EVA Pod

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EVA Pod "B" being used for external maintenance.

A Discovery EVA pod extends its remotely operated mechanical arms.

The EVA Pod is a fictional spacecraft used for extra-vehicular activity seen in the movie 2001: A Space Odyssey. The Jupiter spacecraft Discovery One carries three of these small, one-man maintenance vehicles.

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• The RB-79 Ball, seen in Mobile Suit Gundam, is similarly looking, but armed. They are also known as Iron Coffin due to their weak defense.
• In Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace, the EVA pod prop used in the movie version of 2010 can be seen in Watto's junkyard.
• The name of iPod is partly inspired by the EVA Pod; when Vinnie Chieco, a freelance copywriter who was invited by Apple, saw a prototype for the player, he thought of the movie and the phrase: "Open the pod bay door, Hal!" At that time "iPod" was a name that was registered for Internet kiosks, but never put to use; it was eventually assigned to Apple Inc.^[1].

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1. ^ Serial No. 78018061, Registration No. 2781793, records of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. InPub, LLC, filed an "IPOD" trademark on June 1, 1999, for "computer software and hardware." The trademark was abandoned May 18, 2000, without commercial use.

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• Vinnie Chieco