Ladies and gentlemen, we are living in the future
Slashdot has a story about a company called Vocera who have invented, and use successfully on a daily basis, Star Trek-style communicator badges.
I am torn between elation at the prospect, and horror that someday soon the hellborn technology known as Nokia Walkie-Talkie will be replaced by an even more ubiquitous, irritating, and socially invasive way for people to talk remotely and at great volume about hair appointments, reality television, sporting events, and the two chicks they scored with last night that may be causally linked to the discharge of today.
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Huh. I don't know if these
Huh. I don't know if these will ever supplant homemade Borg accoutrements, but this device may be the must-have accessory at the next Bi-Mon Sci-Fi Con.
And eventually, won't these
And eventually, won't these nurses be worried about breast cancer from those WiFi waves? *winky*
man oh man... This would be very cool for serious radio needs. I have a hard time with my heavy Motorola radio on patrol. When you need to make serious, real-time, efficient voice communications, this thing sounds awesome.
No, I don't want to broadcast my personal conversations to everyone, but it would be really good to have a way of saying, "I need you to call me on a secure line. It is urgent." (because no one would talk about a patient's care over one of these things. That would prollyviolate HIPAA)
I see so much efficiency happening with this, that it would be really freakin' cool. Of course, they have to integrate it into a Blackberry phone device that makes coffee, sends my clothes to the dry cleaners, does a medical scan, and have a phaser set to 'stun' before I'd buy one.
First of all, phasers that
First of all, phasers that stun make no sense to me. I think Kirk had it down: if you're not going to have sex with the alien, vaporize it. Or at least wrestle with it a bit and punch it in the mouth.
But soon these devices will not only communicate voice, but will record constant video and audio. Every experience you have will be filed and stored.
The good news: you'll never lose your keys again. The bad news: the excuse "You never told me that" will be a thing of the past, because your spouse will be able to cue up the time and date he/she did say it and play it back for you.
The creepy news: Other people's experiences will be available for sale on ebay- "A Day As A Cop", say- or porn sites- "A Day As Jenna Jameson".
hm. Sounds like the movie
hm. Sounds like the movie 'Strange Days'. (yet another bad film adaptation of a story? Discuss amongst yourselves.) Before there was "Blair Witch Project," I was having motion sickness watching those movie clippy experiences you could buy in Strange Days. Takes snuff to a whole new level, no?
I want a phaser that can be
I want a phaser that can be set to "rot." And a light saber. I'm ecumenical.