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- greenvortex, on 04/29/2009, -0/+23Bluetooth earpiece? Floppy discs?
- inactive, on 04/29/2009, -1/+21This list is fail. Most of those items were inspired by science fiction WAY before Trek came in to being. Phasers/lasers, warp drive, video conferencing, etc. Others listed are just dumb: the transporter beam.
Most of the true influences, IMO, are in the communications area. Cellphones, bluetooth type devices, etc. And maybe solid state drives (ie. USB jump drives). - RealmDown, on 04/29/2009, -0/+14Scotty, belay that order! Beam down Yeomen Rand and a six pack.
- BossKey, on 04/29/2009, -0/+13There was a story about a man who couldn't help laughing when he happened to see Leonard Nimoy on the street talking into his flip-top cell phone.
- guyincognitoo, on 04/29/2009, -0/+11As soon as they figure out how to make the Heisenberg Compensator.
- inactive, on 04/29/2009, -0/+11"Very funny Mr. Scott, now beam my clothes down"
- MothBoy, on 04/29/2009, -0/+9In classic "life imitating art imitating life", in the first Star Trek movie they showed a wall with a series of famous ships named the "Enterprise" throughout history, with the implication that the space ship Enterprise was named after the space shuttle Enterprise, when in fact it was the reverse!
- inactive, on 04/29/2009, -0/+9More:
MIT's Tractor Beam
Call it Star Trek tech for microscopes. MIT researchers said this week they have found a way to use a "tractor beam" of light to pick up, hold, and move around individual cells and other objects on the surface of a microchip. The technology is known as optical tweezers and MIT researchers have found a way to combine this powerful tool for moving, controlling and measuring objects for use in building and manipulating items on a chip. Optical tweezers technology has been around for awhile but the ability to use it in combination with the microchip is what makes this unique, researchers said.
'Deflector' shields could protect future astronauts: http://digg.com/d17WYo - Pottersquash, on 04/29/2009, -1/+9I hate stuff like this. It really sucks that we live in a world where our news agencies will be spending the next months or so doing tie-ins to movies and whatnot. For what? Do they get some kickback from Hollywood? Are they trying to appear relevent? Just be Times. No need for current fluff lists, Cracked does that just fine.
- sprout52, on 04/29/2009, -3/+11If you go back to the time when Star Trek was created and give people the devices that we have now... they would've believed that those devices were "Star Trek like"... I think you're just too used to living in your own time period.
- FearlessFreep, on 04/29/2009, -10/+18Buried. I like Star Trek but some of those connections were pretty tenuous or lame
- ScottMcIntyre, on 04/29/2009, -4/+11there's nothing evokes Star Trek better for me than the 'swooosh' of electric doors opening (or people saying to me 'Beam me up Scottie!).... ;-)
- RealmDown, on 04/29/2009, -0/+7My favorite graffiti: "Heisenberg may have been here"
- maz2331, on 04/29/2009, -0/+7PETA shut that project down to protect the cat, then euthanized it themselves.
- fyngyrz, on 04/29/2009, -3/+9The thing that reminded me the most of Star Trek (TOS) recently was the cancellation of Firefly. A solid reminder that the folks who control the decision making process at the various networks have absolutely no interest in the quality of what they produce.
- FearlessFreep, on 04/29/2009, -2/+7..and just because they named a non-space-worthy shuttle "Enterprise" doesn't count that as an "invention inspired by..."
- Yuusharo, on 04/29/2009, -0/+5Why is the iPod not among this list? Steve Jobs once admitted he was inspired to create the iPod after watching an episode of TNG where Data was playing back different pieces of music instantly and on demand through the ship's computer. Sure, not a direct link, but its there.
- FearlessFreep, on 04/29/2009, -3/+7Farscape
- VAXcat, on 04/29/2009, -0/+4 The diadermic hypospray was a pretty exciting innovation...when it was invented in the 1940s, decades before Star Trek.
- inactive, on 04/29/2009, -3/+7Star Trek did not invent the concept of any of these things - but it prototyped the *style*.
Anyway, are we gonna face ***** more of this hype before the movie opens? I guess so. - mhanley, on 04/29/2009, -0/+4Dugg for blu-ray laser phaser!
- JoeyNine, on 04/29/2009, -0/+4How about, "The Top Innovations Nerds Had to Create Because of Star Trek?"
- inactive, on 04/29/2009, -2/+6The sound of sliding doors was changed to sound like Star Trek? Then why in the ***** don't they sound anything like Star Trek?
