Life imitates art: Star Trek’s communicators are here
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About 43 years ago NBC took a chance on a new science fiction show called Star Trek. What made this show such a success was Gene Roddenberry’s insistence that the show remain believable. Granted, we didn’t have things like communicators and transporters back in the sixties, but they were explained in such a way as to lead the viewer to believe that, just maybe, by the 23′rd century that technology might exist. Arthur C. Clarke once said, “Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic” and it’s true. Once upon a time the idea of pressing a button on a small box fro your easy chair to turn on the television without getting up was science fiction. Now there are televisions that don’t work at all without a remote.
Star Trek‘s communicator was once a similar fantasy but with the advent of bluetooth enabled cell phones, they’re actually possible now. The folks at makezine.com have posted a complete tutorial detailing How-To Make a Star Trek Bluetooth Communicator
Here’s a video demonstrating the finished product.
Although it’s nice to know it is possible, I think I’ll stick with my cell phone.
Beam me up whenever you are ready Scotty!
That device is a really perfect one to my mind!