devices we saw decades ago in Star Trek are now available for use in the real world


"Classic Star Trek contributed more to the modern world than phrases like "Beam me up, Scotty!" Many of the devices we saw decades ago are now available for use in the real world; we thank the engineers who made real these ten Star Trek technologies. - Bill Christensen "

1. Communicator = Bluetooth cell phone
2. medical tricorder = MRI
3. the Universal Translator = US military is using the Phraselator in Iraq
4. Credits = NASA QUID's
5. Enterprise's transporter was able to establish exact locations = GPS
6. std tricorder = NASA's Raman spectrometer
7. surgery without using knives = Focused Ultrasound Surgery
8. Transparent aluminum armor (aluminum oxynitride - ALON)
9. phaser rifle = US military PHASR, non-lethal weapon, blinds (temporarily!) the enemy
10. long range sensors from Star Trek = Zoe, robot detects the presence of life, NASA.


http://www.space.com/technology/top1...trek-tech.html