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So I was watching this documentary about cell phones, and it turns out that the first Cell phone as we know them today was appearenlty invented by a motorola guy who got his inspiration from the Star Trek communicator.
While his phone was not the first wireless phone to work outside the home, it was the first to utilize cell coverage in the way modern phones do today.
So... What else was invented by getting inspiration from the Star Trek Universe. If possible add reference...
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« Reply #1 on: January 09, 2010, 05:05:06 PM » |
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The first weaponry "laser emitter"  and the touchscreen PC, do i need a reference for that one |
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« Reply #2 on: January 09, 2010, 05:30:46 PM » |
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The first weaponry "laser emitter" Was that inspired by Star Trek too? Did'n know that. and the touchscreen PC, do i need a reference for that one
Yes... Does such a thing work? (LOL) |
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« Reply #3 on: January 09, 2010, 05:34:40 PM » |
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Star Trek has given us the possibility of a better future if we make the effort to make it that way (i.e. removing racism, global peace, cure for cancer etc).
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« Reply #4 on: January 09, 2010, 09:12:50 PM » |
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Off the top of my head, technology-wise we have:
Communicators (Cell Phones)
Laptops
Development in the fields of:
Transporters
Warp Drive
Not to mention the fact, that Star Trek has given us several hundred hours worth of entertainment over the past 40 years, and is enjoyed by millions of people around the world. Episodes (Reruns) are run somewhere in the world on a daily basis.
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« Reply #5 on: January 09, 2010, 09:23:39 PM » |
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Mike Okuda made the mission logos for the latest NASA missions. In fact, I think he does all the graphic work for them now.
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« Reply #6 on: January 09, 2010, 09:46:35 PM » |
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.MP3s
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« Reply #7 on: January 09, 2010, 09:47:55 PM » |
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[citation needed]
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« Reply #8 on: January 09, 2010, 10:00:13 PM » |
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According to a documentary i saw, I think it was How William Shatner changed the world, the guy that invented the MP3 got inspiration from the characters being able to call up music from the ship's computer at will on TNG.
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« Reply #10 on: January 10, 2010, 06:44:24 AM » |
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Phased array radar seems to be linked to it in my own view, heck its gotten so powerful and small now that the new F22 and F35 are able to focus the energy of their radar enough to burn out a SAM sites radar system and computers.
Another thing is Deflector shields, Nasa and the military are looking very hard into this. Nasa's current theory and write ups makes their deflector strikingly similar to the one proposed in star trek
I saw a article a while back about the use of verbal universal commuticators being used in the buisness world, its only a matter of time before someone makes one small enough to fit in a ear
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« Reply #11 on: January 10, 2010, 11:48:57 AM » |
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MagLev trains.
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« Reply #12 on: January 10, 2010, 03:19:48 PM » |
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Cloaking device
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« Reply #13 on: January 10, 2010, 08:48:02 PM » |
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show me an article of functional cloaking device..
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« Reply #14 on: January 10, 2010, 09:43:08 PM » |
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« Reply #15 on: January 10, 2010, 09:57:25 PM » |
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"To live on as we have is to leave behind joy, and love, and companionship, because we know it to be transitory, of the moment. We know it will turn to ash. Only those whose lives are brief can imagine that love is eternal. You should embrace that remarkable illusion. It may be the greatest gift your race has ever received."
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« Reply #16 on: January 10, 2010, 09:59:48 PM » |
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« Reply #17 on: January 10, 2010, 10:25:48 PM » |
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Do you really take anything that is written in The Sun with any value? I wouldn't.. |
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« Reply #18 on: January 10, 2010, 10:27:24 PM » |
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may want to watch the vid I posted |
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« Reply #19 on: January 11, 2010, 02:58:58 AM » |
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With the camouflage suit in GI Joe, the filmmakers mentioned that it was based upon a concept from actual developmental research. I'm digging right now, but (according to them) we're not far off from having a system that records images from behind you and broadcasting them from your front to help you blend in.
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