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I'm not sure that Star Trek was prescient about what we would go on to invent, so much as it actually inspired a generation of inventors.
by RyanMcGreal 15y ago
I'm not sure that Star Trek was prescient about what we would go on to invent, so much as it actually inspired a generation of inventors.
- sp332 15y agoI'm sure this is true. After all, the transporter was "invented" when the props for the shuttlecraft weren't ready for the first shoot. Someone said, "well, let's just have them appear on the surface" and presto, you've inspired thousands of people to try to create a transporter. And it's a well-known fact that the inventor of the cell phone credited ST's communicators as his inspiration. http://www.editinternational.com/read.php?id=4810edf3a83f8 http://www.editinternational.com/read.php?id=4810edf3a83f8