http://www.technovelgy.com/ct/Science-Fiction-News.asp?NewsNum=260Gene_Roddenberry was a pilot & an LAPD Officer, so he was quite aware of Motorola communications equipment. Perhaps his experience with such bulky communication devices lead him to developed the idea of a hand helled Communicator.
http://memory-alpha.org/wiki/File:Starfleet_communicator,_2260s.jpg
http://handspreca.com/motorola-entice-w766-flip-phone.html
The Motorola Android Phone is the logical progression of portable communication technology. Eventually, it will communicate with you as an AI device. The Enterprise insignia is a little like half of the Motorola logo.
The Enterprise Insignia can be seen at the bottom right of a 1920s bass relief, on the old Press-Citizen newspaper building in Iowa_City, Iowa of all places. Zoom onto the globe & you will see a star that marks Iowa.
Quite a fascinating Bas-relief was built in Iowa_City,_Iowa over 3 decades before the first episode of Star Trek was on TV. Was Gene_Roddenberry inspired by seeing some of the things on this relief? Had he even, ever been to Iowa? To see what appears to be something similar to the Queen_Mary, the H-4_Hercules & the Hindenburg. At the middle top is a depiction of 2 smaller aircraft such as a bulky helicopter & single engine plane. There is a Cowboy, streamline bus & train. The highspeed train has an upper deck bulge similar to a 747. The gears of industry & communication are at the bottom left. While the top right features a bird of peace, freedom or destruction that's heading towards two towers. JRR Tolkien would eventually provide an ominous depiction on the cover of one of his books. But what's really astounding is found at the bottom right by the ocean liner. Its a shape that is very similar to the insignia for the USS_Enterprise & its pointing to a star on the globe. That star marks the State of Iowa, the fictional birthplace of James T._Kirk & the USS_Enterprise.
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The Nicholas Meyer Synchronicity with Star Trek.
Nicholas Meyer was drawn to Iowa & graduated from the University of Iowa, located in Iowa_City,_Iowa in Johnson_County.
The character, James_T._Kirk was born and raised in Riverside, Iowa. That's in Washington_County,_Iowa right beside Johnson County.
The character, James_T._Kirk was born and raised in Riverside, Iowa. That's in Washington_County,_Iowa right beside Johnson County.
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