escaneados 3D provenientes de uno de los «props» originales sobrevivientes. Pero eso no es todo: También funciona como altavoz Bluetooth y manos libres. Ya saben lo que quiero para mi cumpleaños.

Martin Cooper, inventor del teléfono móvil personal, dijo que el comunicador en la serie original de Star Trek fue su fuente de inspiración para el desarrollo de la tecnología por la que sería conocido más tarde. Su sonido es imposible de confundir, y a pesar de las modificaciones posteriores en el diseño, todos recordamos con cariño a aquel rallador de bolsillo. Durante años, los seguidores más férreos de la serie han reproducido a este comunicador utilizando diferentes objetos, y varias compañías ofrecen en línea sus propias ediciones. La fidelidad en la reproducción del comunicador es sin dudas el aspecto más valioso para todo fan, y eso nos lleva a la tienda oficial de Star Trek, que inició la preventa de un nuevo comunicador Bluetooth.

En primer lugar, es hermoso. Metal prensado y fundido, aluminio trabajado a máquina, y plástico ABS texturado obedecen a rajatabla el formato original. En segundo lugar, cada curva, ángulo y detalle sobre sus dimensiones fue calculado con la ayuda de varios escaneados 3D obtenidos del prop conocido como Alpha Hero, diseñado y construido por el mismísimo Wah Chang. Y en tercer lugar, su funcionalidad Bluetooth permite utilizarlo ya sea como manos libres, o altavoz inalámbrico. Posee una batería li-po integrada, una base magnética, un LED multicolor que reporta el estado de la carga, y una carcasa de espuma de poliuretano para un almacenaje seguro. De más está decirlo, ningún comunicador de Star Trek estaría completo sin sus sonidos originales, y fragmentos de conversaciones extraídos directamente de la serie de TV.

De acuerdo al sitio oficial, esta pieza maravillosa de la ciencia ficción cuesta 150 dólares, y las primeras entregas se llevarán a cabo en enero de 2016. La tienda de Star Trek se encarga de la comercialización, pero si te preguntas por el fabricante en sí, se trata de The Wand Company, responsables por otros objetos formidables como el destornillador sónico de Doctor Who, que funciona como mando a distancia. En un ataque espontáneo de consumismo irracional, sólo voy a decir que necesito este comunicador. Hoy.

 Sitio oficial:http://shop.startrek.com/star-trek-the-original-series-communicator-bluetooth-handset/detail.php?p=866906

Mount Spock? New Horizons' Pluto Name List Will Please 'Star Trek' Fans 

The team behind NASA's New Horizons mission has drawn up its proposed list of names for yet-to-be-discovered geological features on Pluto and its moons — and the lineup ranges from Gilgamesh (the mythical hero of the Mesopotamian epic of the 22nd century B.C.) to Mr. Spock (the fictional Vulcan from the 23rd century A.D.).
There's plenty on the list to please "Star Trek" fans as well as those who love "Star Wars," the writings of J.R.R. Tolkien and H.P. Lovecraft, and "The Wizard of Oz." The proposed names also evoke other sci-fi epics, real-life and fictional explorers, the biggest names in space exploration, and myths and legends from around the world.
Input for the list came from an "OurPluto" online survey that drew about 60,000 filled-in ballots and 15,000 write-in candidates, said Mark Showalter, a planetary scientist at the SETI Institute who organized the naming campaign.

The team behind NASA's New Horizons mission has drawn up its proposed list of names for yet-to-be-discovered geological features on Pluto and its moons — and the lineup ranges from Gilgamesh (the mythical hero of the Mesopotamian epic of the 22nd century B.C.) to Mr. Spock (the fictional Vulcan from the 23rd century A.D.).
There's plenty on the list to please "Star Trek" fans as well as those who love "Star Wars," the writings of J.R.R. Tolkien and H.P. Lovecraft, and "The Wizard of Oz." The proposed names also evoke other sci-fi epics, real-life and fictional explorers, the biggest names in space exploration, and myths and legends from around the world.
Input for the list came from an "OurPluto" online survey that drew about 60,000 filled-in ballots and 15,000 write-in candidates, said Mark Showalter, a planetary scientist at the SETI Institute who organized the naming campaign.

What's It Like on Pluto? 

