Build This MiniStar Trek TNGComputer To Make Yourself Feel Like You’re Far Away From Earth

Exploring the superstar , G of light years forth from Earth , sound moderately great right about now . WhileDarian Johnsonhasn’t cook up intergalactic travel , he has created atiny desktop computerthat looks directly out of Jean - Luc Picard ’s ready room , letting youat least pretendthat you ’re safely aboard a distant starship .

It ’s a will to Star Trek : The Next Generation ’s production designers , include expert consultant Michael Okuda , that the fictional LCARS ( short for Library Computer Access / Retrieval System ) operating system used on the computing gadget aboard the USS Enterprise - D still look futurist , despite the show first beam 33 years ago . Gene Roddenberry himself insisted that the computer screens aboard the ship be as minimum and blank as possible to give the imprint of the technology being incredibly advanced , and it ’s an esthetic that many fan of the show are still fan of , let in Johnson .

Johnson ’s LCARS computer is establish on an existing design for a similarTNG - themed warning signal clock , which he upgraded with a big 3D - print enclosure , bigger screen , and extra components to tot up well more functionality .

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Using everything from anAdafruit ESP32 Feather Boardto Amazon ’s AWS swarm waiter , the computer can access and exhibit a host of information , approachable with a series of simple button , including the conditions , the temperature and humidness of the room , news headlines , calendar data pulled from Microsoft Outlook , fittingness information good manners of Google Fitness , a resistor color code chart and figurer , and even a tool for measuring power and current that Johnson can use as he develops other gadget . Geordi La Forge would be proud .

All of the files and schematics needed to produce and customise your own are available for free onHackaday for download , and while you do n’t need to be a Starfleet caliber engineer to build up one , you will demand bonding , electronics , and programming skills to make it so .

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Photo: Darian Johnson