"Lance Corporal \"Hammer\" Schultz"
 wrote:
> Doug Freyburger wrote:
>
> > Star Trek TOS predicted cell phones. =A0Or rather cell phones
> > were invented based on inspiration from ST communicators.
>
> Nonsense. =A0Cell phones were invented out of need, and the first
> several generations of cell phones looked a lot more like radios the
> military used than ST communicators.

Watch video interviewers by the Motorola folks who built
the "brick" cellphone.  They are quite clear their progress
was inspired by Star Trek.  They also mention that as soon
as they had a proof of concept that worked they knew the
eventual evolution would be bone implanted phones.  Given
how the iPhone and such are going it doesn't look like it
will actually progress to that end ...
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