Showalter and the New Horizons team expect they'll have to give names to a legion of geographical discoveries when the probe flies past Pluto and its moons on July 14. That's why Showalter came up with the "OurPluto" campaign, which was modeled after an earlier exercise to name two Plutonian moons he helped discover.
As was the case for those two moons, Styx and Kerberos, it's up to the discoverers to propose names for craters, mountains and other geographical features. But then it's up to the International Astronomical Union to approve them. In this case, Showalter and his colleagues are seeking "pre-approval" for the names on the newly announced list.
"It's up to the IAU, but since the public was so invested in the process, we thought it was appropriate to let the public know what we're proposing," Showalter told NBC News.

'Star Trek': The Story of the Most Daring Cliffhanger in 'Next Generation' History

Ron Moore, Jonathan Frakes and more reveal how writing themselves into a corner for "Best of Both Worlds" changed Trek forever: "All of us were quite thrilled they had the balls to leave Picard on the Borg cube."

In June 1990, many Trekkies considered the crew of the Enterprise-D pretenders to the throne.
Star Trek: The Next Generation was closing out its third season, and it was still struggling to step out of the shadow of Kirk's (William Shatner) Enterprise. That was about to change thanks to a daring cliffhanger pulled off in an era of television in which shocking deaths and major plot twists weren't par for the course.
When "Best of Both Worlds: Part I" aired 25 years ago this week, it was truly jarring to fans. The season three finale saw the return of The Borg, the seemingly unstoppable villain introduced a year earlier. The Borg captured Captain Picard (Patrick Stewart) and transformed him into Locutus of Borg, a de facto spokesperson for the collective consciousness. The episode ended with Picard's No. 1 Commander Riker (Jonathan Frakes) giving a shocking order ("Mr. Worf, fire.") and the screen cutting to the words "To be continued...", something it had never done.
Written by Michael Piller and directed by Cliff Bole, "Best of Both Worlds" is arguably the most influential arc in Next Generation history. Along with "Best of Both Worlds: Part II" and its aftermath episode "Family," the story introduced layers of psychological complexity, bold storytelling and emotional depth the show had not yet explored.
"RICK BERMAN CALLED ME AND SAID, 'THIS IS FANTASTIC!' "
Ronald D. Moore, member of the writers room: The story really goes to Michael Piller, who was running the writing staff in the third season when I joined the show. In the writers room, we would often talk about revisiting the Borg. Piller said as the season went on that he thought there should be a cliffhanger, which Star Trek had never done.
Jonathan Frakes, Commander William T. Riker: All of us were quite thrilled they had the balls to leave Picard on the Borg cube. I don't know if they were trying to threaten Patrick with renegotiations. It's commonplace now. Shows like Lost and House of Cards — they'll kill off a regular and think nothing of it. This was 1990. It was not commonplace to be killing off any of your series regulars. That was a big "who shot J.R." type of plot.
Moore: It was the only show that year that we didn't actually sit in the room as a writing staff and break together. Michael said he wanted to go do it. Michael had a very personal connection to that particular story. The episode starts with Riker getting an offer to go command another ship. That's at the heart of it. Michael said very overtly that he was in a very similar place. He was the number two guy on the show, and he was debating whether or not to leave Star Trek and go and run his own show or if he wanted to remain second in command of the Enterprise, as it were. So he was Riker, and he wrote the story from that perspective.

