I’m not a Trekkie, but even I can appreciate the wonders of a Star Trek style pneumatic sliding door—especially the fact that it’s a biometric security system away from being the ultimate geeky home ...

In 1966, [Gene Roddenberry] introduced fully manual doors powered by a stagehand on Star Trek. The fwoosh sound of the door was later dubbed into each show, but progress marches on, and now [Alex] ...

Star Trek automatic sliding door technology comes to the home at last with Alex Shakespeare’s implementation. It uses a pneumatic arm, IR sensors, magnetometers, and air compressor in both manual and ...

If you’ve already outfitted your home with the Star Trek-styled pneumatic sliding door, ThinkGeek has just the item to install on the wall beside it -- the Star Trek electronic door chime. If you’ve ...