Monday, February 25, 2013

#25 Fact or Fiction

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When I was a kid I remember watching Star Trek and thinking how cool all of the stuff they had to communicate and get around was.

What was fiction...
is now fact?
 

15 comments:

  1. Shatner hosted a documentary that I couldn't find that talked about all the Star Treck items that actually exist today. Amazing. Here's a link that talks about 10 of them. Fascinating...

    http://www.space.com/9705-top-10-star-trek-technologies.html

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    1. I saw that documentary, too. But considering I remember every single bit of stupid-ass trivia known to mankind...I remembered it.

      It is this, if I'm not mistaken: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/How_William_Shatner_Changed_the_World

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  2. They should have named cell phones - transponders ...

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  3. Ohh, that's so true, I never thought about it like that.

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  4. Oh, this was good. Short and definitely on the money.

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  5. Hah! You know, just last week I downloaded the STar Trek app for my iPhone (yes, the one that makes Nicky see green). It make all the noises their communicators made, and has all the famous lines I remember, like, "I canna give you any more power Captain! She'll blow apart!"

    I'm such a nerd.

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  6. Nicely done, Barb! Mine was longer, as usual, but you nailed this. Indigo x

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  7. Well, beam me up, Barb! Your observation is so true.

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  8. Excellent take on this one, Barb!

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  9. It's actually pretty crazy how to much Star Trek stuff became fact and is still becoming reality.

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  10. I keep trying to be beamed up but it never works!

    I have seen almost every original star trek ever made. LOVED IT!

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  11. Nicely done, Barb. Supposedly, Star Trek also inspired the creation of floppy disks.

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  12. That is definitely pretty interesting.

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