Frakes: The episode was key to Riker's character. Previously, I thought it was not very cleverly handled to have Riker say in the first two seasons, "All I want is to have my own ship. I aspire to be a captain in Starfleet." But then, when offered the ship, the writers put in Riker's mouth that he didn't feel he was ready to captain, or he didn't want to leave his friends.
Michael Dorn, Lieutenant Worf: We didn't know how they were going to handle it in terms of the special effects with Patrick. At that point we trusted each other, we trusted the producers and we trusted the writers enough to know that it was going to be exciting.
Alan Sims, property master: My pride with those episodes would be the prosthetic arms, for which I created remote control apertures. You would see it flicker and flip back and forth. When the one Borg came to the Enterprise and captured Picard, that was me off camera with a little remote control with two control joysticks and antenna.
Michael Westmore, makeup artist: Patrick Stewart loved being in the makeup chair. He didn't care what it was — whether he was doing a Shakespearean character in the Holodeck or doing the old age makeup on "Inner Light," Patrick loved getting in the chair and getting made up. He would be putting his two cents in, "Oh, let's do a little more shading right here." He loved that part of the process.
Moore: My favorite moment was seeing Picard in that Borg outfit for the first time. When that reveal happens and he looks at the camera and he's a Borg, and he says, "I am Locutus." It was a shocking moment. You realize the show had gone someplace different. We all knew that internally and were like, "Woah, OK. This is going to break some molds."
Westmore: My son [Michael Westmore, Jr.] found the laser we mounted on Patrick's head for the end of "Part I." It cost $200. It was  a new product on the market and had never been used on TV previously.  We thought, "Oh this is going to be great," but we go into the set, and we can't see it at all. The special effects guy said, "Let me put a little smoke in." And oh my God, that light cut right through everything. They wanted Patrick to look directly in the lens, and nobody knew what was going to happen at all. Patrick turns to the camera, and the refraction between the laser and the mirrors in the camera made it look like it's just shattered everything. It's the one time [executive producer] Rick Berman called me and said, "This is fantastic! Oh my god." It blew Paramount away. If it was an optical, it would have cost thousands of dollars and we did it with a $200 laser.
 

"IS PICARD GOING TO BE KILLED?"
The episode electrifies audiences when it begins airing on syndication June 18, 1990. Even Trekkies who refused to accept Next Generation as legitimate are buzzing. Rumors of Patrick Stewart's exit swirl, with fans waiting an agonizing three months for the conclusion to air in September. Meanwhile, the writers are tasked with figuring out how to follow up their first cliffhanger ever.
Moore: What people forget now is in the first couple of seasons of Next Generation, we were sort of not taken seriously as Star Trek. The fans were split on the acceptance of the show. You would go to conventions and there would be bumper stickers and t-shirts that basically said, "I'm a real Trekker. Forget the bald guy." Stuff like that. We were the second-tier Trek. When "Best of Both Worlds" came out, suddenly there was all this buzz. And it got in the press and there was all this tension and people were talking about the cliffhanger and Picard.
Jordan Hoffman, freelance writer/critic who specializes in Star Trek: After that "To be continued…" we felt, "Is Picard going to be killed?" After that episode, there was a lot of talk. Somehow we knew — there were rumors that Patrick Stewart was going to leave the show. That was definitely in the air. There would be somebody who goes, "You know Patrick Stewart is leaving?" How do you know this? "Everyone knows it."

Dorn: We figured there wasn't any problem with Patrick's contract. He was coming back. The interesting thing was, how were they going to play that?
Moore: "Part II," we did break the story together in the writer's room, but when Michael did "Part I," he said, "I have no idea how this thing ends. We're going to end on this cliffhanger of "fire" and we're going to figure it out next season." We all gather in the room, and it was essentially a new writing staff. I was the only holdover from season three. We sat down, and Michael was like, "All right, I don't know where we're going. Let's just try to figure out something."
Hoffman: Something that younger people don't quite get was the fact that Next Generation was on in syndication. It was not on a major network. It was the first show to be in syndication to have tremendous ratings. What that meant was it was on in different times of the day depending on where you were. I would go down to my grandparents' on the weekends. They were in southern Jersey outside of the Philly markets. I lived in the New York market. You could catch it three times a week.  I relived that "to be continued…" moment over and over.
Moore: There were various efforts to try to keep the scripts' distribution tight and the plot secret. They were trying to watermark the scripts — which was a novelty at that point — and number them. It was the pre-Internet days, so it wasn't like the files were being passed around in emails. It was all hard copy stuff anyway.
Gary Hutzel, visual effects coordinator: The budget was small by today's standards. A lot of stuff you see on the series wasn't shot on a professional stage. A lot of it was shot in people's basements, because there was no money.
Brent Spiner, Data: I remember Worf and Data beamed over to the Borg ship to grab Picard and bring him back to the Enterprise. There was a moment where a Borg is coming up behind me, and I turn and blast him with my phaser. We shot a version of it where the Borg was coming up behind me and I didn't even turn around. I just put the phaser over my shoulder and shot it and blew it away. We thought that would be really cool if Data just sensed it and didn't have to turn around. It looked great, but they sent it to Rick Berman and he said, "That's ridiculous. He can't do that. He doesn't have eyes in the back of his head." So we didn't use that one.


