You will need:
• 1 Star Trek Communicator toy
• One Bluetooth phone
• A microcontroller
• Many other electrical bits
• One smart Asian nerd girl
Thus, Diana Eng wedged the good bits of a cellphone into a Communicator, and now it works, complete with the sound effects. Pretty damn sharp -- if you have the parts and skills, you can learn how to make one yourself here. Thanks to Borg-Cylon Love Child for the tip.
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Doublas M2 said:
Damn, I can't find that last ingredient around here.
Church said:
It's not so much the "good bits of a cellphone" as a bluetooth device that connects to the cellphone. Still cool.
There was a commercial version a few years ago, but google is flooded with links to this and I don't have the patience to find it.
Photoboy said:
Captain Kirk never had to wait to have his call put through. I bet he made sure Uhura never kept him waiting...
Frito at Tinagra said:
Why don't we have a Uhura bluetooth headset yet?
Church said:
@Frito Why have we not had an actual TOS communicator cellphone? Lawyers, probably.
WillWC said:
I'm just enough of a Star Trek nerd to see how very cool this is, but not enough of one to actually build one. Now if someone could show me how to make a Sonic Screwdriver that unlocked and started my car, I'd be all about that!
Jangles said:
There is actually a ST bluetooth communicator you can get from Parks Sabers. Get a lightsaber while your at it.
dacalicious said:
Screw the communicator, how about that Diana Eng? She blows the top off the nerdgirl desireability scale!
TM said:
She's just delightful. Cool find.
Xanthippas said:
I'll just take the smart Asian nerd girl, thanks.
muggies247 said:
that girl was on a season of Project Runway. Season 2, I believe. I saw her face and was like, "Is that Diana from Project Runway". Then I was like, "why would that be her? How racist of me, thinking all Asians look alike". But it was her. Vindication. So, there you go, my lusty friends, you can check her out on Season 2 of Project Runway. SPOILER: She doesn't win.
Chelsea said:
Glad that someone else recognized her, muggies!
She was adorable on Project Runway, and while all of her nerdy designs didn't pan out well, some were really awesome, and she was way more creative than anyone else who's ever been on that show.
Also, that was the best season of that show, hands down. I'm glad to see she's doing well.
demoncat said:
nice to see Diana has found a new career after project run way and also showing her star trek love. by building that thing that really hard core star trek lovers are looking up and building there own now if some one can come up with making a transporter or the sonic screwdriver i will be happy.
Mock26 said:
I am just wondering why there has never been a "official" star trek communicator phone. There is definitely a market for one.
There was SUPPOSED to be a Trek Themed phone released for the 40th anniversary but Sona Mobile (Yeah, I agree: "Who?") had a prototype and a software/games deal with paramount that never (ahem) materialized. They had a bad photoshop mock up that looked like the walkie talkies you could send away to Nabisco for when Star Trek V was released. But outside of a website promising us Trekkies the world, not much happened.
I think it was killed by the advent of the iPhone, as it was more lucrative to develop apps for that platform than funnel money into a start up company that was going to be selling something to a very niche market. Realize for the 40th anniversary that Abrams' Semi-Abortion had not be green lit yet.
It's disappointing that we never got our trek phone, but with this day in age focusing exclusively on touchscreen smart phones, there's not much call for something as utilitarian as a communicator except for the "fun" factor.
Asat said:
Betty Suarez is a Trekkie?
Niko said:
The real question is when will someone make a working TNG combadge.
Ted said:
I'd like to beam her up, if you know what I mean.
Anonymous said:
She looks well over the age of 18.
