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Originally Posted by quest_ioner
William Shatner?
The History Channel confirms this.
The transporter of the Enterprise inspired the invention of the internet in terms of being able to literally "be there with someone" half a world away.
The cellphone looks suspiciously like the communication devices in Captain Kirk's Star Trek.
The first space shuttle was called the U.S.S. Enterprise, Captain Kirk's ship.
When time travel finally becomes possible, Star Trek and Captain Kirk will have been the primary inspiration (like Kennedy inspired the moon landings).
Using webcams, people can now have a face to face conference even though they are thousands of miles apart. This started in Star Trek and Captain Kirk.
When time travel finally becomes a reality it is because of Star Trek and Captain Kirk's vision.
There were vending machines in Kirk's Enterprise long before there were vending machines everywhere.
Captain Kirk fought MMA style when everyone else (like John Wayne and Steve McQueen) were fighting cowboy style. This was 30 years before the UFC.
CATSCANs which are now common in most hospitals was inspired by Dr. McCoy's medical scanner thingy, which Captain Kirk gave him permission to use.
The Tricorder is the reason why they have the radioactivity detectors that are critical in determining the level of danger emanating from those broken nuclear reactors in post-tsunami Japan.
Nixon, Ford, Carter, Reagan, Bush I, Clinton, Bush II, and Obama use leadership, delegation, and organizational methods that Kirk used to effectively manage his highly diverse crew.
Captain Kirk drank drinks (trania, Romulan Ale) that tasted like RedBull.
The computer inside the Enterprise was just like Google.
They didn't have real books in the Enterprise. Just e-books.
Last edited by Adam the Ant; 03-17-2011 at 02:05 PM.