Summary: On September 4th, at 8 p.m. eastern and pacific time, Star Trek will once again make its way into our lives through a 2 hour special called "<a href="http://www.smithsonianchannel.com/shows/building-star-trek/0/3436402" target="_blank">Building Star Trek</a>." Executive Producer Elliott Halpern geeks out with us over sci-fi technologies that have been and are being created for real world application, such as a universal translator, tractor beam, and even a tricorder!
