Star Trek’s Tech Echoed in Today’s Gadgets: Six Predictions Realized
Entertainment-leaning piece notes how six Star Trek gadgets—communicators, touchscreens, PADDs, universal translators, and tricorders—predicted modern tech. It highlights wireless communication, sleek touchscreens, tablets like the iPad, translation apps, and portable sensors (e.g., ESA’s comparison of a tricorder to the MyotonPRO for astronauts) as real-world realizations of Trek’s imagined devices.