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For the past 60 years, Star Trek has remained a stalwart of science fiction. Created by visionary screenwriter Gene Roddenberry, it debuted in the U.S. on September 8, 1966, and introduced audiences to the intrepid crew of the U.S.S. Enterprise — an exploratory vessel seeking out new life and new civilizations across the endless expanse…

In a recent video [Sqwerks] does a deep-dive into the problem of disintegrating plastic enclosures of Nintendo DS consoles. These original NDS handheld consoles have a metallic-like coating that appears to interact with the ABS plastic, causing yellowing as well as extreme brittleness and correspondingly broken hinges. Unsurprisingly, this causes the shell to essentially disintegrate…