The Photon Torpedo Casket and Other Real Life Inventions Inspired by Star Trek

NetworkWorld has a neat post about the Top 10 Real Life Star Trek Inventions. For example, this Star Trek-inspired casket by Eternal Design that will shoot you into the afterlife:

Star Trek Line of funeral products

Ok this is what you want if you are a real Trekkie and you indeed want to take it with you. Call it Star Trek meets death. The Eternal Image’s Web site says it all: For the millions of fans on our planet and beyond, our new line of Star Trek urns, caskets, monuments and vaults will be an important discovery indeed. After ten movies and five television series, phrases like "Live long and prosper," "Resistance
is futile" and "Space: the final frontier" have become part of our global vocabulary. The Star Trek Casket styling has been inspired by the popular "Photon Torpedo" design seen in Star Trek II: The Wrath of Kahn. Monuments and vaults will also debut next year.

Link – via Miss Cellania