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What do you get the geek girl who has everything? Get her a Star Trek purse. This one even comes with little Tribbles attached. I don’t think a Tribble infestation should be a problem, unless your purse is full of quadrotriticale. If this is what you carry around with you, you have bigger problems than Tribbles.

This purse has Star Trek images all over it, a removable Tribble key fob and a custom Delta charm. It measures 12-inches long x 9-inches tall x 5 1/4-inches wide. It is also printed all over with the Trek logo, phasers, Spock, Uhura, Bones, and more.

It will cost you $49.99(USD) from Entertainment Earth, and is part of a larger series of Star Trek merch coming from A Crowded Coop. You can pre-order now and it will ship in August. This purse makes a nice gift for female Trek mate.

[via Geek Alerts]

Fans of the Star Trek universe, heads up! Literally, of course, since here we are with something from the Oculus Rift that might make you get lost for hours on end as you explore the bridge of the USS Voyager from the Star Trek series. Just to recap, the Oculus Rift happens to be a virtual reality headset that is being developed at the moment, enabling gamers to be able to immerse themselves in their favorite games, being in the virtual world for an enhanced gameplay experience. I would suppose it is not too much different from what most modern day city folk do these days – walk and drive around while looking at their smartphones, communicating on tablet over the dining table without carrying out a real world conversation with those around.

The Oculus Rift would be able to up the ante even further, and the USS Voyager bridge program is the brainchild of a certain Thomas Kadlec. Kadlec shared, “I’m a huge Oculus Rift fan, Star Trek fan, and Unreal Engine 4 [software framework for the development of video games] fan.So I just figured I’d mix those all together!”

This particular USS Voyager bridge demo enables one to “walk around a fairly accurate recreation of the Voyager’s bridge … [staring] out into space as you whiz past distant stars.” It would be cool if there was a segment programmed within, as your ship gets attacked halfway and you would need to respond by issuing commands from the bridge itself.

Oculus Rift Gives You A Taste Of The USS Voyager Bridge , original content from Ubergizmo, Filed in Gaming, Oculus Rift, star trek,

When you beam down to an alien planet, you want to make sure you have all of your gear. You also want to make sure you aren’t wearing a red shirt. The most important things are to have your phaser and tricorder with you. If you can’t have a tricorder, at least bring this tricorder messenger bag instead, and then pretend to use it like a tricorder.

This Star Trek Tricorder Replica Small Messenger Bag won’t scan for life forms, but it will keep your stuff all in one place in a comfortable to wear bag.

Wear it with a Star Trek costume or just everyday. It has a built in mirror and the bag measures 8.75″(H) x 6 “(W) x 2.75 “(L). Always have your tricorder with you. It’s just $39.99(USD) from Entertainment Earth, and ships this June. Pre-order yours today, so you can be ready to beam down and check out the alien environment as soon as possible.

If this clock looks familiar it’s because it’s a sculpture of Star Trek’s Deep Space Nine. It is called the “Starfleet Machine” and it is breathtaking. It was created by Swiss watch designer L’Epée, with microengineering from the lab MB&F.

It has a lot of the same mechanisms as a wristwatch, just larger in scale. Its custom-made movement has a 40-day power reserve and a series of five mainspring barrels. The clock shows hours and minutes, double retrograde seconds and has a power reserve indicator. I wonder if it has any unique Quarks. Or Roms even.

This thing looks super amazing. Shut up and take my gold-pressed latinum!

[via cool hunting via io9]

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