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Star Trek Coffee Table Is Furniture’s Final Frontier

10:30AM January 28, 2012 | Michael J Kennelly

When I was a in high school, I built the bridge of the Enterprise in my parents’ basement out of old computer parts. I was pretty proud of my level of Trek fandom. Now, Inhabitat found something that tops that level of Trekkie swag: a coffee table modelled after the USS Enterprise. More »


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Win! 10 Double Pass Tickets To OzTrek 7 This Weekend!

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12:30PM January 27, 2012 | Gizmodo Australia

What are you up to this weekend? Fancy meeting Chekov himself (Walter Koenig) or the beautiful Chase Masterson, who you may know as the Bajoran dabo girl from Deep Space 9? Gizmodo has five double passes for both Melbourne (Saturday) and Sydney (Sunday) to give away. And the winners are… More »


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Khaaaaaaaaan!

6:00AM January 24, 2012 | Andrew Liszewski

There’s a seemingly endless supply of Lego Star Wars sets, so Christer Nyberg took it upon himself to give Star Trek some brick love. But instead of building the Enterprise (cliché!), he chose the USS Reliant, best known as the hijacked spaceride of Khan Noonien Singh. More »


Gaming

The Settlers Of Catan Boldly Goes Where No Man Has Gone Before

7:00AM January 22, 2012 | Andrew Liszewski

Did you hear that? That’s the sound of a million Trekkies and board game enthusiasts heads exploding. Because come March, the first themed version of Settlers of Catan will be released, called Star Trek Catan. Set your faces to stunned. More »


Gadgets

Star Trek Door Chime: Every Room Is The Bridge

2:45AM January 15, 2012 | Andrew Liszewski

Bring your home into the 23rd century without costly renovations with this motion sensitive Star Trek-inspired door chime from ThinkGeek. It’s like being on the Enterprise, without having to worry about attacks from those pesky Klingons every other day. More »


Entertainment

Star Trek TNG Shows Why Blu-Ray Is Amazing

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3:30PM January 13, 2012 | Nick Broughall

It’s going to take a long time before all your favourite TV shows are converted to Blu-ray, especially if they all undergo as much improvement as Star Trek: The Next Generation has. More »


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The New X PRIZE Wants To Save Your Life, Star Trek Style

5:30AM January 11, 2012 | Brent Rose

The X PRIZE Foundation and Qualcomm are partnering to try to make the Tricorder — Star Trek’s famous health-diagnosing gadget — a reality. They are offering up $US10 million in purse money. This may be the most practically useful X PRIZE yet. More »


Entertainment

George Takei Wants To Unite Star Wars Fans And Star Trek Fans In War Against Twilight

11:40AM December 13, 2011 | Casey Chan

Star Wars and Star Trek very probably have the most rabid fans known to geekdom. But they’re constantly trying to one up each other! What’s better! Who’s more awesome! Even the stars — William Shatner and Carrie Fisher — have gotten into it with each other. STOP IT. NO MORE. There’s a bigger enemy out there: Twilight. More »


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Star Trek-Inspired Feeding Set: The Trouble With Dribbles

6:20AM October 20, 2011 | Andrew Liszewski

Babies might not be able to give you the live long and prosper salute, but every geek parent knows it’s never too early to indoctrinate your kids into the world of Star Trek. More »


Entertainment

Remastered HD Star Trek: The Next Generation Episodes Soon?

6:00AM September 12, 2011 | Jack Loftus

Well, this news is a long time coming for most Star Trek Fans. Apparently, CBS is hard at work remastering the Next Generation as an HD offering, and for Aussies using a VPN, will beam it via Netflix this fall. More »