The Communicator in Star Trek is a small, portable device used by Starfleet officers to communicate across vast distances, no matter where they are. It was one of the earliest portrayals of ...

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 ...

The classic Starfleet communication badge never made it to Starbase 80 either, but that particular oversight may have been a blessing in disguise… Why do the Cerritos crew start turning into ...