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Photos: Life imitates Star Trek

by Bill Detwiler | 10-05-06

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Fans of Star Trek in the 1960s were dying for the show's future to become real. Apparently many of today's engineers and designers felt the same way. Forty years later, a trip through an electronics store turns up a surprising amount of Trek-inspired gear. Is life imitating Star Trek or was Gene Roddenberry's creation oddly prescient? CNET went to the set of "Star Trek: New Voyages" to get an up-close comparison. Take a look and decide for yourself.

The Motorola Razr (top) is a perfect example. You can carry it on a belt or in a pocket, flip it open and talk wirelessly with people far, far away.

It works an awful lot like Kirk's Communicator.

           

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More technology imitations... gparsons611@... | 10/06/06
Regarding the Transporter Your Mom 2.0 | 10/06/06
More replication than transport xLoggr | 10/06/06
Good Timing Your Mom 2.0 | 10/09/06
Actually, ... JackOfAllTech | 09/09/08
Like TonytheTiger | 09/10/08
Right. TonytheTiger | 09/10/08
Regarding transporter myth troym@... | 10/10/06
Too cost prohibitive senaa@... | 10/12/06
And why would that be bad? kschmidt@... | 07/13/07
RE Transporter Technology richardlees1960@... | 10/11/06
Scientists teleport two different objects Oct 5 help@... | 10/19/06
Regarding the transporter neale.foulds@... | 07/13/07
MORE TECNOLOGY IMITATIONS... NEES | 10/06/06
Science Fiction Becomes Science Fact--an old truism senaa@... | 10/12/06
Clockwork Orange "Crappy"?? WKL | 10/20/06
another book to look into jeasterlingtech@... | 07/13/07
Others to add. Geoffrey.Gerlach@... | 10/06/06
Life imitates Trek Jaytmoon | 10/06/06
Guys, and Ladies, Old Guy | 10/06/06
Famous Quote: "Start Trek is the mother of invention" James Brown | 10/06/06
Roddenberry??? Ken Cox | 10/06/06
Just spotted this on Yahoo pgkoko@... | 10/06/06
oh no!! the borg techr@... | 10/06/06
needle free injections techr@... | 10/06/06
needle free injection PROBLEMS richn@... | 10/08/06
RE: problems techr@... | 10/09/06
Needleless injections actually started much earlier... senaa@... | 10/12/06
Star Trek lives on, Yeah, of course! Wayfarer | 10/07/06
Art imitates life? - Nahh Geeks rule tygerflower | 10/07/06
Borg as in... tkeller@... | 09/10/08
Robert Heinlein was just as visionary Sensei Humor | 10/13/06
Gene Roddenberry..Keen Observer mail@... | 10/15/06
All is SF Cimmaron | 10/18/06
which is why tygerflower | 10/19/06
RE: (Photos: Life imitates Star Trek) ksbubbs@... | 07/13/07
RE: (Photos: Life imitates Star Trek) kevg | 07/13/07
RE: (Photos: Life imitates Star Trek) kschmidt@... | 07/13/07
What about the automatic sliding doors? jprice@... | 09/12/08
Wow. Commendations to you all... tkeller@... | 09/10/08

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