HAL 9000 Tricorder

[Macnmike]

My Favorite Things​

At the end of Star Trek: The Original Series (Season 2), Stanley Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey was released in 1968.

I was aged 14 at the time and both have stayed with me for decades.

With my relatively-recent rekindled obsession with the original tricorder, I took these two loves back to the digital workshop.

The base for this mock-up is last year's John Marco/Anthony Russo build.

The display screen is the Discovery One's hibernaculum readout before HAL got whimsical with the slumbering astronauts' life functions. The sensor/speaker grill has been replaced by the perforated form from the film. (I'm still considering changing out the existing lights and T-Jets with hardware from the movie.)

The mid-compartment disc array is now rescaled Brain Room memory cartridges. The fiery bloodshot Eye of HAL has taken over the standard moiré area.
In the mostly-terra incognita of the lower compartment, I've inserted a typical facade panel from the Discovery spacecraft.

My goal is to do a physical construct using a Diamond Select Toys tricorder. The add-ons will be a combination of parts found, fabricated, and 3D printed. Except for possible lighting and/or sound effects, this will be a static build.

You are all encouraged to Comment on the possible future of this mashed-up Love Child.

[Original designs by Wah Ming Chang (23rd Century), Frederick I. Ordway III, Harry Lange, and Tony Masters (for Century 21.]

Best. Mike.

 

[Leinads]

Under normal circumstances I would call this a blasphemous crime. But tonight I’m secretly (uh, not-so-secretly) loving it! I’ve been waiting for my Wand tricorder long enough! Spock, open the pod bay doors please!

 

[Macnmike]

Thanks - we must all make our own fun in the meantime. Best. Mike.

 

[Leinads]

I cannot wait to see your progress on this Mike!

 

[3Dsf]

If you want the correct HAL 9000 logotype and appearance of the lens bezel:

The Age of Plastic - HAL 9000’s faceplates

Ah, HAL 9000, the chilling computer from 2001: a Space Odyssey! He’s one of the best-loved antagonists – it’s hardly fair to call him an actual villain – in screen history. His implacable red gaze, his calm Canadian voice, his memorable dismantling… yet he was simply a handful of metal and glass

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[joberg]

Good mash-up...and, in the end, why the heck not?

 

[Macnmike]

My Favorite Things

At the end of Star Trek: The Original Series (Season 2), Stanley Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey was released in 1968.







I was aged 14 at the time and both have stayed with me for decades.







With my relatively-recent rekindled obsession with the original tricorder, I took these two loves back to the digital workshop.







The base for this mock-up is last year's John Marco/Anthony Russo build.







The display screen is the Discovery One's hibernaculum readout before HAL got whimsical with the slumbering astronauts' life functions. The sensor/speaker grill has been replaced by the perforated form from the film. (I'm still considering changing out the existing lights and T-Jets with hardware from the movie.)







The mid-compartment disc array is now rescaled Brain Room memory cartridges. The fiery bloodshot Eye of HAL has taken over the standard moiré area.



In the mostly-terra incognita of the lower compartment, I've inserted a typical facade panel from the Discovery spacecraft.







My goal is to do a physical construct using a Diamond Select Toys tricorder. The add-ons will be a combination of parts found, fabricated, and 3D printed. Except for possible lighting and/or sound effects, this will be a static build.







You are all encouraged to Comment on the possible future of this mashed-up Love Child.







[Original designs by Wah Ming Chang (23rd Century), Frederick I. Ordway III, Harry Lange, and Tony Masters best. Mike. (for Century 21.]







Best. Mike.

 

[Macnmike]

If you want the correct HAL 9000 logotype and appearance of the lens bezel:

The Age of Plastic - HAL 9000’s faceplates

Ah, HAL 9000, the chilling computer from 2001: a Space Odyssey! He’s one of the best-loved antagonists – it’s hardly fair to call him an actual villain – in screen history. His implacable red gaze, his calm Canadian voice, his memorable dismantling… yet he was simply a handful of metal and glass

sites.google.com

If you want the correct HAL 9000 logotype and appearance of the lens bezel:

The Age of Plastic - HAL 9000’s faceplates

Ah, HAL 9000, the chilling computer from 2001: a Space Odyssey! He’s one of the best-loved antagonists – it’s hardly fair to call him an actual villain – in screen history. His implacable red gaze, his calm Canadian voice, his memorable dismantling… yet he was simply a handful of metal and glass

sites.google.com

Thanks for the deluge from this positive geyser of info. I don't know if I'll ever be able to come close to the accuracy demanded by the author, but I'll do my darndest. Best. Mike.

 

[Leinads]

Excited! Looking forward to updates on this as your project develops!

 

[3Dsf]

I don't know if I'll ever be able to come close to the accuracy demanded by the author

Naw! I don’t demand anything of anyone. I just put that info out there for people to read and use as they wish!

 

[Macnmike]

Naw! I don’t demand anything of anyone. I just put that info out there for people to read and use as they wish!

It was mostly meant as a somewhat self-deprecating joke. If it had been funny, it would have been perfect. Best. Mike.

 

[RustBelt]

My Favorite Things​

At the end of Star Trek: The Original Series (Season 2), Stanley Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey was released in 1968.

I was aged 14 at the time and both have stayed with me for decades.

With my relatively-recent rekindled obsession with the original tricorder, I took these two loves back to the digital workshop.

The base for this mock-up is last year's John Marco/Anthony Russo build.

The display screen is the Discovery One's hibernaculum readout before HAL got whimsical with the slumbering astronauts' life functions. The sensor/speaker grill has been replaced by the perforated form from the film. (I'm still considering changing out the existing lights and T-Jets with hardware from the movie.)

The mid-compartment disc array is now rescaled Brain Room memory cartridges. The fiery bloodshot Eye of HAL has taken over the standard moiré area.
In the mostly-terra incognita of the lower compartment, I've inserted a typical facade panel from the Discovery spacecraft.

My goal is to do a physical construct using a Diamond Select Toys tricorder. The add-ons will be a combination of parts found, fabricated, and 3D printed. Except for possible lighting and/or sound effects, this will be a static build.

You are all encouraged to Comment on the possible future of this mashed-up Love Child.

[Original designs by Wah Ming Chang (23rd Century), Frederick I. Ordway III, Harry Lange, and Tony Masters (for Century 21.]

Best. Mike.

That is brilliant.