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It's that time again!
I was shocked, but pleased, to see the following information signs at the Aquarium of Niagara in Niagara Falls, NY. W were there on August 2, 2025.
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LCARS (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LCARS) without the input section? I guess that makes sense; wouldn't want the museum visitors to screw up the computers.
Were they dynamic, or just static displays?
interesting.
Quote from: granz on Sep 01, 2025, 06:53 AMWere they dynamic, or just static displays?
They were static, and just the two, but I was still impressed to see them at all in such a place. I'm guessing there's a Star Trek fan or two in that place. ;)
Quote from: Chris Savage on Sep 01, 2025, 10:08 PMQuote from: granz on Sep 01, 2025, 06:53 AMWere they dynamic, or just static displays?
They were static, and just the two, but I was still impressed to see them at all in such a place. I'm guessing there's a Star Trek fan or two in that place. ;)
It would appear that you are right.
I seem to remember that there was a real operating system based on LCARS. Found it - apparently it's not the entire OS, just a windowing environment on top of Debian Linux (https://christitus.com/star-trek-os/ (https://christitus.com/star-trek-os/).
Quote from: granz on Sep 02, 2025, 06:27 AMI seem to remember that there was a real operating system based on LCARS. Found it - apparently it's not the entire OS, just a windowing environment on top of Debian Linux
Very cool! But, does it support voice interaction? "Computer, lights."
Quote from: Chris Savage on Sep 02, 2025, 08:33 AMVery cool! But, does it support voice interaction? "Computer, lights."
Most versions of Linux do support voice input. Since this implementation of LCARS is specifically for Debian, I found: https://blends.debian.org/accessibility/tasks/speechrecognition
You would need to customize these for your specific needs. For your specific example, you could interface Debian into HomeAssistant (https://wiki.debian.org/HomeAssistant (https://wiki.debian.org/HomeAssistant). Although, with LCARS being specifically visual I/O, and the voice input being specifically for non-visual input, I'm not sure how that would combine.
Quote from: granz on Sep 02, 2025, 09:20 AMwith LCARS being specifically visual I/O, and the voice input being specifically for non-visual input, I'm not sure how that would combine.
Yeah, that would probably be a huge undertaking. But wouldn't that be awesome if you could ask the computer to run your finance spreadsheet and the desktop interface reacted to the input? Ah, just a few more centuries, perhaps...
Quote from: Chris Savage on Sep 02, 2025, 09:32 AMAh, just a few more centuries, perhaps...
Four? LOL ;D
Chat GPT: Build me a LCARS operating system :)