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Published on Feb 24, 2018 ALON - Transparent Aluminum - is a ceramic composed of Aluminium, Oxygen and Nitrogen. Transparent Aluminum, was once pure science fiction, a technical term used in a Star Trek Movie from the 80’s.

In the movie Star Trek 4 The Voyage Home, Captain Kirk and his team, go back in time to acquire 2 whales from the past and transport them back to the future. Scotty needed some materials to make a holding tank for whales on his ship, but had no money to pay for the materials.

So Scotty uses his knowledge of 23 third century technology and the manufacturers computer and programs in, how to make the Transparent Aluminum Molecule.

Transparent Aluminum or Aluminum Oxynitride, also known as ALON, is much stronger than Standard Glass and over time will become cheaper to make, but until then will most likely be used for NASA & the Military

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=DduO1fNzV4w

Published on Feb 24, 2018 ALON - Transparent Aluminum - is a ceramic composed of Aluminium, Oxygen and Nitrogen. Transparent Aluminum, was once pure science fiction, a technical term used in a Star Trek Movie from the 80’s. In the movie Star Trek 4 The Voyage Home, Captain Kirk and his team, go back in time to acquire 2 whales from the past and transport them back to the future. Scotty needed some materials to make a holding tank for whales on his ship, but had no money to pay for the materials. So Scotty uses his knowledge of 23 third century technology and the manufacturers computer and programs in, how to make the Transparent Aluminum Molecule. Transparent Aluminum or Aluminum Oxynitride, also known as ALON, is much stronger than Standard Glass and over time will become cheaper to make, but until then will most likely be used for NASA & the Military https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=DduO1fNzV4w

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[–] • 11 pts 4y

Hello Computer.

[–] • 5 pts 4y

"A keyboard -- how quaint."

[–] • 2 pts 4y

And then he types commands... on a Mac. He'd be using the mouse for a while trying to do all that.

[–] • 2 pts 4y

If they were accurate, he would have been hunting and pecking on the keyboard,no way someone who uses voice commands exclusively would be able to type on a qwerty

[–] • 4 pts 4y

He used the wrong wakeup word. Everyone knows it's Alexa.

[–] [deleted] • 0 pt 4y

Are you calling him a dumbass? Well then, double dumb ass on you!

[–] • 0 pt 4y

Your use of language has altered since logging into Poal. It is currently laced with, shall we say, more colorful metaphors, " double dumb-ass on you " and so forth.

[–] [deleted] • 1 pt 4y

Ahhh, Star Trek. Back when some liberals believed what they did because they had some optimism. Twisted optimism, but optimism.

[–] [deleted] • 11 pts 4y

Finally. Now I can finish the whale aquarium on my starship and GTFO out of here.

[–] • 10 pts 4y (edited 4y)

They never explain why it had to be transparent just to transport whales, do they?

[–] • 5 pts 4y

IT JUST HAD TO BE, damn it!

[–] • 2 pts 4y

They pollute the fuck outta the timeline too. Why not just give them warp technology while they're at it? Stupit movie.

[–] • 4 pts 4y

Yeah they could've just used a steel box but the need for transparent aluminum storyline is my favorite part of the movie so dont question it

[–] • 2 pts 4y (edited 4y)

To make sure they weren't planning on escaping. The previous time it happened, the improbability drive snatched one (making the lone one pointless for reproduction, the entire reason they were there), and causing it to fall to its death from a several mile high altitude with a potted petunia. The whale didn't understand it, but the petunia just thought " oh no, not again".

Basically, They needed to make sure they were there to make the jump, and no wifi cameras were available with the ancient wifi6/802.11ax standard to interface.

[–] • 0 pt 4y

Isn't improbability drive Hitchhiker?

[–] • 1 pt 4y

it wasn't used to transport the whales...Scotty gave the owner of that company the formula for transparent aluminum in trade for plexiglass (or whatever) they had in stock

[–] • 1 pt 4y

I believe that they did, as Scotty and the crew needed materials, but they did not have any money so they had to barter technology to get what they needed, and transparent aluminum was the most "whiz-bang", jaw-dropping technology that Scotty could quickly whip up to dazzle the materials out of the 20th century factory.

Though, looking at the script, Scotty mentions transparent aluminum before that, and seemingly becomes fixated upon it. Without rewatching the film, does Scotty actually use transparent aluminum on the ship?

When Scotty shows the technology to the 20th century factory owner, he says it will take him years to figure out the "matrix" that Scotty has demonstrated, and the guy says that 20th century polymers could make the aquarium easy-peasy, the only caveat is that the walls would have to be 6" thick, instead of 1".

[–] • 1 pt 4y

but they did not have any money

Why didn't they just piss away the future of the Federation by getting in debt to the space-jews aka Ferengi.

[–] • 8 pts 4y

I'm looking forwards to having a transparent engine in my car!

How cool would that be?

[–] • 3 pts 4y

That would be pretty sick.

[–] • 0 pt 4y

I think you had too much LDS in the 60's.

[–] • 0 pt 4y

This is an aluminium oxide though, so it's properties are probably quite different from metallic aluminium. Think about how iron oxide (rust) is a completely different thing from a block of iron. I doubt you could swap it in 1:1 with a cast engine block.

Since you mentioned it though... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xflY5uS-nnw

[–] • 2 pts 4y

Rubies, sapphires and emeralds are all aluminum oxides which is why the whole transparent aluminum wasn't a real stretch of the imagination. I know they are very hard but I don't know how much so in comparison with metal aluminum.

[–] • 3 pts 4y

The space shuttle had a sapphire windshield so it's not even new tech and already used on spacecraft. Also, many high-end watches have a sapphire crystal (not the oscillator, the face glass).

[–] • 1 pt 4y

Mostly it'd be the bittleness I'd be concerned about.

[–] • 2 pts 4y

Transparent aluminum, also known as artificial sapphire, has been around longer than that.

[–] • 2 pts 4y

I want to see the nigger scientists that developed this. I'll wait.

[–] • 2 pts 4y

"How do we know he's not the guy who invented the stuff?" - Scotty

[–] • 1 pt 4y

My favorite part is when he talks to the mouse.

[–] • 2 pts 4y

Are we missing a couple of whales as well?

[–] [deleted] • 9 pts 4y

No. Theu host the View.

[–] • 1 pt 4y

Transparent aluminum has been around for many years. The latest patent was in 1993.

[–] • 1 pt 4y

Didn't this happen about a decade ago? I seem to recall the Ars Technica type techno-libs going on about this back in "the day".

[–] • 1 pt 4y

This made a pretty big stink when it was first announced, but the same conclusions were reached then as now: It's a high-strength ceramic made with aluminum. Transparent ceramic is still a cool thing, but it's not as sci-fi as "Transparent Aluminum"

[–] • 0 pt 4y

If this stuff is stronger than glass, it may have a use.

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