gearlive.com - 5/20/2009
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It didn’t take long for makers of flashing t-shirts to come up with one for the new Star Trek movie. Although you cannot beam up with it, it should probably scare any Klingons or fashionistas away. The battery pack is in the cotton shirt’s lining, is removable for washing and needs ...
Tiny knitted meerkats in Star Trek uniforms —
Boing Boing
Dawn sez, "Etsy crafter has created tiny knitted meercats in TOS uniforms - including one "he's dead" redshirt and, I assume, Kirk and Bones, who has a tiny bead med-scanner."
Star Trek Meerkat Bones McCoy Original Series
( Thanks, Dawn ! )
make your own tiny starship enterprise from spare parts —
technabob
I just got back from watching the glorious new Star Trek movie, so I must have the Enterprise on the brain. And while this tiny Starship Enterprise isn’t quite as dramatic as the mammoth star vessel from the film, it’s just as cool in my book. Maybe even more so.
Built by a guy ...
Star Wars Quilt: Love It or Leave It? —
GeekSugar
It may be Star Trek mania right now, but I'm still a Star Wars girl as well.
I was smitten with the Star Wars Throw Pillow when I saw it, and now I am equally taken with the coordinating Star Wars Quilt , featuring an embroidered-on Millennium Falcon (on sale for $197 ...
Star Trek Geekery Galore —
GeekSugar
Since I'm still on a Star Trek high after seeing the glorious movie , I have to admit, I've been zeroing in on anything related to the film and Star Trek in general - obsessed much? Yes! I've already rounded up some of my past Star Trek stories , but for those ...
Is R2-D2 Driving the Enterprise? [Star Trek] —
Gizmodo
We know JJ Abrams is a Star Wars fan. He now says he included R2-D2 in Star Trek , and Paramount is running a contest for astromech spotters. We think we got him in two places: One is on board of the Enterprise, doing his thing. Yes, it may be a stretch to put R2 reprising his role onboard the ...
Nokia Launch Dedicated Star Trek Mini Site —
Phones Review
Looks like Nokia is becoming a Star Trek fan as according to unwiredview , Nokia has now launched a dedicated Star Trek mini site.
The Nokia Star Trek Mini site is basically to promote their current flagship mobile handset the touch enabled Nokia 5800 XpressMusic , and is probably in return ...
Gyrating Star Trek Tribble For Sale [Star Trek] —
Gizmodo
Either there's a legitimate Star Trek Tribble for sale at eBay today, or someone is about to make $5,000 off a large multi-colored cotton ball. The auctioneer states that this ball of fur is, indeed, a Tribble from Star Trek: The Original Series . Episode? The Trouble With Tribbles, ...
Astronauts Watching New Star Trek In Space [Space] —
Gizmodo
According to NASA, the three astronauts in the International Space Station have been chilling out watching J.J. Abrams' Star Trek . Watching the Enterprise in the ISS , people. It doesn't get any better than this: They just ended their crew day, so they're watching it now, or just finishing ...
Star Trek was screened on the ISS —
CrunchGear
Lucky cosmonaut and astronauts. Not only do they get the best corner office view ever, but they also have a legit version of Star Trek downloaded. The three men currently on board the International Space Station received a special copy of the film via NASA and settled into a dark node of ...
Video: Spock on the origin of the Vulcan Salute —
CrunchGear
I bet that you don’t know where the Vulcan salute came from? I also bet that you don’t know Leonard Nimoy himself that suggested the hand gesture for Star Trek and that it comes from his religious background. Click through to watch a short clip on the subject.
Star Trek: D-A-C can now be downloaded —
Game Addicts
Love the new Star Trek movie? Well, what’s the point of having a movie these days if you don’t take full advantage of the social wave of interest by releasing a game that has to do with the movie or franchise? That’s exactly what happened with Paramount Digital ...
10 Examples of Summer Movie Merchandising Run Amok [Tgif] —
Gizmodo
The summer movie season is getting heated up, and the recent release of Star Trek has me thinking about all of the absurd merchandise that has come out over the years. Star Trek certainly isn't the only franchise that has gone way too far in the quest to make a buck—it's bitter rival ...
Please do not carry this Star Trek Tricorder replica in public —
CrunchGear
It’s probably best to playact with this Star Trek Tricorder in the privacy of your own home. Please do yourself a favor and if you must spend $49.99 on this, keep it on a shelf somewhere and only play with the working sound effects and lights when no one is around. Sound good?
That ...