For the Star Trek Fans

[Chris Savage]

Happy 7 of 9 Day! Resistance is Futile!

[Chris Savage]

It's that time again!

[Chris Savage]

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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[granz]

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?

[JKnightandKARR]

interesting.

[Chris Savage]

Were 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. 

[granz]

Were 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/.

[Chris Savage]

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

Very cool! But, does it support voice interaction? "Computer, lights."

[granz]

Very 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. 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.

[Chris Savage]

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.

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...

[granz]

Ah, just  a few more centuries, perhaps...

Four? LOL 

[MicroNut]

Chat GPT: Build me a LCARS operating system