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phredbull t1_jdep3gi wrote

Maybe rather than past fictions being predictions of future events, innovation is inspired by old ideas.

Was the Star Trek tricorder predicting cell phones, or did it inspire their creation?

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Dumcommintz t1_jdeygbw wrote

I was about to be all - well it actually was the communicator handhelds and badges while the tricorder was a diagnostic/scanning device - but with all the accessories and sensors you can get with cellphones nowadays I guess that difference matters less and less.

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Chubbycherub t1_jdewpzr wrote

Pretty sure regular phones existed when star trek was made

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