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Trekkie Communicators Now a Reality

Posted by michael on from the scotty,-beam-down-some-more-red-shirts dept.

SolFire writes "Forbes is carrying an article about Vocera Communications and their little internal communication system that they have working at their office that functions like the badge communicators from ST:TNG. The employees wear the system as a badge and touch it to start the connection. Then they speak the name of the person they want to talk to and the system connects them using VOIP for one-on-one communication." We mentioned these in 2002.

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  1. not realy geard towards cellphone by Standard+Colin · · Score: 0, Redundant

    This looks like every nerds dream, but i dont see it being usefull in place of cellphones. There are too many problems that can't realy be avoided, the scalabilty problem mentioned before, and the complete lack of privacy. more likely, it will endup finding use in exactly the same situation it was designed for - a 2-way radio for co-workers. I use a 2-way radio on my job, and this would be the ideal technology for us. in any case, this is damn cool

  2. Re:Quantum computer by Jim_Maryland · · Score: 1, Redundant

    Maybe ST uses the information from the NASA Develops Tech To Hear Words Not Yet Spoken article covered earlier to speed things up.