During the 1960s, in an age when the height of technology was a crackly AM transistor radio, Star Trek envisioned a time when communication devices worked without wires. This fascinating book by William Shatner examines the role Star Trek played in developing wireless communication and other aspects of today's commonplace technology.

From traveling through space at warp speeds to beaming across the continent, noted scientists from Caltech and MIT discuss what was once considered improbable and show how it just might be possible.