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Calling all Trekkies, cosplayers, and prop enthusiasts! Welcome to Star Trek Communicator Online, your ultimate destination for all things communicator props like the communicator, phaser, and tricorder. We're a community of passionate fans, just like you, obsessed with the iconic devices that have graced the screens for over five decades.

Whether you're a seasoned collector with a vault full of vintage communicators, a casual cosplayer seeking the perfect finishing touch for your next convention appearance, or a wide-eyed newbie just discovering the magic of Star Trek, we have something for everyone.

Dive into a universe of possibilities:

• Explore a vast collection of communicator props: From the classic clamshells of the Original Series to the sleek badges of The Next Generation and beyond, we delve deep into the history and evolution of these beloved gadgets.

• Uncover hidden treasures: Unearth rare and unique communicators, both official releases and fan-made masterpieces, that will make your collection the envy of the galaxy.

• Get crafty with DIY guides and tutorials: Channel your inner Scotty and learn how to build your own communicators, from simple modifications to full-fledged scratch builds.

• Join a thriving community of Trekkies: Share your passion, swap stories, and geek out with fellow fans from around the world on our forums and social media channels.

So, replicator malfunction got you down? Fear not! Star Trek Communicator Online is your one-stop shop for all things communicator props. Beam aboard, explore, and let your inner Trekkie captain shine!

Star Trek Communicator

The Original Series Communicator

At a time when even a landline house phone was still seen by lots of as a high-end, households got in the imaginary world of Star Trek, enjoying in awe as Captain James T. Kirk talked with his team through a portable communicator. Forty years on, with satellite navigation a provided, billions of us own mobile innovation. Currently thinking about flip-top mobile phone pretty outmoded, we attach Bluetooth devices, with no idea of Lt Uhura opening the hailing frequencies through a fancy earpiece. Nor do we take a second glance at the portable PDA, the contemporary day advancement from Kirk's everyday captain's log. The touch screen innovation of Star Trek is rapidly becoming second-nature to us: not just do we utilize it on our mobile phones and other hand-held gadgets, we tap screens at the airport, the station, the library, the supermarket - and as we enter and leave these buildings, we pass through doors that magically slide open before us, not thinking their link with Star Trek fiction.

The icing on the cake is our capability to see people at the same time that we're speaking to them. In the initial Star Trek series, the team on the Enterprise bridge can be seen taking part in serious audio-visual interaction with the outdoors, odd new worlds. Modern technology has actually established this principle of video-conferencing on a big scale, making it a crucial aspect in company and political communications, whilst also providing us with the more humble web cam. Even with Captain Kirk at its helm, the bold Starship Enterprise could likewise have actually been blindly going where no man had actually gone prior to - it had no windows. Without the huge viewscreen on the bridge, Kirk and his crew would have been not able to see where they were heading. It's strangely paradoxical to believe that today's modern society can view Star Trek DVDs by means of their flatscreen TV.

The communicator is an imaginary device used for voice communication in the fictional universe of Star Trek. It was one tool among landing party equipment, the others being the Phaser and the Tricorder.

In at least two instances, those of the Original Series episodes "Tomorrow Is Yesterday" and "Day of the Dove," it can likewise work as an emergency-signaling device/beacon, just like a transponder. The communicator enables direct contact in between individuals or through a ship's communication system.

The communicator in the Star Trek universe exceeds the capabilities of modern-day mobile phone innovation, the prototypes of whose design it foreran. It permits team members to contact starships in orbit without depending on a synthetic satellite to relay the signal. Communicators make use of subspace transmissions that do not conform to regular rules of physics in that signals can bypass EM disturbance, and the gadgets enable nearly rapid interaction at ranges that would otherwise require more time to go across.

Holding a real Star Trek Communicator makes you feel like you're in Starfleet

The Wand Company Communicator

Who wouldn't want to feel just a little bit like Kirk or Mr. Spock? Here at Comic-Con 2015, the Wand Company is showing off a prototype of its upcoming Star Trek TOS Bluetooth Com

municator, a working replica of the communicator Federation officers used on The Original Series. In truth, it's a glorified Bluetooth speaker. But holding makes you feel a little bit like you're on an away mission.

Using the device involves just pairing it to your smartphone. We tested it using an older iPhone, so tapping one of the bottom-most buttons activated voice control, from which you can simply say the contact you want to reach via the Communicator's receiver. Calls came in loud and clear, so it works pretty well for a prototype.

Who invented the Star Trek communicator?

Wah Ming Chang