I remember people in the movie theater laughing during a particular scene in “The Last Starfighter”. One of the “alien” pilots has a digital device that shows pictures of his family — like an album on a screen — and the human starfighter is incredulous.

Fast-forward to earth today and a myriad of devices are on the market that might fit the bill, but the latest Garmin product seems especially like something a starfighter might stow on his/her ship. It’s called the nuvi and, of course, it’s only available to Europeans right now.

No announcements yet from Garmin on a StarWars-like holo-imaging display included with a robot travel-companion…