CBS launches Star Trek simulator of PADD for Ipad

July 12, 2011 Sorin Adam Matei

Star Trek LCARS PADD Maemo Theme — Image by rjorgenson via Flickr

The tablets used in the series Star Trek have come to life. CBS sells the PADD Ipad application on Itunes.

CBS Interactive just released the holy grail of Star Trek apps, an app that turns your iPad into a genuine PADD straight from the Star Trek TV show.

Star Trek PADD for iPad includes all the official data on ships, aliens, technologies, and even an episode guide, all wrapped in the eye-popping 24th century computer interface Starfleet uses.

Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/star-trek-padd-app-2011-7#ixzz1RwWbi543

Sorin Adam Matei

Assistant Vice President for Partnerships in Strategic Defense Innnovation and Professor of Communication at Purdue University, Director of the FORCES initiative leads research teams that study the relationship between technological and social systems using big data, simulation, and mapping approaches. He published papers and articles in Journal of Communication, Communication Research, Information Society, National Interest, and Foreign Policy. He is the author or co-editor of several books. The most recent is Structural differentation in social media. He also co-edited Ethical Reasoning in Big Data,Transparency in social media and Roles, Trust, and Reputation in Social Media Knowledge Markets: Theory and Methods (Computational Social Sciences) , all three the product of the NSF funded KredibleNet project. Dr. Matei's teaching portfolio includes technology and strategy, online interaction, and digital media analytics classes. A former BBC World Service journalist, his contributions have been published in Esquire and several leading Romanian newspapers. In Romania, he is known for his books Boierii Mintii (The Mind Boyars), Idolii forului (Idols of the forum), and Idei de schimb (Spare ideas).

Sorin Adam Matei

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