His vision of the future inspired legions of engineers, nerds, and techies, as well as Bluetooth headsets, the iPad, Siri, and cell phones. But what kind of techie was the late Star Trek creator Gene ...

One of the Star Trek franchise's most distinguishing characteristics is the AI computer that occupies its Federation vessels. Since The Original Series, the actor tasked with providing that voice was ...

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We have featured a few different PC mods here at Geeky Gadgets, and the latest one will undoubtedly appeal to all the Star Trek fans out there: the Star Trek inspired kitchen computer. This cool ...

Stephen Colbert is an unconventional casting for Star Trek, but his role in Starfleet Academy is unusually pivotal to the long-running sci-fi franchise. Best known for his witty political satire and ...

Majel Barrett, wife of Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry, was the voice of Starfleet's computer system. She died in 2008 but a digital version of her voice is being created "for things such as Siri".

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There have been a lot of smart computers on TV and movies. We often think among the smartest, though, are the ones on Star Trek. Not the big “library computer” and not the little silver portable ...

From the early days of the original series through 2009's reboot, there was one voice behind Star Trek's Library Computer Access/Retrieval System, better known as LCARS: Majel Barrett. Voicing LCARS, ...