Paramount Pictures Star Trek franchise will be rebooted with a third film to be on the movies in July 8, 2016 with a new director Justin Lin who directed the third, fourth, fifth and sixth installments of the “Fast and Furious” franchise.
J.J. Abrams had to exit the sequel due to his commitment to direct Disney’s “Star Wars: The Force Awakens.” Abrams directed the first two “Star Trek” reboots in 2009 and 2013.
The 2016 release will be marking the 50-year anniversary of the television launch of the landmark science-fiction series.
The TV series debuted on Sept. 8, 1966, on NBC and aired for three seasons.
Hospital in Your Smartphone is what Walter De Brouwer is promoting of his invention that he calls" SCANADU SCOUT". Walter is a Belgian entrepreneur who had to learn how hospitals work -- and don't work -- the hard way after his son suffered brain damage as the consequence of a fall.
His inspiration came directly from science fiction: "Star Trek was more than just a movie, it was a business plan," he told CNN's Nick Glass.
The Star Trek TRICORDER:
PAST and PRESENT
Why the name?
It's called "Scanadu Scout" -- after Xanadu, an ancient city of great splendor and scientific progress, made famous by English poet S. T. Coleridge -- and the greatest thing about it is that it's not a design concept, nor a million-dollar prototype, but an actual product. After a successful crowdfunding round via Indiegogo, the Scanadu has began shipping to backers at the end of January.
How it works?
It is a tiny, round and white device and it works by placing it on one`s forehead.
Through its sensor, and in a matter of seconds, the Scanadu Scout measures heart rate, temperature, blood pressure, oxygen level and provides a complete EcG reading, that is send to your smartphone where there is an a proper application.
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In Star Trek, the Tricorder was handled by a doctor, but De Brouwer thinks the most revolutionary aspect of the Scanadu is that it can be used by anyone:
"We've medicalised your smartphone. You can now check your health as easily as your email. People will no longer ask if there's a doctor on the plane, but if there's a Tricorder."
To celebrate the release of Star Trek Into Darkness in the UK, movie and TV streaming service blinkbox worked with top illusionist Scott Penrose to perform some cunning teleportation trickery. Shoppers looked on in awe at what appeared to be the world's first successful attempt at teleportation.
The illusion was achieved using a combination of science and trickery. It caused a stir among thousands of shoppers who witnessed'volunteers from the crowd step into a high-tech unit and appear to have been 'beamed' to nearby locations in seconds.
Star Trek Into Darkness is available on the blinkbox movie streaming service over a year ahead of Netflix and Lovefilm Instant priced from £3.49 to rent and £10.99 to buy:http://blinkbox.me/IntoDarkness
Star Trek Into Darkness is a 2013 American science fiction action film. It is the twelfth installment in the Star Trek film franchise, and the sequel to 2009's Star Trek. The film was directed by J. J. Abrams from a screenplay by Roberto Orci, Alex Kurtzman and Damon Lindelof based on the series of the same name created by Gene Roddenberry.
Lindelof, Orci, Kurtzman and Abrams are also producers, with Bryan Burk. Chris Pine reprises his role as Captain James T. Kirk, with Zachary Quinto, Karl Urban, Zoe Saldana, Anton Yelchin, Simon Pegg, Leonard Nimoy, John Cho, and Bruce Greenwood reprising their roles from the previous film. Benedict Cumberbatch, Peter Weller and Alice Eve round out the film's principal cast.
The plot of Into Darkness takes place one year after the previous installment, with Kirk and the crew of the U.S.S. Enterprise sent to the Klingon homeworld seeking former Starfleet member-turned-terrorist John Harrison. After the release of Star Trek, Abrams, Burk, Lindelof, Kurtzman and Orci agreed to produce its sequel.
blinkbox is a movie and TV streaming service from Tesco offering the latest and greatest TV series and the hottest movies on -- or often even before - the day they come out on DVD -- all without the need for a subscription. blinkbox offers 10 X more of the latest blockbuster movies than Netflix and Lovefilm Instant* on a growing number of devices including games consoles, iPad and Android tablets, Smart TVs, Blu-ray players, set top boxes and PCs/Macs.*Comparison based on top 50 UK box office movies for 12 months preceding 9.8.13. See http://blinkbox.com/comparisonfor details.
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