The GE Device That Makes Its Users Feel Like Captain Kirk

Remember that time so long ago, about 10 years ago, when flip phones were cool? The design of the communicators in Star Trek helped out with that. Even the mobile phone's inventor Martin Cooper once said the series provided inspiration for the first mobile phone in 1973. GE Healthcare must like the flip design, too. Its pocket-sized Vscan ultrasound machine looks a lot like a Star Trek communicator. 

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