Techalyzer

The Star Trek Trilogy has been around for at least fifteen years and in that time we have seen a load of changes in technology – a lot of it seemingly influenced by that television show whether it is on purpose or not.  Gene Roddenberry was a genius who inspired all kinds of visionaries to come up with the innovations we enjoy today.

Nowadays it is not unusual to see every day gadgets inspired by the entire marketing universe to do with the original Star Trek.  It is fabulous when fiction comes to life.

There has also been The Next Generation, Deep Space Nine, Vogager and Enterprise in the mythological lineage. In these shows you see things like the sleek laptops we see today and rather familiar looking remote control designs that are quite familiar to most of us with cable television’s these days. Day  These series and their accompanying feature films have also inspired films with even more unique technology in them such as The Matrix, Star Wars and Resident Evil.  Minority Report is also a spectacular example of a film that finds its origins in Star Trek type gadget mythology and that has had an influence on today’s gadgetry too.

Everybody knows all about the transporters that look like today’s cell phones and the food creators that seem like today’s vending machines or microwaves but as time marched on the creators of the Star Trek film franchise had to make up more and more interesting gadgets. The team behind the new Star Trek film that just came up is led by producer J.J.Abrams. and includes Scott Chamblis and Russell Bobbitt. They needed to create a whole bunch of new Star Trek style gadgets that were not so trapped in the past and yet were credible to being part of the twenty third century.  Yet at the same time they had to be very human friendly and identifiable as the original props from the original Star Trek series and films.

One Star Trek device that was freshened up to look more like a Nokia style flip phone.  The phaser, which can stun, kill or vaporise is now made out of chrome and don’t have the revolving lighted barrel that you saw the original series.  The tricorder, which is supposed to scan people and environments for their chemical composition is smaller.

Toy replicas of each of these three iconic updated props are currently for sale by Vivid Imaginations and are sure to be enjoyed by both adults and kids alike all over the world.