If you are a Trekkie like myself, or even if you are a casual fan of, or have even just seen a couple of episodes of any of the Star Trek series, you will easily recognize terms like Transporter, Warp Drive, Phaser, and many more of the various futuristic pieces of technology that the crew of the Star Ship Enterprise(and DS9 and Voyager) depended upon on a daily basis. I myself love to see a new type of technology that comes which bares a striking resemblance in function to something that started long before as a sci-fi only bit of tech. Cell phones vrs. Star Trek Communicators for instance, and over the last few years I've seen several other things that have become real life technology. Remember the PADDs that Captain Picard was always using for reports and reading information and who knows what else? Enter the IPad / Tablet. Further to this list MIT has announced a programmable needle-less medication injector (Hypospray anyone?), Handheld Ultrasound scanners are now commonly used in ER's, and I've heard rumors that a version of a Holideck is starting to take shape.
I always find these sorts of stories amazing, and they always make me wonder "what's next?", hence the reason I was so excited when I saw the below noted story on the website of Krypton Radio (www.kryptonradio.com) earlier today. Hope you enjoy it as much as I do.
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