Set Phasers to Stun

It’s
not just that science is running a little ahead of schedule, delivering
a lot of 23rd century technology right here at the start of the 21st,
like wireless communicators, wall-mounted flat-panel displays, and unisex
velour jumpers. Now, it appears that
many modern designers have been stealing style points
from Star Trek for years….

"When I designed the UI (user interface) for the Palm OS back in
’93, my first sketches were influenced by the UI of the Enterprise bridge
panels,” said Rob Haitani, product design architect for Palm-One Inc.,
the Milpitas firm that makes the popular handheld personal computers.

"Years later, when we designed the first Treo (a combo phone and wireless
PDA), it had a form factor similar to the communicators in the original series.
It had a speakerphone mode so you could stand there and talk into it like Capt.
Kirk.”

from sfgate.com