 
Dorn: This might take away some of the drama for the audience, but there is a scene where Data and I go and rescue Patrick. I had to struggle with Patrick. He tries to hit me and I grab him and we're going "ah, ah!" back and forth. And we just started cracking up. We just started laughing uncontrollably. All of us laughed uncontrollably most of the time on the show.
Marina Sirtis, Counselor Deanna Troi: The episode was a very important one for my character [Troi is key to figuring out how to save Picard]. A lot of the time, I was decorative. Hey, that was fine. I was a very ugly child, so if you had said to me when I was 13, "One day you are going to grow up to be this sex symbol," I would have asked if you were high. But, as far as character development goes, the third going into the fourth season, where my advice was listened to, I always used to treasure those moments. Every weekend at a convention, someone will say to me it was so nice to see a competent woman on a TV show who wasn't "the bitch." Troi was strong and professional, but took a pride in her appearance. It was kind of a first, to have a professional woman, who wasn't "the bitch." It was very important to me that the writers began to see Troi as a whole person. I think it kind of started with "Best of Both Worlds Part II."
Westmore: Creating the Borg took a lot of makeup artists and it took a lot of time. Not only because of the makeup, but because they had the suits to put on. It was a process that probably took at least three hours at that time. We had it down to a system, where we could line them all up and make them up very fast. For the faces, I found every makeup artist shades differently. In the early shows, all the Borg had all different looks to them because of all the different techniques people used to shade. Later, I took an airbrush class and I could literally airbrush each one of them in a minute and a half. It was easier for me to do than for a bunch of makeup artists, where there'd be some great ones and there'd be some not so great ones. That was the beginning of Star Trek using the airbrush. After that point, I insisted any makeup artist I hired knew how to use an airbrush.


 
Hutzel: My coordinator Judy Elkins, had a great idea as we were preparing to do the destruction of the fleet. We didn't have that much money to work with, and we had to physically build everything. How do we show an entire fleet destroyed? We invited people from the art department and other people on the show for a kit bash. We got spaceship models and all destroyed them. And we gave them our own names and whatever we wanted and put on them the ships for the shot. We were able to get quite a few ships made that way with pretty minimal effort and money. I rigged them all with internal lighting to make them look like they are on fire and we shot then that way.  The toy company gave them to us for free.
Spiner: Near the end, I'm hooked up to Patrick. It's a tribute to Michael Westmore's genius and his son Mike Jr. who did all of the electronics. They always did a great job of opening up my various bits. They opened up every part of my body, save one  — and they were saving that one for I guess in case we did another movie (laughs). Michael Westmore is a genius.
Hutzel: I had to build the Borg ship because we couldn't afford a modeler to make it. I just brought a whole bunch of models. I put chicken wire over a framework. And I stapled that on and I attached a board and attached all the plastic to it. We hung the cube on one of the sound stages and the pyrotechnician came in and he rigged it. Back then, if you really wanted to blow something up, you would use primer cord. Nobody really does that anymore because it's dangerous. But this thing is loaded with primer cord. They let it rip. I didn't know that putting chicken wire inside of something with primer cord would cause it to become a big grenade. And so when it went off, stuff flew everywhere. Fortunately it was a safe situation and no one got hurt. They'd cleared the stage before we fired it, but we came back in and saw the mess on the floor and bits of chicken wire stuck on the walls.
THE AFTERMATH
The arc would go down as one of the most daring in Star Trek history. It also gave birth to "Family," an understated but highly acclaimed episode which saw Picard deal with the psychological trauma of becoming a Borg, as well as Star Trek: First Contact (1996), the Next Generation cast's most beloved film. 
Moore: That was the turning point on Next Generation's acceptance as Star Trek, among the fans and with the public. Suddenly we had done something that was legitimate and got people's attention and told a great story. From then on out we carried the torch. We were legitimate and that was the show that turned it around for us.
Frakes: The cool thing about the story was that he was forever haunted by Locutus being in his DNA. That informed the first movie that I directed, First Contact.
Moore: The second half of the show was kind of not as satisfying as the first half, in all honesty. It was a little too technobabble. It doesn't quite have the oomph that "Part I" did. But Michael [Piller] was fine with that. He launched us into more character-based storytelling. The next episode was "Family," which was a complete character episode, which I got to write. It was set down on Earth after Captain Picard's experience in "Best of Both Worlds." He goes home and you meet his brother. There was no action-adventure component to that episode. It showed you Piller was determined to make the show more character-oriented and more about the people on the Enterprise, instead of the alien on the week.
Dorn: In the end, Patrick, although he was back and he was fine and he was like, "Yeah, I'm fine. Everything is great," you knew by his look, and by the way he felt and looked out the window that it wasn't over. We didn't know how it wasn't going to be over, but it wasn't over. Interestingly enough, it culminated in First Contact, the movie.
Moore: We had to kind of fight for "Family." [Star Trek creator] Gene Roddenberry hated it. He wanted to throw it out. My only story meeting with Gene was that episode. It was me and Michael and Rick Berman, who was running the production side of things, we all met in Gene's office and Gene just said "this isn't the 24^th century." "These brothers reflect outdated, 20^th-Century modes of childhood development. Mankind had solved these kind of issues by then. I hate this." I sat there and I was a really green writer. I was like, "Oh my God, what are we going to do? I'm dead." We walked out in the hall and I just looked at Michael and Rick and was like, "What do I do now?" They said, "You know what? Just go write your story, we'll work with Gene." That was the last I ever heard of it. So they went off behind the scenes and did something and got him to back off or let it go or kind of distracted him with something else, because then we did the show.

