Fan Builds Working STAR TREK: TNG-Style Computer. Star Trek was ahead of its time in so many ways, it’s almost impossible to calculate. It predicted computer systems you can talk to, cell phones, and a metric ton of other stuff. By the time The Next Generation rolled around, it also predicted the kinds of desktop computers that would become popular in the following decade. In fact, our modern-day computer designs are sleeker and smaller than anything Captain Jean-Luc Picard used in his Ready Roo