Star Trek: Designing the Final Frontier
$40.00
The hardcover book Star Trek: Designing the Final Frontier: How Midcentury Modernism Shaped Our View of the Future promises to delight fans of the cult TV show and of the design movement …
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A high school student's medical innovation, Star Trek's decor, NYC's cannabis legalization and more news
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From Perriand to Saarinen, The Chairs of Star Trek
For the last few years, a team of devout Star Trek fans—including Buenos Aires-based 3D artist Tadeo D’Oria—have been carefully identifying every chair in its science fiction universe. Much of what they’ve …
Via nationalgeographic.com
National Geographic on How Science Fiction Informs the Future
Word would travel of scientist Giovanni Aldini’s electric reanimation experiments on dead criminals in 1803 to author Mary Shelley before the 1818 publish of her book Frankenstein. It was an instance of …
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Electric cars, Record Store Day, debunking Star Trek theories and more in our look at the web
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Debunking a Long-Lasting Star Trek Theory
Mathematician James Grime has debunked a very popular Star Trek theory by using fairly simple math. The widely held belief that “redshirts” (those who work in engineering or security) die more often …
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Star Trek turns 50, hospitals of the future, art collaborations and more in our look at the web
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Star Trek Was More Than it Seemed
The original Star Trek series might have only lasted three years, but it explored significant political and cultural issues—despite it oftentimes being looked over as purely playful and kitsch. The cult TV …
Via designboom.com
China’s Star Trek-Inspired Office Building
The recently completed office building of game developer Netdragon in Changle, China may look familiar. It’s been modeled after Star Trek’s famous Starship Enterprise and currently stands as the only Star Trek-licensed …
Limited Edition Starfleet Machine
$34,500.00
Modeled after an intergalactic space station is the Starfleet Machine, a table clock dreamt up by horological design house MB&F and engineered by Switzerland’s oldest clockmaker L’Epée 1839. Cool Hunting has partnered …