Flunky drive actuator a stage hand lol.
How did they do the sliding doors in star trek.
The automatic sliding doors that we re familiar with from star trek are way smarter than.
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Automatic sliding doors are idiots.
In the original star trek series the doors weren t air powered they were powered by fdas or flunky drive actuators.
If someone or something triggers the infrared sensor in front of the door it opens and if.
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While automatic sliding doors are commonplace in today s shopping malls and supermarkets.
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Current automatic sliding doors are incredibly dumb things that generally only have two functions.
Pocket lint sliding doors were probably pretty futuristic when they first arrived with their sensors that spot people and open.
Memory alpha trek wiki explains that they were operated using rope and pulley systems.
The doors are normal in appearance presumably to appease the designers.
The original series first aired on network television as audiences witnessed the technology aboard the enterprise respond incredibly quickly and smoothly in anticipation of the crews movements.
The sliding doors on all the star trek series were operated manually off screen through either a pulley system or levers.
However i haven t been able to find images of the mechanisms.
It s about time we fixed that.
They re functional but they re idiots.
Walk right into the door get stuck in the door have the door slammed in your face it gets funnier and funnier with every clip.
Damn it jim i m a doctor not a brick layer.
This was not the situation when star trek.
But they ve got a long way to go until they re smart.