Scotty comes back to TNG to find out that synthohol has replaced alcohol and has some of the limited stock

From the episode 'Relics'

We are going to need a bigger bomb

From the last episode of Deep Space 9.  Damar, Garak and Kira realize they will need a bigger bomb if they want to get to the founder.

It's Real!!!

The now semi-famous 'It's Real' from Deep Space 9.  This is one of the better Star Trek Episodes of all time in my opinion.

Garak tells Bashir to eat his rod...?

Star Trek becomes reality as Microsoft unveils 'Universal Translator' which ... - Daily Mail

Software speaks in user's own voiceCan translate into languages from Spanish to MandarinSpeaks smoothly in sentences, not individual wordsCould be built into smartphone language apps

By Rob Waugh

PUBLISHED: 09:27 EST, 13 March 2012 | UPDATED: 13:54 EST, 13 March 2012

It has long been used by James T Kirk to speak to aliens and blue women from space - but now Microsoft is on the brink of making a real, working Universal Translator.

Frank Soong and Rick Rashid have created software which converts English language speech into any of 26 foreign languages - and which 'speaks' in the user's own voice.

All the user has to do is speak English into the machine and it will convert it into anything from Spanish to Mandarin.

William Shatner as James T Kirk: The new device is similar to the Universal Translator used in Star Trek, and takes around one hour to get used to a person?s voice then works by comparing the words that have been recorded with stock models for the target language

Frank Soong and Rick Rashid have created software which converts English language speech into any of 26 foreign languages - and which 'speaks' in the user's own voice

The hope is that the device will one day allow visitors to foreign countries to have conversations with other people, even though they do not speak the same language - just like in Star Trek.

Mr Soong told Technology Review that his breakthrough could help language students and might also work with navigational devices.

In theory it could one day be installed into a smart phone meaning tourists have a ready made translation device sitting in their pockets.

Mr Soong said: ‘We will be able to do quite a few scenario applications.
‘For a monolingual speaker traveling in a foreign country, we'll do speech recognition followed by translation, followed by the final text to speech output in a different language, but still in his own voice’.

Mr Soong and Mr Rashid work at Microsoft’s HQ in Redmond, Washington.
They created the system with colleagues at Microsoft Research Asia in Beijing, the company's second-largest research lab.

The two Microsoft researchers believe the technology could be used in smartphone translation apps

In Star Trek it was supposedly introduced in the late 22nd century and helped the crew of the Enterprise communicate with aliens as the explored the universe.

Mr Soong and Mr Rashid however have made their version today, even if the voice which comes out in the foreign language still sounds a little mechanical.

heir device needs around one hour to get used to a person’s voice then works by comparing the words that have been recorded with stock models for the target language.

The technology has been designed so that it does not just translate words, which would give it a computerised and disjointed sound.

Instead the sounds are carefully manipulated to mimic real speech as realistically as possible.

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Apparently he was getting murdered

Another great line from Deep Space 9

Big Bang Theory - Stephen Hawking ?!

The Big Bang Theory has scored the ultimate nerdy coup:  Theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking will make a guest appearance in the April 5 episode. (And as if that isn't enough geeky goodness, Star Trek's Leonard Nimoy does a voice over in the March 29 episode.)
Hawking has been invited to appear on the show before, but at the time he was too ill to make an appearance. Hawking will play himself and has already filmed his "run in" with Sheldon (Jim Parsons). Previously, Hawking has made guest appearances on Star Trek: The Next Generation, The Simpsons, and Futurama, so if this whole being a renowned scientist thing doesn't work out, he can always turn to acting.

Source: TV Guide

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