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Old 02-23-2011, 10:07 AM   #338
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Did you know that one of the inventors of the cell phone got the idea for the device after watching Star Trek? If you took a poll of all scientists, I suspect a very significant portion of them would tell you they were heavily influenced by Star Trek.
I heard that some scientist invented a Star Trek Replicator a few years ago but Disney had him executed before he could bring it to market. Or maybe that was the Holo-deck.
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