Present-Day Devices as Props in Star Trek

Every Star Trek production requires a large number of props to act as technical devices of Starfleet or of aliens. There are custom prop designs for standard phasers, tricorders or communicators. But in most cases there is a need for additional props that either serve a specific purpose in the story or are used as generic futuristic decoration. Several of the props that could be seen are actually slightly modified devices of the 20th/21st century.

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by Jörg Hillebrand and Bernd Schneider
http://www.ex-astris-scientia.org/inconsistencies/present-day-devices.htm

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