Fail. Bury. Burn. Shame the author in front of his mom. - KibibyteBrain, on 04/29/2009, -0/+3Well, Star Trek was inspired itself by much of the pop science and sci-fi of the period, but it served the unique role in popularizing concepts beyond the obscure and into the living rooms of millions. So while I think there is a point in saying that these ideas are not strictly original to Star Trek, I don't think that contradicts the overall idea of Star Trek being a major influence on popular culture.
- drgruney, on 04/29/2009, -0/+3Many news agencies are owned by companies that also own movie studios.
- kreatre2007, on 04/29/2009, -0/+2Nice list. By the way... Nowhere in all of Star Trek was the line "Beam me up, Scotty".
- IFEice, on 04/29/2009, -0/+2Don't mention Star Wars unless you figure out a way to erase the prequels from my mind.
- baiwushi, on 04/29/2009, -0/+2When will the teleportation device be available?
- Floodle, on 04/29/2009, -0/+2Does that count as prior art then and prevent these from being patented?
- d3dm, on 04/29/2009, -0/+211. Nerdgasm
- evilgourmet, on 04/29/2009, -0/+2How about Open Source operating systems / software -- they were always rewriting the programs to make them run more efficiently. I don't think I ever saw Spock downloading updates from Starfleet, or Data signing a EULA. ( but maybe it happened when I wasn't watching.)
- someology, on 04/29/2009, -0/+1I've actually seen this, and it's done in a very tongue-in-cheek way, with William Shatner hamming it up.
- bouche, on 04/29/2009, -0/+1bit of a stretch.
- arbulus, on 04/29/2009, -0/+1The phaser is dangerous. I cannot believe someone was idiotic enough to use a laser in such a fashion.
Also, if it uses a laser, then it wouldn't be called a phaser anymore. - zmigliozzi, on 04/29/2009, -0/+110 innovations taken from History channels special on Star Trek.
- serif69, on 04/29/2009, -0/+1http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/How_William_Shatner_C ...
- Suilenroc, on 04/29/2009, -0/+1@evilgourmet:
YES.
WE GET IT.
OPEN SOURCE IS GREAT.
Now, please, stop inserting it into every topic that your mind can possibly find even the smallest relevance in. It's annoying, and doesn't help your cause. - moog, on 04/29/2009, -1/+2Buried because they couldn't resist mentioning iPhones, and the mention was totally irrelevant.
- Retnuh730, on 04/29/2009, -2/+3This list is BS. I know for a fact that the moto StarTAC was definitely inspired by the show, though, and it was the first clamshell phone.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motorola_StarTAC - wilhoitm, on 04/29/2009, -0/+1The iPhone!
- Corgana, on 05/02/2009, -0/+1Exactly. This article dosen't cite any sources or anything. It's completely made up. For example, automatic doors don't use wheels because it's BETTER DESIGN, not so they can sound more like Star Trek.
- Javarrito, on 04/29/2009, -0/+1Dugg for the picture of a cloaking device.
- terencec, on 04/29/2009, -0/+1I highly recommend a documentary named "How William Shatner Changed the World". It's pretty much the same thing but with Kirk narrating. good stuff!
- terencec, on 04/29/2009, -0/+1Or people saying "Engage!" and "Make is So" (sorry I belong more to TNG rather than TOS)
- jkleinrichert, on 04/30/2009, -0/+1How about Trekkie Conventions.
They were inspired by Star Trek, weren't they? - Suzilla, on 04/29/2009, -0/+1#7 fFalse: I had a rubella innoculation in the mid-60s with that type of "hypo" -- probably right about the same time ST:TOS went on the air. They'd already been around for at least a year.
- oneoverzero, on 04/29/2009, -0/+1The most obvious one to me is about the jet injector.
Jet injector came out in 1960.
Star Trek premiered in 1966. - inactive, on 04/29/2009, -0/+1You know, I think this show was so inspirational was because a bunch of nerds got into a room, and dreamed a utopia approach to technology.
Especially TNG, so visionary.
It's like the world fair, except with no restriction to having to stay inside the present industries, current technology models, current limitations. - JonM1357, on 04/29/2009, -0/+1have you guys forgotten that picard had an artificial heart, and then a guy in louisville actually invented one. i don't know if he was directly influenced by star trek tng but that was pretty ***** cool nonetheless.
- inactive, on 04/29/2009, -2/+2I'm mad at myself for reading the second one after I read the first.
This article is bad. -
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