Communicator Clothing

Posted by samzenpus on Wednesday September 30, 2009 @08:07PM from the can-you-wear-me-now dept.

coondoggie writes "The crew of the classic science-fiction show's Starship Enterprise wore small devices on their chests that they could tap to communicate instantly with their colleagues. Such communications technology is now closer to reality thanks to a Finnish company which this week demonstrated high-tech clothing that can send and receive messages via satellite. The demonstrator antenna, built by the Patria Aviation Oy company, looks like a simple patch of cloth but is capable of operating in the Iridium and GPS frequency band as part of clothing. The Iridium satellites allow two-way voice and data communication, while GPS provides positional data to the user. Iridium could also relay the position of the user."

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chests? by martin-boundary · 2009-09-30 20:12 · Score: 4, Informative

I thought the classic crew had to press a button on the wall and talk into the microphone?
1. Re:chests? by CyprusBlue113 · 2009-09-30 20:24 · Score: 4, Informative
  
  Bad summary, the specific (first instance) show is Star Trek: The Next Generation. The origional series did not have wearable communicators, but instead, handheld devices.
  
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picture by Anonymous Coward · 2009-09-30 20:27 · Score: 4, Informative

The article shows a poorly sketched picture - the type you'd do on MS Word Art when you were 12.
Going to the website, a proto example of is here