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Hi, this is Richard Jacobs with Future Tech podcast. My guest today is Ethan Siegel, and we're

going to talk about Star Wars and maybe Star Trek and the technology in these movies and how it's appearing in real life

and what may appear and what may not appear.

So, Ethan, how are you doing?

Oh, I'm doing fantastic.

It's a pleasure to be here on the Future Technology podcast with you.

Yeah, thank you.

Thanks so much.

So can you give listeners just a quick sketch of your background, and then we'll talk about the topic?

Sure. My name is Ethan Siegel. I'm a theoretical astrophysicist. I've been a research scientist, astronomer. I've been a professor for about seven years. And most recently, I focused most of my efforts on science writing and

science communication. And I have a new book coming out in October called Trechnology, which is

about the real-life science behind 28 of the different technology envisioned by Star Trek and Star Trek the next generation.

That's awesome. That's really, really cool. I grew up, as I'm sure a lot of people did,

with Star Trek, Star Wars, all these great, great shows. Even the original Star Trek,

I watch William Shatner and everything, and it was so far ahead of its time, it was amazing.

So can you give listeners an idea, you know, we don't want to give away the book, but can we give them a taste of some of the stuff in there,

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