Make it so! ➡ 'Star Trek' fusion impulse engine in the works | CNET http://t.co/jZjuyxe4
October 05, 2012
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'Star Trek' fusion impulse engine in the works
It's not quite warp drive, but researchers are hot on the trail of building nuclear fusion impulse engines, complete with real-life dilithium crystals. (Credit: University of Alabama-Huntsville ) There's a hierarchy of "Star Trek" inventions we would like to see become reality. We already have voice-controlled computers and communicators in the form of smartphones.