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[–] PotatoesFall@discuss.tchncs.de 6 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I'm also not buying the idea that star trek was needed to invent cellphones after we had already invented wireless communication

[–] gamermanh@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Needed? No

Directly inspired? Literally yes. Look up a communicator and compare it to an early flip phone, for example. Also the nerds who did it admitted it lol