Amazing Star Trek Machines We Use Now
A friend told me that every new technology we have now has already been thought of by an obscure person somewhere, a few years back. That poses two problems. First, how can one verify something unless a record or an evidence of sort is made?
Next, actually trying to find anything that resembles a gadget we have today will definitely look like a desperate attempt to connect a previously conceived idea to what is presently available.
However, a visit to some movie database sites in the net has surprised me with images that are just too prophetic to be coincidental. All I can say is that what one views as impossible today may become a reality tomorrow.
The following are a few of the amazing things conceived decades ago that has become a reality today:
Bluetooth Earpieces
This photo from Star Trek shows a wireless communication device that fits snugly in the user’s ear. An antenna is added for emphasis.
This is so much similar to our Bluetooth devices today that allow us to communicate via our cell phones without wires nor the need for us to hold them.
It is funny that today’s ear pieces are even smaller.
LCD TV
Now, who can deny that Spock and his group were watching a planet in what looks like a plasma or LCD TV?
This is another idea that has been realized just a few years ago.
Dual Core Computers
Finally, I was able to get this picture of the computer that runs the Star Trek ships. It is notable that the writers and designers of this futuristic vehicle have thought of
1.) A vehicle run by a computer and
2.) Not only an ordinary computer but a dual core computer at that.
Seemed like decades ago, people has already considered the advantage of a dual core processor. Though the size of the device is a thousand times greater than the ones inside our personal computers, no one can argue that a ship will definitely need a bigger brain than an ordinary computer.
So I guess these finds will bring the question: What is the next fictional device that will become a reality? A light saber, a time machine, force fields? I guess all we can do is predict. But it sure won’t hurt to try to find the next big thing, the next time we watch a futuristic movie.