'Star Trek: Beyond': Idris Elba está deseando rodar sus escenas de la película con Zachary Quinto

La tercera entrega protagonizada por los tripulantes de la USS Enterprise se estrena en España el 15 de julio de 2016.

Star Trek Beyond acaba de comenzar su rodaje en Vancouver, Canadá, y el que será el villano de la tercera entrega, Idris Elba, ya está deseando poder rodar sus escenas con Zachary Quinto. "Spock era probablemente mi personaje favorito, y en la película tengo algunas escenas con Zachary Quinto", asegura el actor de Luther, Pacific Rim o The Wire.
En la línea de emular a Los Vengadores de Marvel, Paramount Pictures ha buscado sangre nueva en el reparto con la elección de Idris Elba como el villano de la película pero, ¿es Idris Elba un fan de la serie? "Casi todo el mundo era un 'trekkie'... Yo no puedo decir que fuera un fan incondicional de Star Trek, pero la he visto [la serie] un millón de veces”, comenta el actor.
Star Trek Beyond llegará a las pantallas de España y EE.UU el 15 de julio de 2016 y contará una vez más con Chris Pine y Zachary Quinto en los papeles del Capitán Kirk y Spock, respectivamente.

RUMOR: First Info on TREK BEYOND’s Dubai Shoot?

As we reported last week, STAR TREK BEYOND will be headed to Dubai later this year to film scenes for the upcoming sequel.
The UAE's The National is now reporting that the extremely modern city will be the setting of some kind of "vertical alien city" encountered by the Enterprise crew during their journey. This report also claims the Dubai shoot will occur sometime in August, a timeline that fits with the known BEYOND production schedule (expected to run through October).
Until we can confirm more details about Dubai's integration into the film, we're treating this as rumor -- we'll keep working to obtain more concrete information on this for you.
In the meantime, how does this spark of an idea sound to you? Tell us in the comments below!

El Holodeck de Star Trek ya es real gracias a los japoneses

Los clásicos hologramas de la ciencia ficción, como el Holodeck de Star Trek, ya son reales mediante la tecnología láser femtosegundo.

 

Investigadores japoneses han creado el holograma de un hada que puede tocarse y sentirse gracias al láser de femtosegundo. Esta tecnología opera con rápidos impulsos programados de más y menos energía capaz de agitar partículas y de ser controladas por una computadora. 

 

El avance recuerda por momentos a Star Trek y su Holodeck basado en la invención de una imagen holográfica tangible. Si eras aficionado a la serie, recordarás que era un elemento básico, sobre todo en el primer episodio de la nueva generación y que la sala de hologramas era fruto de numerosas interacciones entre los personajes. 

