Get App-y: On board the USS Enterprise from Star Trek

 
BY LILLIE-BETH BRINKMAN lbrinkman@opubco.com
Published: July 26, 2011

When Apple released its iPad in 2010, it reminded me of “ Star Trek 's” imagined future — a world without paper but with any information needed at the fingertips in a handheld, touch-screen computer.

Based on a search of YouTube alone, it was easy to see that I wasn't the only one who looked to “Star Trek” for iPad comparisons.

Now a new app copies the interface and sounds from “Star Trek”...


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