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Old 09-13-2010, 06:17 PM   #223
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Yep and they had the communicator (which looks a lot like modern cell phones) and of course computer disks which predated the 3.5" floppy not to mention medical sensors which have their real life counterpart in the Intensive Care Units of many hospitals today. They consulted experts on what was coming in the near future when they created the original series.

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Originally Posted by williemeikle View Post
Star Trek had their "tricorders" and such in the late '60s...
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