 

Esta minúscula hada azul se ha conseguido agitando las partículas del aire en un punto concreto del espacio. Cualquiera puede sentir esas partículas en movimiento como si hubiera una presencia sólida, aunque puede atravesarse sin sufrir ningún daño debido al minúsculo tamaño de estas.

 

Además de conseguir simular hologramas para los capitanes de naves espaciales, esta tecnología podría tener usos más inmediatos y prácticos. Con este descubrimiento se abre un mundo de posibilidades en el apartado de la investigación tecnológica. Los hologramas han estado presentes en la ficción desde hace ya bastante tiempo y el hecho de confirmarlos sería revolucionario, tanto para nuestra vista, como para nuestro tacto. Es posible que en el futuro, como dicen los expertos, veamos dispositivos móviles o computadoras basadas en hologramas, donde las teclas serían solo movimiento de partículas como ha sucedido con esta hada primigenia.

 

Nimoy Memories From Friends and Family

A memorial for Leonard Nimoy was held at Symphony Space in New York City and friends and family shared their memories of the actor at the event.
Nimoy had funded Symphony Space, a performing arts center on the Upper West Side of Manhattan, and one of its two theaters bears his name.
On Monday, a day of programming was dedicated to Nimoy, and a free ten-hour Star Trek episode marathon took place. That evening, those who knew Nimoy best came together to remember the actor;  including his wife Susan, daughter Julie, son Adam, Zachary Quinto, John de Lancie, Ted Danson and more.
De Lancie told a story about Nimoy and his love of Hershey’s Kisses. While working on Alien Voices (an audio drama) together, Nimoy was prone to eating the chocolate during the recording session.
“Where Leonard was concerned, there was no such thing as a bad piece of chocolate,” said de Lancie. “Whenever we started recording, he would dive into a bowl of Hershey’s Kisses.”
But chocolate “gums up the works,” said de Lancie, and the recording engineer asked de Lancie to tell Nimoy to refrain from eating it during recording. “YOU tell him,” said de Lancie. But he did talk to Nimoy, suggesting “a nice apple” instead. Nimoy laughed and ate more chocolate.
The engineer fixed the problem though, creating an algorithm that “filter[ed] out the chocolate. Nimoy was free to continue munching on the chocolate treats.
Quinto spoke about his relationship to Nimoy, to whom he became very close. “I could never imagine he’d become more of a father figure to me than anyone in my life since I lost my own father thirty years ago,” he said. “He was a seeker of the highest order…and inspired millions of people to strive for dignity and truth.
“We are the luckiest who knew him…we have been, and always shall be, your friend.”

