I’m not a Trekkie, but even I can appreciate the wonders of a Star Trek style pneumatic sliding door—especially the fact that it’s a biometric security system away from being the ultimate geeky home ...

In 1966, [Gene Roddenberry] introduced fully manual doors powered by a stagehand on Star Trek. The fwoosh sound of the door was later dubbed into each show, but progress marches on, and now [Alex] ...

Star Trek automatic sliding door technology comes to the home at last with Alex Shakespeare’s implementation. It uses a pneumatic arm, IR sensors, magnetometers, and air compressor in both manual and ...

There have been a lot of smart computers on TV and movies. We often think among the smartest, though, are the ones on Star Trek. Not the big “library computer” and not the little silver portable ...

If you’ve already outfitted your home with the Star Trek-styled pneumatic sliding door, ThinkGeek has just the item to install on the wall beside it -- the Star Trek electronic door chime. If you’ve ...