The Realization of Star Trek Technologies
The Realization of Star Trek Technologies: The Science, Not Fiction, Behind Brain Implants, Plasma Shields, Quantum Computing, and More

Summary
Blurb
As Star Trek celebrates its 50th anniversary, the futuristic tools of Kirk, Spock, Scott, and McCoy continue to come to life. This book merges Star Trek scientific lore – how the science of the time informed the implementation of technology in the series – and the science as it is playing out today. Scientists and engineers have made and continue to develop replicators, teletransporters, tractor beams, and vision restoring visors. This book combines the vision of 1966 science fiction with the latest research in physics, biotechnology, and engineering.

Table of contents
 Phasers: Weapons of Less Destruction
 Cloaking Devices: Vanishing Into Thin Space
 The Replicator: Maybe You Can Have Everything
 Deflector Shields: The Best Offense Is a Good Defense
 The Tractor Beam: Pulling Earth Out of the Fire
 Universal Translators: Now You're Speaking My Language
 Geordi's Visor: A Vision of the Future
 The Transporter: Are We There Yet?
 The Tricorder: A High Tech Multitool

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