From our PADDs to our burgeoning replicator technology, we're almost living the dream of a full Trek lifestyle. Thanks to Makezine.com and a link from Gizmodo, we can now take another step closer to that dream.

Check out Part 1 here.  After writting the last article, and living with my PADDed Kindle for a few days, I realized that the dream wasn't quite yet complete. I needed to take the device one step further into the future.

Gene Roddenberry and the other visionaries responsible for the last 40 years of Star Trek, had true foresight into future technologies.  From the flip phones to how quickly we create our meals, we see their visions of the future come to life before our eyes.