While there’s still something undeniably cool about the flip-open communicators used in the original Star Trek ... out a few models of WiFi “Communication Badges” in the early 2000s that ...

But in Star Trek: The Next Generation, Starfleet personnel wore communicator badges on the left breasts of their uniforms. A California start-up called Vocera has created a similar device you pin ...

Aside from Spock's bangs and the Vulcan salute, Star Trek’s Starfleet insignia, often referred to as the "delta," is one of the most recognizable images in science fiction. Feat ...

This setup promised seamless communication with users, mirroring the functionality of the Star Trek comm badge which debuted in Star Trek: The Next Generation, starring Sir Patrick Stewart.