Who says innovation is not happening?
From EDN Magazine of 15 Nov 2013 and related sources
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We're still 220 years away from the birth of Captain James T Kirk, but that hasn't stopped engineers from making the technology of Star Trek a reality today or in the near future. In fact, in some cases, you’ve made the visions of Gene Roddenberry look like child's play.
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"the famous Star Trek medical scanner"
Warp Bubble
Pulling particles using light rather than pushing particles with light
Star Trek-style 'tractor beam' is created on tiny scale
replicator
Holograms and Holodeck
Transparent Aluminum
Voice Commands
Cloaking Device
Transporter and
Quantum Teleportation
Communications
Vision for the Blind
At no point was profit the motive for innovation.