alien origin of a technology theme
The idea that an everyday technology we take for granted is of extraterrestrial origin is featured. This typically occurs when an alien technology is discovered and reverse-engineered by humans.
Examples
In "Transformers" (2007), it was revealed that the microchip, among other things, was invented by studying the design of a Transformer that was discovered frozen in the Arctic by 19th century explorers.
2 total · 2 minor
| Story | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| movie: Transformers (2007) | minor | It was revealed that much of modern technology, from the microchip to lasers to spaceflight to cars, was all invented by reverse-engineering by studying Megatron's design. |
| voy3x08 | minor | Henry Starling used technology he obtained from a crashed Federation starship from the future to bootstrap the computer revolution. |