The Star Trek Communicator Has Been Achieved
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.
About The Author
Robert Bricken is one of the original co-founders of the site formerly known as Topless Robot, and its first editor-in-chief, serving from 2008-12. He brought the site to prominence with “nerd news, humor and self-loathing” as its motto, raising it from total internet obscurity to a readership in the millions, with help from his savage “FAQ” movie reviews and Fan Fiction Fridays. Under his tenure Topless Robot was covered by Gawker, Wired, Defamer, New York magazine, ABC News, and others, and his articles have been praised by Roger Ebert, Avengers actor Clark Gregg, comedian and The Daily Show correspondent John Hodgman, the stars of Mystery Science Theater 3000 and Rifftrax, and others. He is currently the managing editor of io9.com. Despite decades as both an amateur and professional nerd, he continues to be completely unprepared for either the zombie apocalypse or the robot uprising.