Benedict Mason's Meld was given its world premiere at a late-night prom in August 2014.
In 2006, the Model for End-stage Liver Disease (MELD) was launched as a new liver allocation system in Sao Paulo, Brazil.
Here the meld was of dressy and military, as though a rocker had just emerged from the army.
In the end, perhaps the most frightening question in these futuristic visions of the mind-machine meld is who or what can be entrusted to run the system.
But perhaps the meld isn't so novel after all.
According to a Wikia entry, Force Meld, otherwise known as Jedi meld or Battle meld, was a technique where a number of Force users joined their minds together through the Force, drawing strength from each other.
That April, Mind Meld was screened at the Newport Beach Film Festival.
Mind Meld was produced as a way of advertising Shatner's personal website: williamshatner.com.
She states the meld is safe when performed by those trained in the art, and that Pa'nar Syndrome is merely the by-product of an improperly conducted meld.
When Mind Meld was released, the scene of Shatner's alleged flatulence remained in the film, apparently unnoticed by the filmmakers.
