iPAD today was envisioned by dataPADD of Star Trek TNG

Close-up of a PADD, as seen in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

I had an epiphany the other day.

If you look at todays modern Apple iPAD or any similarly shaped and sized devices, and then watch some episides of Star Trek The Next Generation (ST:TNG) then you can see the similarities of the Personal Access Display Device (PADD) that some characters like Geordi LaForge used.

Again, just like the the early flip phone cell phones were inspired by the original series‘ communicators, we have another technology inspired by Science Fiction.

So, this begs to question, what else that was shown on ST:TNG or any of the later TV series and theater movies will come true?

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Personal Development

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I found a site that seems to have some promising info on it… http://www.stevepavlina.com/

I really need to empower myself in light of my previous post. It would be nice to have the courage and confidense to be self-employed and be good at it.

I have some ideas on what I may be able to do to make a living on my own. It will involve tying together a lot of different interests of mine. Maybe I can make a go of it this year.

I also started using Evernote and it seems to help me focus my thoughts a little, so once I get used to use Evernote to accumulate the info I need to make my ideas work as a self-employment strategy, I hope to start part-time and see what happens, if I can make a living at it, I will plow full speed ahead into it.

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