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I can think of three . . .

right off the top of my head:

1) The high-speed sliding doors at every mall, store, emergency room, etc, you go to today, came about as a direct result of the inventor seeing it on Star Trek, and wanted to duplicate them so paramedics could get people into emergency rooms and not have to think about opening doors (every second counts). The ones on the show were controlled by a props man with a rope .

2) The Iraq vet (who was on Fox and Friends the other day) who has the world's first robotic prosthetic legs, controlled by computers inside that can sense what the person wants to do by the moving of the remaining muscles.

3) Powered wheelchairs/scooters like the rascal (and it's ilk). Remember Commodore Pike in his powered life support chair?

Posted by: JLHenry   Posted on: 05/08/09  (Edited: 05/08/2009 @ 11:04) You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use

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