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In a common scene on Star Trek: The Next Generation, captain Jean-Luc Picard would walk up to an impressive, high-tech-looking console set in the wall and sternly say to it: Tea. Earl Grey. Hot.

The console would shimmer and sparkle and, after a few seconds, a piping hot serving of tea complete with cup and saucer would materialize, ready for drinking. The technology was known as a replicator because it replicated real things out of thin air. But, as it eventually turns out with much of Star Trek ’s gadgetry, the technology is not so fantastical after all. It’s not Star Trek anymore, says Cathy Lewis, chief executive of Desktop Factory, a company that is making its own version of replicators. It’s reality.

Source: CBC News

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