star trek

Where's my hoverboard? And other movie tech we want now

Crave Star Trek TransporterWe've all been there. If the Star Trek transporter existed, you'd simply press a button and hey presto -- you're at the office without even breaking a sweat. Lightsaber from Star WarsKnife, torch, wound cauteriser, soup warmer...

19 February 2008, 14:24

PDT Eye-Theatre: An eyeful for your iPod

Crave And why does the set make us look so like Star Trek's Geordi La Forge? Crave was tantalised by the idea of the PDT Eye-Theatre. Would it afford relief from squinting at the beautifully clear but frustratingly small iPod screen?

Tags: tag, price tag, ray, eye

12 October 2006, 11:48

Attack of the clones: Nissan & Yahoo DVD players

Crave It won't just appeal to Star Trek fans though, as you can shove it into a briefcase for some light relief on a business trip. And, depending on your social confidence, you can either spend the evening alone watching Star Wars, or kick-start a hotel...

Tags: star, dvd player, star wars, star trek

2 June 2005, 11:59

Does not compute: The 10 most annoying kid + robot team-ups

Crave But really, it's just another take on Star Trek's original concept: Wagon Train to the stars. Wesley Crusher and Data (Star Trek: The Next Generation)Oh good, another child genius. Boxey and Muffett the daggett (Battlestar Galactica)The original...

21 April 2008, 17:48

HTC STRTrk: Make it so-so

Crave On the front of the phone are dedicated music keys as well as an external LCD screen that sits behind a round, Star Trek-inspired reflective surface. In a secret location somewhere in the depths of London, Crave was invited to get a closer look at...

Tags: wi fi, windows mobile, motorola, surface

9 May 2006, 12:55

Sanyo Xacti HD2: Smallest hi-def camcorder is reborn

Crave This year the company's back with a new revision of its Star-Trek-inspired hi-def camcorder. Camcorder fans will recall that Sanyo launched the quirky Xacti VPC-HD1 model at CES 2006. Last year we were disappointed with the HD1's performance once...

Tags: definition, model, hd, camcorders

9 January 2007, 1:25

HD DVD: The format of choice for geek TV

Crave We're also aware of the impending arrival of Star Trek: The Original Series, series one, which hits US stores around 20 November. Are you a dork? Do you love TV? If the answer to both those questions is yes, you'll probably want to select HD DVD as...

Tags: high definition, fi, fans, scenes

16 August 2007, 12:22

HTC STRTrk: Windows Mobile goes boldly

Crave Kirk might have used this phone back when Star Trek was made in the 60s and people's idea of mobile technology was the Walkie-Talkie-esque communicator, but times have changed. The HTC STRTrk, confusingly also known as the Qtek 8500, has been...

Tags: star trek, walkie talkie, strtrk, megapixel

8 May 2006, 12:38

Razr V3X: incredibly sharp

Crave Better still, it has automatic voice recognition features to make Star Trek fans green with envy. It's a sad state of affairs when Crave has to buy gadgets with its own (real) money. That's exactly what happened this weekend when all our existing...

Tags: motorola, entry, voice, handset

5 December 2005, 14:00

Photos: Canon EOS 5D Mark II hands on

Crave In the context of this article we'll gloss over Die Hard 4.0, and Indiana Jones and the Crystal Skull and go straight to Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (y'know, the funny one, with the whales). Sequels were extensively discussed in now-dated clever...

17 September 2008, 17:01

Archos 704 WiFi: Magnificent 7 inches

Crave So you've got a fabulous new gadget on which to watch every Star Trek episode ever made, but what about reading the news and email? The new Archos 704 WiFi is the proud recipient of our 'Most Hotly Anticipated Media Player in the Office this Week...

Tags: archos, storage, wi fi, fi

6 March 2007, 11:08

CNET.co.uk launches video archive

Crave And, if you like Star Trek, you may enjoy Andrew Lim's review of HTC's STRTrk mobile phone. Why should YouTube have all the fun? Today we've launched a new video homepage, making it easier to browse all the video content on CNET.co.uk, and to find...

Tags: clicking, product, archive, videos

11 September 2006, 18:09

The IT Crowd: the geeks are taking over

Crave At one point, Chris 'Brass Eye' Morris, with a Scottish accent and comedy moustache, talks into his mouse, thinking he's got a sophisticated voice-activation system set up -- just like Scottie in Star Trek IV (the one with the whales).

Tags: channel, episode, crowd, ted

25 January 2006, 17:05

Philips HTS6515: Apparently, the sound will embrace you

Crave It also features an electronic DVD drawer that's been nicked straight from the set of Star Trek and as such will keep geeks happy for weeks. If your boss said to you, "Hey, we've been talking and we're of the opinion that you can do just as good a...

Tags: philips, stereo, cable, speakers

8 October 2008, 12:10

Photos: Acer Aspire 8920 18-inch widescreen laptop

Crave Lights follow your finger as you slide it across the volume arc -- a bit like the transporter control panel in Star Trek. Today Acer sent us a pre-production Aspire 8920 to play with, so it's only right we take a bunch of photos and show it off...

27 March 2008, 11:45