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Here are 12 gadgets from Star Trek that are becoming real

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In the Star Trek universe, you can talk to a computer (voiced by Majel Barrett-Roddenberry , Trek creator Gene's wife) in casual conversation.

In Star Trek: The Next Generation , you could walk into a chamber on the Enterprise and visit your home planet for a quick barbecue, or even have an affair with a hologram.

In 2012 , Peter Jansen from McMaster University in Ontario built a working prototype that scans for magnetic fields and other interference.

Recently, MIT created a similar device that delivers a drug through the skin at speeds of up to 340 meters per second and in under a millisecond.

The amount of drug can be varied, as can how deep it is injected.

It's not the first , but it does have more control than other hyposprays.

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