Current automatic sliding doors are incredibly dumb things that generally only have two functions.
How did they do the sliding doors in star trek.
However i haven t been able to find images of the mechanisms.
This was not the situation when star trek.
Pocket lint sliding doors were probably pretty futuristic when they first arrived with their sensors that spot people and open.
Automatic sliding doors are idiots.
A step by step guide to installing air powered sliding doors as seen on star trek has surfaced over at instructables.
But they ve got a long way to go until they re smart.
The sliding doors on all the star trek series were operated manually off screen through either a pulley system or levers.
This was probably a cost saving measure but it was also required because the ai controlling the doors seemed as though it could read people s intentions.
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It s about time we fixed that.
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.
However i haven t been able to find images of the mechanisms.
While automatic sliding doors are commonplace in today s shopping malls and supermarkets.
Damn it jim i m a doctor not a brick layer.
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.
Memory alpha trek wiki explains that they were operated using rope and pulley systems.
Star trek doors in progress project overview duration.
Flunky drive actuator a stage hand lol.
If someone or something triggers the infrared sensor in front of the door it opens and if.
The doors are normal in appearance presumably to appease the designers.
They re functional but they re idiots.