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Photos: A glimpse of the iconic scenes and gadgets of Star Trek

By Teena Maddox

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Photos: A glimpse of the iconic scenes and gadgets of Star Trek

Spock

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Captain Kirk

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Captain Kirk

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The original Star Trek trio

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The original Star Trek trio

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"Beam me up" Scotty

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"Beam me up" Scotty

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Captain James T. Kirk

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Captain James T. Kirk

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Captain Kirk and Scotty

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Captain Kirk and Scotty

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Modern day tractor beam

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Modern day tractor beam

This image from the Center for Soft Matter Research at New York University shows two types of optical tractor beams that were projected in the lab. The center has created a real-life tractor beam that is a meter long and 400 times brighter than anything they’ve made before.

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Modern day tricorder

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Modern day tricorder

The Vitaliti is the modern-day version of the tricorder. Earlier this year, Cloud DX, which designed it, won the Bold Epic Innovator award as part of the Qualcomm Tricorder XPRIZE competition.

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The original Star Trek communicator device

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The original Star Trek communicator device

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The original Star Trek communicator device

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The original Star Trek communicator device

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The original Star Trek communicator

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The original Star Trek communicator

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The Star Trek communicator device

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The Star Trek communicator device

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Original Star Trek Tricorder

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Original Star Trek Tricorder

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Captain Kirk's chair

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Captain Kirk's chair

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The Starship Enterprise

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The Starship Enterprise

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The original Star Trek crew

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The original Star Trek crew

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The Starship Enterprise computer and data banks

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The Starship Enterprise computer and data banks

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The Federal Communications earpiece

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The Federal Communications earpiece

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Phasers as laser weapons

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Phasers as laser weapons

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Star Trek's Uhura

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Star Trek's Uhura

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Captain Kirk and Uhura

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Captain Kirk and Uhura

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Spock

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Spock

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By Teena Maddox
Teena Maddox is a VP at Brodeur Partners. She is a former Associate Managing Editor at TechRepublic. Teena's lifelong journalism career has included writing on staff for publications including People magazine, W magazine and Women's Wear Daily.