Positrons

[Blandon Ray]

Tim Daugard wrote:

> > use without really knowing what they meant...My favorite such gaff is
> Commader
> > Data, with his 'positronic' brain, ha!   As you all know a positron is a
> > anti-electron, hence without some kind of magnetic bottling or so he would
>
> Blame that on Isaac Asimov. He created the positronic brain for his robot
> stories, Star Trek just stole the idea, like they do for most of their good
> SF ideas.

Come to that, I seem to remember a reference on the show to Data's creator
"trying to make Asimov's dream of a positronic brain come true..."

blandon