Most realistic futuristic hardware in SF

[Leovinus]

In Star Trek TOS, they had food dispensers in the mess hall which almost instantly delivered food on trays. I thought the trays were very realistic. <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> </div>

 

[lsbd]

so were the plastic cups. Oh, and the salt shaker in "The Man Trap" was also very realistic. <img src="/images/icons/wink.gif" />

 

[flynn]

And of course the red in the "cannon fodder" uniforms was a very realistic red. <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <font color="#800080">"All God does is watch us and kill us when we get boring. We must never, ever be boring" - <strong>Chuck Palahniuk</strong>.</font> </div>

 

[qzzq]

Basically everything in 2001. <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p> </p><p>***</p> </div>

 

[vogon13]

IIRC, in ST:TOS episode Balance of Terror, a war with the Romulans is mentioned and that it was fought with 'primitive' atomic weapons.<br /><br />Yet Archer has photon torpedoes on Enterprise NX-01, and when do we get to bloody the noses of those darn Romulans anyhow ??<br /><br />The war hadn't already happened by the time Archer was captaining Enterprise, had it ??<br /><br />What vessels was that war fought with ??<br /><br />How did we beat the Romulans ?? <br /><br />They seemed pretty advanced when Archer encountered their mine fied . . . <br /><br /><br />{I had to establish my Star Trek gnurd credentials, too}<br /><br /><br /><img src="/images/icons/laugh.gif" /><br /><br /><br /><br /> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p><font color="#ff0000"><strong>TPTB went to Dallas and all I got was Plucked !!</strong></font></p><p><font color="#339966"><strong>So many people, so few recipes !!</strong></font></p><p><font color="#0000ff"><strong>Let's clean up this stinkhole !!</strong></font> </p> </div>

 

[a_lost_packet_]

Romulans = Great short range weapons, crappy speed. <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <font size="1">I put on my robe and wizard hat...</font> </div>

 

[Leovinus]

Confucious say: Man with crappy long range weapon kills man with great short range weapon. <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> </div>

 

[publiusr]

The ship from Silent Running (Valley Forge);<br /><br />-- the Cortez from Babylon Five, <br /><br />Palamino from The Black Hole.