Source: The New York Times

July-August 2015 Trek Conventions And Appearances

There will be seventeen conventions, shows or appearances in July and August that will feature actors of interest to Star Trek fans. This listing of conventions and shows features actors from all of the televised series and several of the Star Trek movies.
July begins with the Montreal Comiccon to be held July 3-5 at the Palais des Congres in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. In attendance at Montreal Comiccon will be Jeffrey Combs, Ron Perlman, and Garrett Wang.
Next up is ConnectiCon will be held July 9-12 at the Connecticut Convention Center in Hartford, Connecticut. In attendance at ConnectiCon will be Nichelle Nichols, Deep Roy, George Takei, and Tony Todd.
The London Film & Comic Con will be held July 17-19 at the Olympia in London, England. In attendance at London Film & Comic Con will be Clifton Collins, Jr. (Star Trek 2009‘s Ayel), Nicole de Boer, Jacqueline Kim (Demora Sulu), Alice Krige, Christopher Lloyd, Malcolm McDowell, Ethan Phillips, Tim Russ, and Garrett Wang.
Space City Comic Con will be held July 24-26 at the NRG Center in Houston, Texas. In attendance at Space City Comic Con will be Robert Beltran, Manu Intiraymi, Kate Mulgrew, Ethan Phillips, Robert Picardo, Tim Russ, William Shatner, Rick Sternbach, and Garrett Wang.
On the same weekend, Comic Con Honolulu will be held at the Hawaii Convention Center in Honolulu, Hawaii. In attendance at Comic Con Honolulu will be Gates McFadden.
Vul-Con will be held July 25-26 in Vulcan, Alberta, Canada. In attendance at Vul-Con will be Gary Graham, Catherine Hicks, and Tony Todd.
Fanboy Expo will be held July 25-27 at the Grand Hyatt Tampa Bay in Tampa, Florida. In attendance at Fanboy Expo will be Anthony Montgomery.
Gen Con will be held July 30 – Aug. 2 at the Indiana Convention Center in Indianapolis, Indiana. In attendance at Gen Con will be Marina Sirtis.
The Hollywood Show will be held July 31-Aug 2 at the Westin Los Angeles Airport Hotel in Los Angeles, California. In attendance at the Hollywood Show will be John Billingsley, Bobby Clark (Gorn), James Darren, Joseph Gatt (Star Trek into Darkness), Richard Herd, Dominic Keating, Sally Kellerman, Sean Kenney, Joanne Linville, Gary Lockwood, Barbara Luna, Don Marshall (Lt. Boma), Lee Meriwether, France Nuyen (Elaan of Troyius), Robert Picardo, Tim Russ, and William Shatner.
Wrapping up July will be Galacticon 4, to be held Jul 31-Aug 2 at the Seattle Center in Seattle, Washington. In attendance at Galacticon 4 will be J.G. Hertzler, Manu Intiraymi, and Robert O’Reilly.
August begins with The Official Star Trek Convention will be held Aug. 6-9 at the Rio Suites Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada. In attendance at The Official Star Trek Convention will be Marc Alaimo, Vaughn Armstrong, Richard Arnold, Rene Auberjonois, Robert Beltran, Casey Biggs, John Billingsley, Brannon Braga, Bobby Clark, Joan Collins, Jeffrey Combs, Denise Crosby, Olivia d’Abo, Michael Dante, James Darren, Roxanne Dawson, Nicole de Boer, John de Lancie, Elizabeth Dennehy (Commander Shelby), Chris Doohan, Michael Dorn, Doug Drexler, Aron Eisenberg, Terry Farrell, Jonathan Frakes, Bryan Fuller, Joseph Gatt, Max Grodenchik, Richard Herd, J.G. Hertzler, Jennifer Hetrick (Vash), Manu Intiraymi, Sherry Jackson, Salome Jens, Dominic Keating, Walter Koenig, Alice Krige, Joanne Linville, Cirroc Lofton, Don Marshall, Chase Masterson, Anthony Montgomery, Ronald B. Moore, Kate Mulgrew, Larry Nemecek, Adam Nimoy, Denise Okuda, Mike Okuda, Robert O’Reilly, Linda Park, Eddie Paskey, Ethan Phillips, Robert Picardo, Andrew Robinson, Rod Roddenberry, David L. Ross (Lt. Galloway and Lt. Johnson), Saul Rubinek, Tim Russ, Jeri Ryan, Judson Scott (Joachim from The Wrath of Khan), William Shatner, Mark Allen Shepherd (Morn), Armin Shimerman, Alexander Siddig, Marina Sirtis, Rick Sternbach, Sir Patrick Stewart, Kitty Swink, George Takei, Connor Trinneer, Karl Urban, Nana Visitor, Garrett Wang, Michael Westmore, and Celeste Yarnall.
Next up is Shore Leave will be held Aug. 7-9 at the Baltimore Hunt Valley Inn in Hunt Valley, Maryland. In attendance at Shore Leave will be Daniel Davis (Professor James Moriarty).
The Steel City Con will be held Aug. 7-9 at the Monroeville Convention Center in Monroeville, Pennsylvania. In attendance at Steel City Con will be Nichelle Nichols.
The Dublin Comic Con will be held Aug. 8-9 at the Convention Centre Dublin in Dublin, Ireland. In attendance at Dublin Comic Con will be Gates McFadden.
The Windsor ComiCon will be held Aug. 15-16 at the Caesars Windsor in Windsor, Ontario, Canada. In attendance at Windsor ComiCon will be Marina Sirtis.
The Central Coast Comic Con will be held Aug. 28-30 at the Ventura County Fairgrounds in Ventura, California. In attendance at Central Coast Comic Con will be Sid Haig (Lawgiver in Return of the Archons) and Deep Roy.
Wrapping up August will be the Bournemouth Film & Comic Con will be held Aug. 29-30 at the Bournemouth International Centre in Bournemouth, England. In attendance at the Bournemouth Film & Comic Con will be Max Grodenchik.