The above clip is the first two minutes of the 2 hours documentary hosted by William Shatner called how William Shatner changed the world. It focuses on technological advancements and people in the real world that were inspired by the Star Trek phenomenon.
The history channel have an interesting blurb about the show claiming blame William shatner - yes THE William shatner.
The show begins by examining Treknology - all the items shown in star trek which may have been an influence on technology today such as media triquaters. [although it was in fact a salt holder in real life]
Steve jobs founder of Apple computers claimed he was inspired by star trek and has developed a suit which precedes the technology of the holodeck on the enterprise [holodeck is an interactive holographic scenario which can be part of a literary narrative or just a holographic place with holographic people]. Mobile phone technologies have also been linked to the communications which are used and are suggested to have paved the way for voice recognition.
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