You are in the middle of an important conversation, getting directions to the hotel you are staying at when your phone suddenly shuts off. You reach for your car charger, but it’s nowhere to be found. The easiest way out of this situation? Prevention.

There’s a new Star Trek movie coming out today and it got me thinking – what has Star Trek contributed to the modern-day universe? Could it be possible we owe some modern day conveniences to this long-running series of fictional TV shows and movies?