Well, Gary Larson has a species named after him...a louse, I think.

There is a show on the science channel that talks about how Star Trek has affected the world...and many inventions really did have behind them a nerdy trekkie who was inspired by the series. When I heard about the cloak of invisibility I didn't think about Harry Potter (which I never really got into, finding it way too trite and derivative, though better than a lot that is out there) but I thought of the Romulan cloaking device.

Science is cool...I may be a nerd, but I think science really is super cool.