{"id":19336,"date":"2013-05-16T17:12:19","date_gmt":"2013-05-16T22:12:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/techcitement.com\/?p=19336"},"modified":"2013-05-16T17:10:54","modified_gmt":"2013-05-16T22:10:54","slug":"boldly-going-where-no-techfiction-has-gone-before-with-star-trek","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/techcitement.com\/entertainment\/boldly-going-where-no-techfiction-has-gone-before-with-star-trek\/","title":{"rendered":"Boldly Going Where No Techfiction Has Gone Before With Star Trek"},"content":{"rendered":"
It’s hard to imagine a television show that has had more examples of techfiction becomie techfact than the original Star Trek <\/em>series.<\/em> The multimedia franchise has a grip on the collective\u00a0unconsciousness\u00a0of geeks on the level of few other things. While the movies and spin-offs have their own assortment of impressive gadgetry made real, the original television series inspired a great number of products that we regularly use today.<\/p>\n The\u00a0telecommunications\u00a0industry is a great place to find techfact from Star Trek (Trekfact?). Remember flip phones? While they have fallen out of vogue as of late, once upon a time, it was the desired form factor. Gosh, I wonder why?<\/p>\nChirp, Chirp<\/h3>\n