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7. Wearable computers
In the Star Trek universe, it was always reasonable to assume that if someone broke out the wearable computer that things were about to get real. Heads-up displays, including wearable units, have been a feature in combat vehicles for the last few decades, but recently they’ve entered the consumer realm. When Google released its Glass system to developers in 2013, the everyday world took another step toward become just a bit more like Star Trek. While it’s unclear just how far in love consumers will fall with the wearable computer, we shouldn’t hold that too much again the Star Trek crews. They only broke them out when it was time to do something really important.
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