I imagine this is how some sci-fi technology works. Certainly looks like a more low-tech version of some of it: Star Trek has both isolinear chips [0] in Fede

I imagine this is how some sci-fi technology works. Certainly looks like a more low-tech version of some of it: Star Trek has both isolinear chips [0] in Federation technology and isolinear rods [1] in Cardassian technology that can be rearranged to change ship systems and Stargate has control crystals of various designs used similarly [2][3][4]. [0] https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/The_Naked_Now_(episode)?file=Data_configures_isolinear_chips.jpg https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/The_Naked_Now_(episode)... [1] https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Isolinear_rod?file=Isolinear_rods.jpg https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Isolinear_rod?file=Isol... [2] https://stargate.fandom.com/wiki/Control_crystal?file=Control_crystals.jpg https://stargate.fandom.com/wiki/Control_crystal?file=Contro... [3] https://stargate.fandom.com/wiki/Control_crystal?file=Door_control_crystal.jpg https://stargate.fandom.com/wiki/Control_crystal?file=Door_c... [4] https://stargate.fandom.com/wiki/Control_crystal?file=Control_crystal_2.jpg https://stargate.fandom.com/wiki/Control_crystal?file=Contro...